Quotes About Direction

Don't seek opportunity. Seek God and opportunity will seek you.

Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges.

People, including business leaders, are willing to be open-minded about investment dollars when they know where they are going - and what purpose they are going to be dedicated - as opposed to just going into the black abyss of the general fund.

One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

'City of God' and 'Slumdog Millionaire' are both films that I really like, but they are stylistically the opposite of what I wanted to do.

I'd like to think, if I was ever in a fight, I'd win, although I'd probably run in the opposite direction.

Every time I hear a revenge story, I run the opposite direction. I just don't think such stories have any novelty value.

You can be dominant without the ball by trying to move the opposition where you want them to go.

We'll look at a bunch of deals that are being offered to us, and we decide where to go and continue on I guess. It's not too early to start considering our options with other labels.

I want to keep my options open and make sure I'm doing the best thing for Hannah.

I tell people for a long time, there are always other options in life. We have to do what we want.

I once knew a girl who didn't know where anywhere was in the world. Not a clue. I asked her if she knew where Africa was and she answered, 'Is it the orange one on a map?'

I never liked being ordered around - which, of course, was an overreaction. I eventually found out that I didn't mind being ordered around at all when it was by someone who knew what he was doing.

I've no idea what Eddie Irvine's orders are, but he's following them superlatively well.

As a result of that, America desires a moderate Islam; an Islam that America can control; an Islam that America can give direction to and give orders to its leaders.

Coaching a football player is the same as directing an actor. The guy has to follow orders and be able to perform skillfully.

It's a very organic feeling to have something really speak to you and kind of lay out the blueprint for you.

I'm very controlling. It's my worst habit. I'm also over organized, which means I end up telling my family what I want them to do at certain times, like when to get up, where to put their clothes and when they should have their breakfast.

Gandhi said it; Frederick Douglass said it. A lot of people have probably said 'It's not Christ that I have a problem with, it's his people.' And that was my struggle: it's God's people. I felt disenfranchisement. I felt so much abuse from organized religion because I'm walking in a direction that a lot of them couldn't fathom and can't understand.

I had decided after 'Hollow Man' to stay away from science fiction. I felt I had done so much science fiction. Four of the six movies I made in Hollywood are science-fiction oriented, and even 'Basic Instinct' is kind of science fiction.

I'm not quite that difficult, even though maybe I'm a little bit bossy. But you know, in order to get things done, you do have to be a little bit bossy sometimes or tell people what you really want. Otherwise, things just don't get done, do they?

Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.

I need to have a reason why I'm doing something. Otherwise I'm lost.

That's the fun part of being CEO. You can actually say, 'Hey, this is what we should be spending our time on,' and people get it.