Direction Quotes

2551 Direction quotes by 1855 unique authors

It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward. — Louis Sachar
I believe there are techniques of the human mind whereby, in its dark deep, problems are examined, rejected or accepted. Such activities sometimes concern facets… — John Steinbeck
Youth need guidance, direction, and proper restraint...Parents, too, have a responsibility in this training not to provoke children to wrath. They should be considerate not… — David O. McKay
Few people...have had much training in listening. The training of most oververbalized professional intellectuals is in the opposite direction. Living in a competitive culture, most… — S I Hayakawa
A novel is not a summary of its plot but a collection of instances, of luminous specific details that take us in the direction of… — Charles Baxter
What's in store for me in the direction I don't take? — Jack Kerouac
There is no real direction here, neither lines of power nor cooperation. Decisions are never really made – at best they manage to emerge, from… — Thomas Pynchon
By the time I make my way to the border of Mauritania, to the edge of the Sahara, I see no end to being lost.… — Nick Flynn
A spinning coin, still balanced on its rim, may fall in either direction. — Annie Proulx
If I dare to hear you I will feel you like the sun And grow in your direction. — Mark Nepo
... perhaps the clock hands had become so tired of going in the same direction year after year that they had suddenly begun to go… — Jostein Gaarder
Your wedding completely changes the direction of your life, you know, no matter how greatly you desire it. I think that moment of doubt and… — Sharon Shinn
Gavroche had fallen only to rise again; he sat up, a long stream of blood rolled down his face, he raised both arms in air,… — Victor Hugo
The power of resistance is to set an example: not necessarily to change the person with whom you disagree, but to empower the one who… — Tim Wise
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there. — Zig Ziglar
There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
They walked on, without knowing in what direction. There was too much to be thought, and felt, and said, for attention to any other objects. — Jane Austen
We lead our lives like water flowing down a hill, going more or less in one direction until we splash into something that forces us… — Arthur Golden
When you're lost in those woods, it sometimes takes you a while to realize that you are lost. For the longest time, you can convince… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Society had grown cruel. People who felt they were unwanted or unwelcome in their own country, reacted with aggression. There was no such thing as… — Henning Mankell
And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would… — John Steinbeck
100 years ago, buying something you could make was considered wasteful; now making something you could buy is considered wasteful. I am not convinced this… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Instead of things I'm good at, it might be faster to list the things I can't do. I can't cook or clean the house. My… — Haruki Murakami
Thinking of a series of dreams Where the time and the tempo fly And there's no exit in any direction 'Cept the one that you… — Bob Dylan
There is something demoralizing about watching two people get more and more crazy about each other, especially when you are the only extra person in… — Sylvia Plath

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