Quotes About Direction

The shortest distance between two points may well be the wrong way on a one way street.

Be careful the purpose doesn't destroy you.

And if you're not walking in your happiness every day, you need to change the path.

I followed the pavement a little over a mile and then turned left again onto a dirt road. It was as narrow as a bigot's mind, and I got in the ruts and stayed there.

over the place, and this way he would get a

any spoke will lead an ant to the hub

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice." (William Jennings Bryan 1860-1925)

The next stop is mine. You'd better follow." "The stop belongs to the railway, but I know what you mean.

Yes, a major can break a record or sell a hit, but it can never lead the way.

You'll find your way.

Caec sunt ducs caecrum. (Matthew 15.14:

A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed, it feels an impulsion... .this is the place to go now. But the sky knows the reason and the patterns behind all clouds, and you will know, too, when you lift yourself high enough to see beyond horizons.

Remember where you came from, where you're going, and why you created this mess you got yourself into in the first place.

The best thing about the future is that it's in front of you. The best thing about the past is that it lies behind.

Next, find out where in your body the feeling starts and where it goes. Discover the direction it spins inside your body, and spin it faster and faster and, again, notice your feelings intensify. There lies the control you have over your brain to create powerful feelings inside of you.

This will instruct your neurology which direction to go in. There is a tendency for some people to look at the past over and over again. Even in therapy, people going through it over and over again instruct the neurology that this is what they want. Until you start to look ahead with desire, it's very hard to get away from the past. The more you look at the bad things, the more you relive the bad things, the more familiar it gets.

The techniques I'm describing to you aren't techniques that you just do once, but things that you run over and over and over in your mind till they become familiar, to move away from pain and move toward hope. The more you move away from pain and white out your pain and see yourself in your pain—and the more you look at yourself doing the things you want to do—the more you'll begin to change your direction.

the Bible contains the record of a dynamic, developing tradition of thought, and the aim of interpretation should be to let Scripture involve its reader in its own process of thought, so that the reader's own thinking may continue in the direction it sets

Without a sense of purpose to life, a sense of what is truly most important to us, we become like the ball in a pinball machine, bouncing away from fear after fear. When we have a clear purpose, we may feel afraid or encounter obstacles, but we will do what it takes to move through the fear and solve the problems in front of us.

Life didn't come with a fool-proof manual.

Someone ... tell us what's important, because we no longer know.

Spirituality yields two fruits. The first in inspiration to know what to do. The second is power, or the capacity to do it. These two capacities come together. That's why Nephi could say, 'I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded' (1 Nephi 3:7). He knew the spiritual laws upon which inspiration and power are based. Yes, God answers prayer and gives us spiritual direction when we live obediently and exercise the required faith in Him.

What may appear initially to be a daunting task will be much easier to manage over time as you consistently strive to recognize and follow feelings prompted by the Spirit. Your confidence in the direction you receive from the Holy Ghost will also become stronger. I witness that as you gain experience and success in being guided by the Spirit, your confidence in the impressions you feel can become more certain than your dependence on what you see or hear.

The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose.