Quotes About Direction

It takes a lot of energy to be that angry, and I didn't have what it took. I was beginning to feel like a big raw nerve from all these problems, compounded by lack of sleep. I needed relief. But the wind caught the letter and blew it away. Which is not to say the direction the letter took was the problem. The problem was that I thought delivering it would help to resolve things, but I was wrong.

I'm not lost, because I haven't any idea where to go that I might get lost on the way to. I'd like to get lost, because then I'd know where I was going, you see.

What is a map, but a thing that gets you where you're going? -Mr. Map

That's what a map is, you know. Just a memory. Just a wish to go back home - someday, somehow.

There are things I want in life - things I need, things I mean to do,' Olivia went on. 'I just don't know what they are.

Go with your gut. Sometimes things defy explanation - and who knows where it will lead?

Life is funny isn't it? Just when you think you've got it all figured out, just when you finally begin to plan something, get excited about something, and feel like you know what direction you're heading in, the paths change, the signs change, the wind blows the other way, north is suddenly south, and east is west, and you're lost. It is so easy to lose your way, to lose direction. And that's with following all the signposts

who would fight the wind if it came from the west when he wanted it from the east.

But the stories that grow up around a king are strong vines with a fierce grip. They pull life from whatever surfaces they cling to, while the roots, maybe, wither and rot until you cannot find the place from which the seed of the vine has truly sprung. That was my task: to uncover those earliest roots. And he had directed me to the seedbed.

Men kan weg moeten, zonder dat men ergens heen moet. Dat zijn de gevallen, dat men ergens vandaan moet.

With no clear picture of how you wish your life to be, how on earth are you going to live it? What is your Primary Aim? Where is the script to make your dreams come true? what is the first step to take and how do you measure your progress? How far have you gone and how close are you to getting to your goals?

The original intention of the Westwall was to guarantee to Hitler's neighbours to his west that he had no territorial ambitions in that direction.

I have become involved with thinking and acting without the help of an ideology; I have nothing that helps me, no idea that I serve and am known for . . . no rules that regulate the how, no belief that gives me direction, no picture of the future, no instruction that produces an overly ordered mind. I acknowledge only what is and, accordingly, regard every description and configuration of that which we don't know as madness. Ideologues seduce and exploit uncertainty, legitimize war.

Those who get lost on the way to school will never find their way through life

And yet, the real and deepest danger to woman did not lie along this line of refusal, but in the opposite direction. The veil is not only the symbol of the bride of man, but also of the Bride of Christ.

It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone to lead them in a direction which they do not want to go.

You have to know what you want to get it.

At times of disorientation people need to go back to identity, purpose, and context.

That has nothing to do with it. Abraham had no desire to leave his homeland, but God commanded him, and he had no choice but to go. Others of our family have also been chosen when they did not expect it. God has reached out and touched them and put them in directions they never dreamed. You, I think, will be one of these men, Moses of the tribe of Levi!

The author is leading and the spectator is following, but their path is the same.

As you consider your next move, practice this definition of trust: the willingness to take steps while simultaneously waiting for "instructions.

No map? No problem. Let commitment and determination lead the way.

Distinguish between getting lost and losing your way. The first is a shift in direction. The second is the absence of perspective. Cultivate perspective and you will be able to steer home.