Quotes About Direction

What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt—it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else."—Hal Boyle.

When you raise your kids, you're the bow, they're the arrow, and you just try to aim them in the best direction that you can, and hopefully your aim isn't too off.

It's when I'm fuzzy about where I'm headed that I start to say yes to things willy-nilly. And I've been burned enough times by FOMO-based and ego-based decision-making to know that I'll always regret choosing to do something for the wrong reason.

Así que creo que las tendencias suelen ser cosas que deben evitarse.

NO HAS ENCONTRADO TU OBJETIVO GENERAL, ÚNICO EN LA VIDA? TAL VEZ NO SEA NECESARIO «Olvídate de tener un propósito. Está bien ser feliz sin tenerlo. La persecución de un propósito único ha arruinado muchas vidas.»

Still struggling with a sense of purpose or mission? Roughly half a dozen people in this book (e.g., Robert Rodriguez) have suggested the book Start with Why by Simon Sinek.

It's okay to have a desire. But pick a big one and pick it carefully. Drop the small ones.

If you can't define or act upon it, forget it.

It's when I'm fuzzy about where I'm headed that I start to say yes to things willy-nilly.

Tengo la firme convicción de que si tienes una idea muy clara de a dónde quieres ir, todo lo demás es mucho más fácil

Descubrir el propósito o la misión que te guía en la vida

You may even find that there's no reason to ever stop doing it, even once you've graduated to heading your own projects. Let it become natural and permanent; let others apply it to you while you're too busy applying it to those above you. Because if you pick up this mantle once, you'll see what most people's egos prevent them from appreciating: The person who clears the path ultimately controls its direction, just as the canvas shapes the painting.

It's not how well you play the game, it's deciding what game you want to play."—Kwame Appiah.

Were my goals my own, or simply what I thought I should want? How much of life had I missed from underplanning or overplanning?

Life's Little Instruction Book

Start with Why by Simon Sinek.

It's a matter of reminding yourself what your purpose in life is, right? What you're here for. If you haven't connected with what your purpose and mission in life is, then forget anything I've said. That is the number-one thing you need to do: Find out what you need to be doing on this planet, why you were put here, and what wakes you up in the mornings.

As Pico Iyer pointed out, the act of quitting "means not giving up, but moving on; changing direction not because something doesn't agree with you, but because you don't agree with something. It's not a complaint, in other words, but a positive choice, and not a stop in one's journey, but a step in a better direction. Quitting—whether a job or a habit—means taking a turn so as to be sure you're still moving in the direction of your dreams.

Integrity is the only path where you will never get lost.

My confidence came from my vision. . . . I am a big believer that if you have a very clear vision of where you want to go, then the rest of it is much easier.

Focus on great for a few things and good enough for the rest. Perfection is a good ideal and direction to have, but recognize it for what it is: an impossible destination.

La persona que despeja el camino es la que controla en última instancia su dirección, de la misma manera que el lienzo da forma al cuadro.

if you have a very clear vision of where you want to go, then the rest of it is much easier.

My answer is: Be clear that your ladder is leaning against the right building.