Quotes About Direction

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.

One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road, the bifurcation that marks the place of emergence in which a new line of development begins to branch off.

A man without religion or spiritual vision is like a captain who finds himself in the midst of an uncharted sea, without compass, rudder and steering wheel. He never knows where he is, which way he is going and where he is going to land.

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, but a thing to be achieved.

The extent of a man's greatness is determined by his ability to follow his proper direction. We create our own destinies, and yet we do not. We forge a new path as we proceed, and yet the path already exists beforehand, though it is not always well marked. This is the paradox of life; and a paradox is not a riddle to be solved, but a place to dwell in, if only for a brief time.

Politicians are like weather vanes. Our job is to make the wind blow.

in acoustic culture, the world, like sound, is all around you, and comes at you from all directions at once. It is multilayered and nonhierarchical; it has no center or focal point.

We spend more time worrying about the problem than taking steps to solve it. Are you unable to sleep because you can't stop thinking about your problems? It's time to take that next big step. Put yourself in God's hands tonight and pray that He will lead you in the right direction. Then simply let go and trust Him, believing that you will sense God's direction and that He will bring you the peace you need.

Put yourself in God's hands tonight and pray that He will lead you in the right direction. Then simply let go and trust Him, believing that you will sense God's direction and that He will bring you the peace you need.

The river winds blow, Giving the surface no plan Of how to proceed.

A good officer can get away with being wrong, but he can't be indecisive.

Forward movement is not helpful if what is needed is a change of direction.

Es raro que uno tenga acceso a su destino opuesto; nuestro camino único no brinda el menor acceso a los senderos no tomados.

Acknowledging that students have competing purposes is the first step to managing them.

Thomas Merton puts it this way: "Life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire."2

The Way is to straighten oneself and await the direction of destiny.

Children always turn to the light.

I used to know where I was going but as I get older I just seem to arrive there!

The human race is a herd. Here we are, unique, eternal aspects of consciousness with an infinity of potential, and we have allowed ourselves to become an unthinking, unquestioning blob of conformity and uniformity. A herd. Once we concede to the herd mentality, we can be controlled and directed by a tiny few. And we are.

this minority will be the one that makes history, because the majority will always follow where there's a tough minority to lead the way. In

Sometimes it seems that a plan is a useful illusion until life figures out where you really should be headed.

Holding onto history is not nearly as important as where we're headed. Pride matters less than power.

What they need to know is, to lean right, push on the right grip; to lean left, push on the left grip. If

point your nose—rather than just swivel your eyes—in the direction that you want to go. For whatever physical or psychological reasons, the act of turning your head helps aim the motorcycle in that direction.