Quotes About Direction

The presidency is not a collegial body... He will surround himself with people who share his vision.

After Chelsea it was important to choose somewhere I was surrounded with the right people and commitment.

Surrounding yourself with a great team that is really discerning and not pushing or rushing into a certain direction that doesn't seem like a progressive flow is really important.

As leader of the effort of the Iraqi Survey Group, I spent most of my days not out in the field leading inspections. It's typically what you do at that level. I was trying to motivate, direct, find strategies.

Resilience is distinct from mere survival, and more than mere endurance. Resilience is often endurance with direction.

I'm most suspicious of scripts that have a lot of stage direction at the top of the page... sunrise over the desert and masses of... a whole essay before you get to the dialogue.

It's not about the pace, it's about the direction we've set. The pace is of course a function of many factors, including the magnitude of the supply shock. But what's probably more important is the probability of the supply shock translating into sustainable embedded inflation.

We prefer an orderly resolution to the debt crisis and we're moving in that direction. But the most important thing is that the deal we reach with creditors is sustainable.

I swear I'm not bossy in any other aspect of my life - it's just on set.

I know that God lives, my brothers and sisters. There is no question in my mind. I know that this is His work, and I know that the sweetest experience in all this life is to feel His promptings as He directs us in the furtherance of His work.

I think that beauty can injure you to death. It can cause an injury that can never be cured. Or it can so traumatise you, your life changes direction. The beauty of the harmony of nature that is forever lost, or a daily rite that you perform, or diving into the sea for a swim. Those experiences are going to mark you.

In my 20s, I was leaving university, getting married, or having a baby. And then, in my 30s, I was just keeping my head above water. When I hit 40, I thought, 'I have got to get a grip of my life and really point it in the direction I want it to go rather than just swim hard against the current.'

I very rarely watch anybody swing. All I do is follow where the ball goes.

For Debussy the musician and the man I have had profound admiration, but by nature I'm different from him. I think I have always personally followed a direction opposed to that of the symbolism of Debussy.

My faith tells me where to go and get started and what kind of sympathy to have for people once you get there.

Leadership and management are not synonymous.

Friends are supposed to act like harbor boats—let you know if you're off course. But it ain't always possible…

Already she'd learned that paths, once taken, rarely allowed you to go back and change direction without some penalty. Once the decision was made at the fork in the road, it was incredibly hard to change course.

He's lost his way, but he's not lost.

Which thread shall I choose, Lord? There are so many. They hang before my eyes like strands of silk in a doorway. Each promising that it will weave the finest tapestry of my life. But it is not my tapestry. It is not my life. So again I ask, which thread do I choose? Which strand will pass through the very eye of the needle?

those who move but very slowly, may advance much farther, if they always follow the right way; then those who run and straggle from it.

Et c'est là, en même temps, ce qui donne l'illusion du progrès à ceux qui, ne connaissant qu'une civilisation, voient exclusivement la direction dans laquelle elle se développe, croient qu'elle est la seule possible, et ne se rendent pas compte que ce développement sur un point peut être largement compensé par une régression sur d'autres points.

Quand on est en possession d'une base stable et d'une direction sûre, on n'éprouve nul besoin de changement. [...]

Follow the truth and you will never get lost."