160 Direction Quotes

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Famous Direction Quotes

Direction, not intention determines your destination. - Andy Stanley

Direction, not intention determines your destination. — Andy Stanley

You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. — Dr. Seuss

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective. - Andre Gide

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective. — Andre Gide

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go. — Jim Rohn

Beyond each corner, new directions lie in wait. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street. — Dorothy Fields

If you have a clear mind . . . you won't have to search for direction. Direction will come to you. — Phil Jackson

Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. — George S. Patton

Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs. — Paula Radcliffe

Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. — Lao Tzu

All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. — Earl Nightingale

The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to create order out of the desperate confusion of our time. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Picking the direction is far more important than what force you apply. — Naval Ravikant

Happiness is a direction, not a place. - Sydney J. Harris

Happiness is a direction, not a place. — Sydney J. Harris

Short Direction Quotes

  • I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. — Jimmy Dean
  • When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination. — Carl Rogers
  • Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. — John F. Kennedy
  • If you want to change the direction of your life, change the declaration of your lips — Steven Furtick
  • A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning — Carl Rogers
  • Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions. — Winston Churchill
  • Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days. — Zig Ziglar
  • Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. — Henry David Thoreau
  • If you decide on your direction, God will give you the energy for the distance. — T. B. Joshua

Direction Image Quotes

It was great. I mean, it's a blast directing underwater stuff. - David R. Ellis quote

It was great. I mean, it's a blast directing underwater stuff. — David R. Ellis

I won't date a model, because models are perfect and perfect is boring. - Niall Horan quote

I won't date a model, because models are perfect and perfect is boring. — Niall Horan

If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going. - Irwin Corey quote

If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going. — Irwin Corey

Direction quote Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip
Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip top if you must, but take the step.
We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction. - Douglas MacArthur quote

We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction. — Douglas MacArthur

Colour is a power which directly influences the soul. - Wassily Kandinsky quote

Colour is a power which directly influences the soul. — Wassily Kandinsky

You cannot change your destination overnight. You can change your direction. - Jim Rohn quote

You cannot change your destination overnight. You can change your direction. — Jim Rohn

Direction quote Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction.
Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction.
Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. - Miguel Angel Ruiz quote

Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. — Miguel Angel Ruiz

Also a portion of my sales go directly to Greenpeace. - Rick Danko quote

Also a portion of my sales go directly to Greenpeace. — Rick Danko

Direction quote Self-control is strength. Calmness is mastery. You have to get to a point where your mood doesn't sh
Self-control is strength. Calmness is mastery. You have to get to a point where your mood doesn't shift based on the insignificant actions of someone else. Don't allow others to control the direction of your life. Don't allow your emotions to overpower your intelligence.
Oh Lord, may I be directed what to do and what to leave undone. - Elizabeth Fry quote

Oh Lord, may I be directed what to do and what to leave undone. — Elizabeth Fry

Fans always tell me I'm beautiful, but no one will ever be as beautiful as them - Louis Tomlinson quote

Fans always tell me I'm beautiful, but no one will ever be as beautiful as them — Louis Tomlinson

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction. - Plato quote

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction. — Plato

The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply. - Denis Waitley quote

The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply. — Denis Waitley

One who directs to good is rewarded similar to the doer of good. - Ibn Majah quote

One who directs to good is rewarded similar to the doer of good. — Ibn Majah

Time moves in one direction, memory in another. - William Gibson quote

Time moves in one direction, memory in another. — William Gibson

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. - Dolly Parton quote

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. — Dolly Parton

My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head. - Kirk Hammett quote

My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head. — Kirk Hammett

Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor. - Brian Tracy quote

Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor. — Brian Tracy

Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction. - Al Bernstein quote

Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction. — Al Bernstein

Direction quote Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up beign the biggest step of your life. Tip
Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up beign the biggest step of your life. Tip toe if you must, but take the step.

