Direction Quotes
2551 Direction quotes by 1855 unique authors
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Kindness comes back like a boomerang to those who are kind. Perhaps, its return takes years. Perhaps, the kindness returns from a different direction than…
— John Templeton
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Evolution in the biosphere is therefore a necessarily irreversible process defining a direction in time; a direction which is the same as that enjoined by…
— Jacques Monod
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Man has risen, not fallen. He can choose to develop his capacities as the highest animal and to try to rise still farther, or he…
— George Gaylord Simpson
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I get a kick out of watching a team defense me. A player moves two steps in one direction and I hit it two steps…
— Rod Carew
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Surfing and climbing are both useless sports. You get to be conquistadors of the useless. You climb to the summit and there is nothing there.…
— Yvon Chouinard
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We went all the way down the Himalayan chain for a day and a half. That was magnificent, except the Chinese told us they were…
— Richard Branson
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Discovery should come as an adventure rather than as the result of a logical process of thought. Sharp, prolonged thinking is necessary that we may…
— Theobald Smith
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If we move in the direction of biblial absolutism how can we escape turning the New Testament into a Christian Torah and the gospel into…
— Robert D. Brinsmead
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And these little things may not seem like much but after a while they take you off on a direction where you may be a…
— Roger Penrose
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Decide in your heart of hearts what really excites and challenges you, and start moving your life in that direction. Every decision you make, from…
— Chris Hadfield
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Every day, set your mind in the right direction. Find something to be grateful for.
— Joel Osteen
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The only real antidote to worry or problems is systematic, purposeful action in the direction of your goals.
— Brian Tracy
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The politics, policies, the President [Barack Obama] and the American people are all pointing in the right direction to fix our immigration system and pass…
— Luis Gutierrez
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So I think there's going to be a constituent backlash against this thing soon, as they see it moving in that direction...Whether they can pass…
— Steve King
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I have come to believe that our lives can be turned in a different direction, our minds adopt a different way of thinking, by some…
— Howard Zinn
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The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
— Samuel Johnson
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By suicide I introduce my design in nature, I shall for the first time give things the shape of my will ... now I choose…
— Antonin Artaud
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I believe that the community's duty to education is, therefore, its paramount moral duty. By law and punishment, by social agitation and discussion, society can…
— John Dewey
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Comprehension, inventiveness, direction, and criticism: intelligence is contained in these four words.
— Alfred Binet
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No matter what calamities befall him in everyday life, the true hacker still needs the pressure and inconvenience of four hours of trudging in wind…
— Tom O'Connor
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We are not retreating, we are advancing in another direction. We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to…
— George Orwell
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I still swing the way I used to, but when I look up the ball is going in a different direction.
— Lee Trevino
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One of the people who most influenced me was Ben Shapiro, a marketing professor at the business school. He used to rant and rave and…
— Thomas G. Stemberg
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The gist of the matter is this: Every impression that comes in from without, be it a sentence which we hear, an object of vision,…
— William James
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Teamwork requires that everyone's efforts flow in a single direction. Feelings of significance happen when a team's energy takes on a life of its own.
— Pat Riley
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