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Quotes About Direction

Separated from Hellas by more than a thousand miles, they had not even a guide to point the way.
~ Xenophon
A very long sentence, anchored in solid nouns, with countless subordinate clauses, scores of adjectives and adverbs, and bold conjunctions that launched the sentence in a new direction--besides unexpected interludes--has finally, with a surprisingly quiet full stop, come to an end.
~ Yann Martel
Without a driver this bus is lost.
~ Yann Martel
Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.
~ Yann Martel
How could the stars, sparkle as they might, help me find my way if they kept moving?
~ Yann Martel
You are not lost. You never shall be lost.
~ Unknown
You don't start with today and aim toward your goal. You start with the goal, and aim back toward today. Do it like that, and you'll always find a way.
~ Christopher McDougall
Running is just a controlled fall, so how do you steer and keep from smacking down on your face without a weighted rudder, like a kangaroo's tail?
~ Christopher McDougall
I went to the theatre with the author of a successful play. He insisted on explaining everything. He told me what to watch, the details of the direction, the errors of the property man, the foibles of the star. He anticipated all of my surprises and ruined the evening. Never again! And mark you, the greatest author of all made no such mistake.
~ Christopher Morley
I cannot tell if what the world considers 'happiness' is happiness or not. All I know is that when I consider the way they go about attaining it, I see them carried away headlong, grim and obsessed, in the general onrush of the human herd, unable to stop themselves or to change their direction. All the while they claim to be just on the point of attaining happiness.
~ Chuang-tzu
Where are you going?" "Over here, so I don't strike you," Taras replied with his back to Quinlin.
~ Unknown
Long before Abraham's servant traveled to Mesopotamia, God had appointed Rebekah to be the bride of Isaac. "The angel of the LORD will direct you," Abraham told the servant. "He'll lead you to the one.
~ Chuck Smith
If you want to find the way forward, then stop looking for maps and start walking.
~ Chuck Wendig
You could have been the light of your world. But you never found your switch.
~ Unknown
He radiated a calm focus--like he knew who he was and where he was going. He was a steady mooring in a sea of change. Hr was honest and kept his word, and he was unrelentingly fair. It made people want to follow him.
~ Cinda Williams Chima
crook of his elbow and let him lead her toward the back
~ Unknown
We carve our destinies blindfolded, with sharp knives.
~ Claire Fontaine
I am so lost. But that is exactly how we live; lost in time and space.
~ Clarice Lispector
E nunca antes eu me havia deixado levar, a menos que soubesse para o quê.
~ Clarice Lispector
Life is like that: you press a button and life lights up. Except that the girl didnt know which button to press.
~ Clarice Lispector
Laying tracks gives you freedom without being too obvious.
~ Claude Chabrol
Your time has come to pick the road you walk in this tale.
~ Claudio Sanchez
In our lives and in our careers, whether we are aware of it or not, we are constantly navigating a path by deciding between our deliberate strategies and the unanticipated alternatives that emerge.
~ Clayton M. Christensen
You, too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims and destination.
~ Clement Stone