Direction Quotes

2551 Direction quotes by 1855 unique authors

I realized that my bliss and my heartbreak both point in the same direction. I follow my joy and my heartbreak simultaneously because they’re two… — Steve Pavlina
The direction of a big act will warp history, but probably all acts do the same in their degree, down to a stone stepped over… — John Steinbeck
Before we met, I was as lost as a person could be and yet you saw something in me that somehow gave me direction again. — Nicholas Sparks
Grandpa Patterson used to say: Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction. — Debbie Macomber
Love, I thought to myself abstractedly. Not 'This is love' or 'Is this love?' Not a sentence, not a certainty, not a thought with moving… — Julian Gough
A dancer on break approached him. She smiled. Each tooth was angled in a different direction, as if her mouth were the masterwork of a… — Harlan Coben
The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness… — Frank Herbert
Mother’s particular devils had remained mysterious to me for decades. So had her past. Few born liars ever intentionally embark in truth’s direction, even those… — Mary Karr
Dreams are nervy things—all it takes is for one stern word to be spoken in their direction and they shrivel up and die. — Lloyd Jones
People are never satisfied. If they have a little, they want more. If they have a lot, they want still more. Once they have more,… — Paulo Coelho
A man loses his sense of direction after four drinks; a woman loses hers after four kisses. — H. L. Mencken
Pointed in the wrong direction, trapped outside their own history and unable to retrace their steps because their footprints had been swept away. — Arundhati Roy
A girl is like a young tree, she said. You must stand tall and listen to your mother standing next to you. That is the… — Amy Tan
We took the elevator back down from the first observation level of the Eiffel Tower and started walking in he direction of the Taj Mahal — D. J. MacHale
We are walking down the street holding hands. There is a playground at the end of the block, and I run to the swings and… — Audrey Niffenegger
She would be quiet at first. Then she would say a word about something small, something she had noticed, and then another word, and another,… — Amy Tan
My life is a pitiful, mechanical thing without a past, like a little wind-up car, ready to run in any direction someone points me. — Barbara Kingsolver
The problem is whether we are determined to go in the direction of compassion or not. If we are, then can we reduce the suffering… — Nhat Hanh
It is easier to find guides, someone to tell you what to do, than someone to be with you in a discerning, prayerful companionship as… — Eugene H. Peterson
And I was crying for gravity. It had sent me down the stairs, and I'd thought that meant something, but maybe it was just the… — Gabrielle Zevin
Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction. — Lewis Carroll
Have you ever thought about the grid of Manhattan?' It's like...a metaphor for life. You think you have the freedom to walk anywhere. But in… — Sophie Kinsella
Have I mentioned that I expect death around every turn, that every blue sky has a safe sailing out of it, that every bus runs… — Rick Moody
The most exquisite pleasure in the practice of medicine comes from nudging a layman in the direction of terror, then bringing him back to safety… — Kurt Vonnegut
The young, free to act on their initiative, can lead their elders in the direction of the unknown... The children, the young, must ask the… — Margaret Mead

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