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title: "6 Life Compass Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [Live your life by a compass, not a clock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-covey/live-your-life-by-a-compass-not-a-clock/)

[Stephen Covey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-covey/)

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> [“Amazing where your life can deposit you before you know it. One, two, three, and you're on a completely different road than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/amazing-where-your-life-can-deposit-you-before-you-know-it-one-two/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c20/alice-hoffman-427_compass_amazing-where-your-life-can-deposit-you_456173.jpg)

> [“This child, with his naive outlook on life was the compass which showed them the degree of their departure from what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/this-child-with-his-naive-outlook-on-life-was-the-compass-which/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [The Bible does not provide a map for life - only a compass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-bible-does-not-provide-a-map-for-life-only-a-compass/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [God is a compass. God is not about who you're sleeping with or, I mean, I don't care about that. It's about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kasich/god-is-a-compass-god-is-not-about-who-you-re-sleeping-with-or-i-mean/)

[John Kasich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kasich/)

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> [No map to help us find the tranquil flat lands, clearings calm, fields without mean fences. Rolling down the other side of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-mckuen/no-map-to-help-us-find-the-tranquil-flat-lands-clearings-calm-fields/)

[Rod McKuen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-mckuen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/rod-mckuen-9451_calm_no-map-to-help-us-find-the-tranquil-flat_1975136.jpg)

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