Quotes About Direction

and on May 5 sailed northeast into the North Atlantic.

If this was the map Magellan had in mind, it would have been nearly useless in trying to find the strait.

top of the pinnacle came the pilot, who plotted the ship's route; the master, who supervised the precious cargo;

And on it he indicated the route he proposed to take.

Our ship of dreams must be anchored, or else it will float away!

Here is a big occult secret: Time flows in both directions at once! In other words, we are not only being carried along into the future on an ocean wave of time, but the future is at this very moment flowing toward us! The point where we meet head-on is the present.

The universe flows in two directions simultaneously. This flow is comparable to Alternating Current. Electronics teaches us that the flow of electricity in the wires in our walls, in our appliances, and so forth, actually changes direction and polarity at a rapid rate. This rapid changing of direction or polarity is that 'alternates' in Alternating Current.

My failure, during the first five or six years of my art training, to get set in the right direction, and the disappointment which it caused me, drove me the more persistently into writing as an alternative.

Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour-by-hour mental counduct produces power for change in your life. Develop a train of thought on which to ride. The nobility of your life as well as your happiness depends upon the direction in which that train of thought is going.

If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.

Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour-by-hour mental conduct produces power for change in your life. Develop a train of thought on which to ride. The nobility of your life as well as your happiness depends upon the direction in which that train of thought is going.

If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

I think there is a fatality in it—I seldom go to the place I set out for.

Anche se non abbiamo modo di decidere dove la strada della vita deve portarci, possiamo stabilire dove poggiare i piedi e cosa guardare lungo il percorso.

Wij hebben het nu over jou. Vergeet niet, ik ben notaris geweest. Ik maak die dingen altijd af. Wat wil jij worden?' 'Ik weet het niet.' Hij begreep dat dat geen goed antwoord was, maar het was het enige, zelfs als iemand graag altijd alles afmaakte. Hij had geen flauw idee. Eigenlijk wist hij zeker dat hij nooit iets wou, maar ook nooit iets zóú worden. De wereld was al boordevol met mensen die iets waren, en de meesten waren er duidelijk niet gelukkig mee.

But I didn't know where she was going, Hannah whispers into the dark. I didn't know she was really going anywhere.

Rules existed for a reason: if you followed them, you would succeed;

Rules, boundaries, and limitations

You know where every impulse leads. Master all those that would carry you into situations you know and despise. If you cannot do that, you will never do anything.

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.

My boat goes west, your's east. Heaven's a wind for both journeys.

A novel is not a summary of its plot but a collection of instances, of luminous specific details that take us in the direction of the unsaid and unseen.

It's important to keep in mind that you have control over your year, If you don't like the direction your life is going—then you have the power to change it. If you're not happy where you're at, figure out where you want to be and make it happen.