One Direction Quotes

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined... — Henry David Thoreau

Dreams are like stars. You may never touch them, but if you follow them they will lead you to your destiny. — Liam James

God is in control, and therefore in EVERYTHING I can give thanks - not because of the situation but because of the One who directs and rules over it. — Kay Arthur

Direction quote It is better to walk alone, than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.
It is better to walk alone, than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.

There is only one winning strategy. It is to carefully define the target market and direct a superior offering to that target market. — Philip Kotler

It only takes a second to call a girl fat and She'll take a lifetime trying to starve herself.. think before you act. — Harry Styles

Life is funny. Things change, people change, but you will always be you, so stay true to yourself and never sacrifice who you are for anyone. — Zayn Malik

Direction quote No matter how long you have traveled in the wrong direction, you always have the choice to turn arou
No matter how long you have traveled in the wrong direction, you always have the choice to turn around.

Don't choose the one who is beautiful to the world. But rather, choose the one who makes your world beautiful. -Harry Styles — Harry Styles

The stronger person is not the one making the most noise but the one who can quietly direct the conversation toward defining and solving problems. — Aaron T. Beck

I'd rather be called a boy and play with paper airplanes than be called a man and play with a girl's heart. — Niall Horan

A dream is only a dream.. until you decide to make it real - Harry Styles

A dream is only a dream.. until you decide to make it real — Harry Styles

A Step In The Right Direction Quotes

I like to step into areas where I am afraid. Fear is a sign that I am going in the right direction. — April Greiman

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

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 is a step in the right direction. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

Direction quote Your attitude determines your direction.
Your attitude determines your direction.

Don't try to rush progress. Remember -- a step forward, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction. Keep believing. — Kara Goucher

To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you're going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction. — Stephen Covey

One step in the right direction is better than a hundred years of thinking about it. — T. Harv Eker

Direction quote Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

It took me a long time to figure out that real big-time success comes from taking lots of small, ordinary steps in the right direction. And you can't ever take the next step until you take the first. — Deacon Jones

Every baby saved, every mother helped to choose life is a step in the right direction. — Alveda King

Being conservative has never been regarded as old-fashioned. But if you fight for a sensible step in the right direction which others has deserted you will be branded "reactionary". — Poul Henningsen

Each year, every city in the world that can should have a multiday festival. More people meeting each other, digging new types of music, new foods, new ideas. You want to stop having so many wars? This could be a step in the right direction. — Henry Rollins

Life Direction Quotes

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. Moving Forward In A Positive Direction - Colin StuckertAlbert Einstein

As a guiding principle, life shrinks and life expands in direct proportion to your willingness to assume risk. — Casey Neistat

As long as I breathe I hope. As long as I breathe I shall fight for the future, that radiant future, in which man, strong and beautiful, will become master of the drifting stream of his history and will direct it towards the boundless horizons of beauty, joy and happiness! — Leon Trotsky

Direction quote Think about what could go right.
Think about what could go right.

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate. — Carl Jung

I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is. — B. F. Skinner

You will be wounded many times in your life. You'll make mistakes. Some people will call them failures but I have learned that failure is really God's way of saying, "Excuse me, you're moving in the wrong direction." It's just an experience, just an experience. — Oprah Winfrey

Direction quote Direction is so much more important than speed.
Direction is so much more important than speed.

The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence. — Tom Landry

Immortal and indestructible, surrounds all and directs all. - Anaximander

Immortal and indestructible, surrounds all and directs all. — Anaximander

Live life for the moment, because everything else is uncertain. - Louis Tomlinson

Live life for the moment, because everything else is uncertain. — Louis Tomlinson

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations; your conscious expands in every direction; and you find yourself in a great, new and wonderful world. — Patanjali

Right Direction Quotes

I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality. — Alice Paul

Keep your head and your heart going in the right direction, and you will not have to worry about your feet. — Myles Munroe

Of the people, by the people, for the people. — Sun Yat-sen

Direction quote We cant direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
We cant direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction. — Alvin Toffler

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there; they cause change. They motivate and inspire others to go in the right direction and they, along with everyone else, sacrifice to get there. — John P. Kotter

Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we're two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we've found the right person. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life. — Richard Bach

I DECLARE that God has a great plan for my life. He is directing my steps. And even though I may not always understand how, I know my situation is not a surprise to God. He will work out every detail to my advantage. In His perfect timing, everything will turn out right. This is my declaration. — Joel Osteen

One right question asked at the right time can change the direction of our intelligence, and thus change the direction of our life. — Mahatria Ra

Those who take the lead take it by doing three things. First, science to be able to manoeuvre; second, knowledge to be able to heavily invest in education; and third, a very wise leadership with a clear vision and a roadmap to the right direction. — Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

I question and soul-search constantly into myself to be as certain as I can that I am fulfilling the true meaning of my work, that I am maintaining my sense of purpose, that I am holding fast to my ideals, that I am guiding my people in the right direction. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

New Direction Quotes

The child who has felt a strong love for his surroundings and for all living creatures, who has discovered joy and enthusiasm in work, gives us reason to hope that humanity can develop in a new direction. — Maria Montessori

A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. — Amelia Earhart

There are some things one can only achieve by a deliberate leap in the opposite direction. — Franz Kafka

It is insufficient for architecture today to directly implement an existing building typology; it instead requires architects to carefully examine the whole area with new interventions and programmatic typologies — Zaha Hadid

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 to find a new course. — Arthur Golden

It's time for the New England Patriots to move on and that's what our job is. And as I said, our goal is the same: to have a winning football team, to be a pillar in the community. That's what our direction is; that's what we're going to do. — Bill Belichick

This new social contract proposes a different country, in which the state does not direct our lives. He who cuts the streets, does not get paid. — Javier Milei

I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A REBEL. I NEVER DO THINGS THE WAY THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. EITHER I GO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OR I CREATE A NEW DIRECTION FOR MYSELF, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE RULES ARE OR WHAT SOCIETY SAYS. — Grace Jones

The Union of the Russian People helped invent a new style of right-wing politics – novel not just for Russia but for most of the world – a politics in a new key oriented toward the masses, public spaces, and direct action, a fascism avant la lettre. — Stephen Kotkin

The New York Times' was enigmatic: 'Some unimaginable gravitational force is pulling our entire galaxy in the opposite direction.' End of article. If you stop and think about that, we are recreating ourselves. — Dwight Schultz

Art Direction Quotes

Judo should be free as art and science from any external influences, political, national, racial, and financial or any other organized interest. And all things connected with it should be directed to its ultimate object, the benefit of Humanity. — Kano Jigoro

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul. — Ingmar Bergman

Music, uniquely among the arts, is both completely abstract and profoundly emotional. It has no power to represent anything particular or external, but it has a unique power to express inner states or feelings. Music can pierce the heart directly; it needs no mediation. — Oliver Sacks

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls. — Ingmar Bergman

Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes. — John Ford

Divinity of art, it's such a mystery. How to convince people that no matter how much money you can spend on education and art education especially, that it implants, it directs a young person for the rest of their lives, and always in the most humane and positive and dignified manner. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom. — Albert Einstein

Technically, I direct, I’m a writer, and I do all these things, but I never went to school for them. It’s just something you pick up; it’s like its own art, basically. — Ryan Higa

If reality impacted directly on our senses and our consciousness, if we could have direct communication between the material world and ourselves, art would be unnecessary. — Henri Bergson

The pictures were painted directly through me, without preliminary drawings and with great power. I had no idea what the pictures would depict and still I worked quickly and surely without changing a single brush-stroke. — Hilma af Klint

Future Direction Quotes

Our moral responsibility is not to stop future, but to shape it...to channel our destiny in humane directions and to ease the trauma of transition. — Alvin Toffler

Don't let the mistakes and disappointments of the past control and direct your future. — Zig Ziglar

There have been times when I felt suicidal and I would stop my head from going in that direction of negativity because I thought there'd be something I'd miss that was funny in the future. If there's a chance I'm going to laugh tomorrow then want to live to experience that. — Dave Navarro

I generally support just about every secession attempt that comes along. If, in the future, there is that kind of a dispute in Ethereum, I'd definitely be quite happy to see Ethereum A go in one direction and Ethereum B go the other. — Vitalik Buterin

We think of our land and water and human resources not as static and sterile possessions but as life giving assets to be directed by wise provisions for future days. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future. — Unknown

This isn't higher education studying itself. There are a lot of higher education people here. But there are also people here who are directly involved in whether or not (the United States is) going to have the good jobs in the future. — James Hunt

The past is no more and the future is not yet: both are unnecessarily moving in directions which don’t exist. One used to exist, but no longer exists, and one has not even started to exist. The only right person is one who lives moment to moment. — Osho [Chandra Mohan Jain]

Play permits the child to resolve in symbolic form unsolved problems of the past and to cope directly or symbolically with present concerns. It is also his most significant tool for preparing himself for the future and its tasks. — Bruno Bettelheim

You may see a cup of tea fall off a table and break into pieces on the floor... But you will never see the cup gather itself back together and jump back on the table. The increase of disorder, or entropy, is what distinguishes the past from the future, giving a direction to time. — Stephen Hawking

Wrong Direction Quotes

Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection. — Wendell Berry

No matter how many times people try to criticize you, the best revenge is to prove them wrong. — Zayn Malik

Being yourself is what will make you survive through anything. If you make music to please someone, it's the first step in the wrong direction. Always do what you believe in, no matter what people say. Only way to go! — Zedd

It's better to walk alone, than with a crowd going in the wrong direction. — Diane Grant

Wherever the crowd goes run in the other direction. They're always wrong. - Charles Bukowski

Wherever the crowd goes run in the other direction. They're always wrong. — Charles Bukowski

We don’t know how time and circumstances will change what we want and even who we want to be, and locking our life GPS onto a single target can give us the right directions to the wrong destination. — Adam Grant

Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction. - Kenichi Ohmae

Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction. — Kenichi Ohmae

There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction. — Winston Churchill

The fear of The Lord is a brake that stops you when you're in the wrong direction. — Bob Sorge

Stop asking for directions so much. Assuming that you're in a safe environment, pay attention and figure things out for yourself. Have the nerve to take a wrong turn now and then. You'll develop better working instincts and have more self-esteem too. — Marilyn vos Savant

Purpose And Direction Quotes

Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. The need for imagination, a sense of truth, and a feeling of responsibility—these three forces are the very nerve of education. — Rudolf Steiner

I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer. — William Henry Harrison

Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist. — George C. Marshall

My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right? — Charles M. Schulz

You are a great, mighty and powerful spiritual being with dignity, direction and purpose. — Dannion Brinkley

I take action in the direction of my dreams, passions, talents, and interests. I know that I have a much-needed life purpose, which I embrace without delay. I focus only on today with respect to my goals, trusting that all of my tomorrows will work out well. — Doreen Virtue

You have to gather your energy together...conserving it and insulating it from dissipation in every direction other than that of your purpose. — Walter Russell

Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives. They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move us in a direction. The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. — Tony Robbins

I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." — Abraham Lincoln

The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes. — Susan Sontag

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More Direction Quotes

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there. — Zig Ziglar

If you think down, you will go down. If you think up, you will go up. You’ll always travel in the direction of your thinking. — T. D. Jakes

Hillary Clinton has shown no indication whatsoever of stemming the tide of Islamic immigration, or stopping our mollycoddling, and pandering to Islam. These things are direct threats. Not just to culture, but to the lives of gay people in America. — Milo Yiannopoulos

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses. — William Arthur Ward

May the strength of God pilot us, may the wisdom of God instruct us, may the hand of God protect us, may the word of God direct us. Be always ours this day and for evermore. — Saint Patrick

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