Compass Quotes

303 quotes by 264 authors

It 's wiser being good than bad; It 's safer being meek than fierce; It 's fitter being sane than mad. My own hope is,… — Robert Browning
A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all… — Edmund Waller
When a thought oppresses you, do not be downhearted, but put up with it in courage, saying, 'They swarmed around me closer and closer, but… — Pachomius the Great
In our fluctuations of feelings, it is well to remember that Jesus admits no change in His affections; your heart is not the compass Jesus… — Samuel Rutherford
Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion.… — John Stuart Mill
Education without morals is like a ship without a compass, merely wandering nowhere. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The cross is not just a badge to identify us...it is also the compass which gives us our bearings in a disoriented world. — John Stott
Your gut is your inner compass. Whenever you have to consult with other people for an answer, you're headed in the wrong direction. — Oprah Winfrey
The whole compass of the language is tried to find sinonimies [synonyms] and circumlocutions for massacres and murder. Things never called by their common names.… — Edmund Burke
I have an excellent internal compass. — Hugh Bonneville
People who do not know the Bible well have been gulled into thinking it is a good guide to morality. This mistaken view may have… — Richard Dawkins
Humanity is lost because people have abandoned using their conscience as their compass. — Suzy Kassem
As we consider the fast pace of scientific and technological progress in our modern world, we must not lose our moral compass and give way… — Sam Brownback
It is possible I never learned the names of birds in order to discover the bird of peace, the bird of paradise, the bird of… — Anais Nin
My body is a compass - and it does not lie. — Terry Tempest Williams
Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners. — Colley Cibber
Our â€¦ reduceth to a single origin and relateth to a single , and maketh contraries to coincide so that there is one primal foundation… — Giordano Bruno
In this world, you've a soul for a compass and a heart for a pair of wings. — Mary Chapin Carpenter
THE STORIES WE TELL fearlessly explores the textures of the human heart, finding a path toward hope through a Savannah that is jagged with class… — Joshilyn Jackson
When we stopped to rest and Tony tried to figure out what was wrong with his compass, I asked him what he thought it was… — Susan Orlean

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