Direction Quotes

2551 Direction quotes by 1855 unique authors

Goals give us direction. They put a powerful force into play on a universal, conscious, and subconscious level. Goals give our life direction. — Melody Beattie
Writers, especially when they act in a body and with one direction, have great influence on the public mind. — Edmund Burke
I learned that you can constantly improve, and that you should not be shy about your views, and about the direction that you believe is… — Christine Lagarde
I realized that one cannot reveal oneself without mannerism, without some evident trace of one's personality. But all the same one should not go too… — Georges Braque
The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind, that in the same direction lasts not long. — Dante Alighieri
This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the event as event, but of the relationship of that event… — Robert Penn Warren
Willingness opens the doors to knowledge, direction, and achievement. Be willing to know, be willing to do, be willing to create a positive result. Be… — Peter McWilliams
Those public employee union bosses think they already control the legislators, they already control everyone up there in Sacramento, and now, because they have the… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Look for echoes. Sometimes the same shape or direction will echo through the picture. — Robert Henri
Our studies will be forever, in a very great degree, under the direction of chance; like travelers, we must take what we can get, and… — Joshua Reynolds
A well-judging man will open his trunk-line of study in such a direction that, while habitually adhering to it, he may enjoy a ready access… — James Fitzjames Stephen
My new city [Seattle] and its hinterland felt deceptively homely. Their similar latitude gave them the angular light and lingering evenings I was used to.… — Jonathan Raban
The individual's habits of thought make an organic complex, the trend of which is necessarily in the direction of serviceability to the life process. When… — Thorstein Veblen
Nature's government spontaneously brings satisfaction to everyone because it promotes all innumerable, diverse tendencies of life in the evolutionary direction. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
The award is destined for scientists who do not fear to touch on some of the darkest aspects of being without betraying what they have… — Vaclav Havel
It's the old idea that the process of evolution is some push in the direction of greater complexity--in particular greater intellectual complexity. In one twig… — Steven Pinker
People often confuse "goal&quot and "purpose." A goal is something tangible; a purpose is a direction. A goal can be achieved; a purpose is fulfilled… — Roger Delano Hinkins
One way to cope with the provocations of novel art is to rest firm and maintain solid standards... set by the critic's long-practiced taste and… — Leo Steinberg
Every change in conditions will make necessary some change in the use of resources, in the direction and kind of human activities, in habits and… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to publick… — James F. Cooper
We can't really waste our time; we have to see that we are all in the same boat and that different religious traditions point in… — David Steindl-Rast
Truth is something we discover by carrying it out. It is not a list of statements, but a direction of life. — David Steindl-Rast
Dialogue is good, America used to talk to Iraq all the time. Members of Congress don't have any special skill in weapons inspection. However, if… — Dennis Kucinich
My basic belief is you need to ride the horse in the direction that it's going. — Tim O'Reilly
Invest in yourself. It's like being a boxer, you've got to be in training so that when the bell rings, you get your direction you… — Karl Urban

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