Compass Quotes
303 quotes by 261 authors
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The downside, of course, is that over time religions become encrusted with precepts and ideas that are the antithesis of soul, as each faith tries…
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Science is a magnificent force, but it is not a teacher of morals. It can perfect machinery, but it adds no moral restraints to protect…
— William Jennings Bryan
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She was the light of our lives, our anchor, compass and vision.
— Ralph Nader
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The self is just our operation center, our consciousness, our moral compass. So, if we want to act more effectively in the world, we have…
— Gary Wolf
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Most governments do have inbuilt biases in favour of the rich and powerful, and most do contain plenty of manipulators who love intrigue, who have…
— Geoff Mulgan
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The problem is that Americans use the state as a moral compass. For libertarians, it is often frustrating to explain that advocating the decriminalization of…
— David Harsanyi
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Television used to be made much more in a vacuum; the only feedback the audience had for a long time was in a Nielsen number…
— Carlton Cuse
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Your normal Wall Street big-swinging Richard has enough of a lingering moral compass to at least tell himself that his wizardry benefits somebody or something…
— Tina Brown
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You can expect to find these four priorities - education, economic vitality, efficiency in government and the protection of families - woven into my decisions…
— Dave Heineman
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I was extremely greedy and lost my moral compass.
— Andrew Fastow
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If everyone got a divorce and looked for a second wife, the Coptic family would lose its moral compass.
— Pope Shenouda III
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Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in.
— Tabatha Coffey
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Not every book should be a compass. Some should be a pair of wax wings to soar and escape, if only for a brief time.
— DH Lawrence
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Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean,…
— Saint Augustine
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Well you know those times when you feel like there's a sign there on your back, says, 'I don't mind if you kick me,' seems…
— Rodney Atkins
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Though pleas'd to see the dolphins play, I mind my compass and my way.
— Prince Khetran
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Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the…
— William Shakespeare
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People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at…
— Saint Augustine
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Time is just a watch, your heart is the compass.
— Jeremy Limn
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No matter where I went, I always knew my way back to you. You are my compass star.
— Diana Peterfreund
Who Wrote These Compass Quotes
261 authors contributed a total of 303 Compass Quotes, led by these top contributors: