--- title: "11 Inner Compass Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Inner Compass quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Inner Compass sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/oprah-winfrey-186_compass_your-gut-is-your-inner-compass-2089247_2089247.png" --- > [Your gut is your inner compass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/your-gut-is-your-inner-compass/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/oprah-winfrey-186_compass_your-gut-is-your-inner-compass-2089247_2089247.png) > [“Passion gives you direction. It serves as an inner compass that links you to action.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-c-young/passion-gives-you-direction-it-serves-as-an-inner-compass-that-links/) [Susan C. Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-c-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7aa/susan-c-young-156_authenticity-quotes_passion-gives-you-direction-it-serves-as_1093505.jpg) > [A holiday gives one a chance to look backward and forward; to reset oneself by an inner compass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/may-sarton/a-holiday-gives-one-a-chance-to-look-backward-and-forward-to-reset/) [May Sarton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/may-sarton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/may-sarton-897_chance_a-holiday-gives-one-a-chance-to-look-bac_2396518.jpg) > [“Since learning the truth, his inner compass had spun off course, swinging wildly, like a needle around a magnet or one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-easton/since-learning-the-truth-his-inner-compass-had-spun-off-course/) [Eli Easton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-easton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/eli-easton-11480_learning-the-truth_since-learning-the-truth-his-inner-compa_419067.jpg) > [Your gut is your inner compass. Whenever you have to consult with other people for an answer, you're headed in the wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/your-gut-is-your-inner-compass-whenever-you-have-to-consult-with/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a3/oprah-winfrey-186_answers_your-gut-is-your-inner-compass-whenever_1267204.png) > [Every time you consider a job, you have to check in with your inner compass and say, ‘Does this fit in with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/every-time-you-consider-a-job-you-have-to-check-in-with-your-inner/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/tom-hiddleston-1633_checks_every-time-you-consider-a-job-you-have-t_2380882.jpg) > [“The arguments today will be a memory tomorrow, but our work will stand the test of time when we trust ourselves enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-erzfeld/the-arguments-today-will-be-a-memory-tomorrow-but-our-work-will-stand/) [Chris Erzfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-erzfeld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b6/chris-erzfeld-27671_inspirational-quotes_the-arguments-today-will-be-a-memory-tom_1252173.jpg) > [I think it's so important as an actor that you hang on to your own inner compass, because so many people want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-ryan/i-think-it-s-so-important-as-an-actor-that-you-hang-on-to-your-own/) [Michelle Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-ryan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/michelle-ryan-20966_actor_i-think-it-s-so-important-as-an-actor-th_2861930.jpg) > [“Never row upstream and fight the currents of life, or passively wait for the tides to change. To get to your destination,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthon-st-maarten/never-row-upstream-and-fight-the-currents-of-life-or-passively-wait/) [Anthon St. Maarten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthon-st-maarten/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd7/anthon-st-maarten-9235_divine-guidance_never-row-upstream-and-fight-the-current_1664180.jpg) > [I would step into a place of being lined up with a sense of purpose and my inner compass, and everything was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-mattea/i-would-step-into-a-place-of-being-lined-up-with-a-sense-of-purpose/) [Kathy Mattea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-mattea/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2a/kathy-mattea-17222_compass_i-would-step-into-a-place-of-being-lined_122617.jpg) > [“Always lost, always striking out in the wrong direction, always going around in circles. You have suffered from a life-long inability to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/always-lost-always-striking-out-in-the-wrong-direction-always-going/) [Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/paul-auster-351_time_always-lost-always-striking-out-in-the-w_611445.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inner-compass/#itemlist", "name": "Inner Compass Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Your gut is your inner compass.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oprah Winfrey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/your-gut-is-your-inner-compass/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/oprah-winfrey-186_compass_your-gut-is-your-inner-compass-2089247_2089247.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/oprah-winfrey-186_compass_your-gut-is-your-inner-compass-2089247_2089247.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/oprah-winfrey-186_compass_your-gut-is-your-inner-compass-2089247_2089247.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Your gut is your inner compass.” — Oprah Winfrey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Passion gives you direction. 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You are hopelessly lost within minutes, and even indoors, whenever you find yourself in an unfamiliar building, you will walk down the wrong corridor or take the wrong elevator, not to speak of smaller enclosed spaces such as restaurants, for whenever you go to the men’s room in a restaurant that has more than one dining area, you will inevitably make a wrong turn on your way back and wind up spending several minutes searching for your table. Most other people, your wife included, with her unerring inner compass, seem to be able to get around without difficulty. They know where they are, where they have been, and where they are going, but you know nothing, you are forever lost in the moment, in the void of each successive moment that engulfs you, with no idea where true north is, since the four cardinal points do not exist for you, have never existed for you. 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