A rusted nail, placed near the faithful compass, Will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“This was an interesting thought; it had never occurred to me that one's name could be a compass.” — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
My kids are at a point in their lives where I'm a moral compass for them. God help them both. — Jack Wagner Copy Share Image
“The way destiny forgot To etch home on her palms, The broken compass Also forgot to point towards north.” — Ruqayya Shaheed Copy Share Image
Life is like a compass. When you set your goals correctly, it will take you to the RIGHT DIRECTION. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The compass of accurate knowledge directs the shortest, safest, cheapest course to any destination — Claude C. Hopkins Copy Share Image
Put a compass to paper and trace a circle. Then tell me which other country has such a concentration of places like… — Diego Della Valle Copy Share Image
North was only a direction indicated by a compass--if a man had one, that is, for otherwise there was no north or… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
Those who fall in love with practice without science are like a sailor who enters a ship without a helm or a… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
A made-up proverb from Dreams of the Compass Rose says, "In the desert, the only god is a well." I love exploring… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Justice to others and to ourselves is the same; that we cannot define our duties by mathematical lines ruled by the square,… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
If we are but sure the end is right, we are too apt to gallop over all bounds to compass it; not… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Travelers describe a tree in the island of Java whose pestiferous exhalations blight every tiny blade of grass within the compass of… — Giovanni Ruffini Copy Share Image
It's not a stretch to say the whole financial industry revolves around the compass point of the absolutely safe AAA rating. But… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
“Amazing where your life can deposit you before you know it. One, two, three, and you're on a completely different road than… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
A man without religion or spiritual vision is like a captain who finds himself in the midst of an uncharted sea, without… — William J. H. Boetcker Copy Share Image
Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The best aphorisms are… portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling. They furnish the largest amount of intellectual stimulus and… — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
Feelings are you inner guidance system-your emotional compass. When you allow this compass to direct your actions you build self-trust. When you… — Cheryl Richardson Copy Share Image
I would step into a place of being lined up with a sense of purpose and my inner compass, and everything was… — Kathy Mattea Copy Share Image
I grew up around hunters. I love guns, bows, arrows, compasses and binoculars. I don't do any of that stuff, I just… — Tim Allen Copy Share Image
No one can dictate purpose to another. We discover it for ourselves. Typically leaders know what makes them tick so they do… — John Baldoni Copy Share Image
One would wonder to hear skeptical men disputing for the reason of animals, and telling us it is only our pride and… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Jack believed in something—he believed in white witches and sleighs pulled by wolves, and in the world the trees obscured. He believed… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
Our struggle to put first things first can be characterized by the contrast between two powerful tools that direct us: the clock… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers,… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
It is possible I never learned the names of birds in order to discover the bird of peace, the bird of paradise,… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
It's true: Everyone needs a reason to stay alive -- someone who justifies your existence. Someone who loves you. Not beyond all… — Geraldine McCaughrean Copy Share Image
[I]f a man bred to the seafaring life, and accustomed to think and talk only of matters relating to navigation, enters into… — Thomas Reid Copy Share Image
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