Sayings about Direction
If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking. ~ Buddhist Proverb
East, west, home’s best. ~ Traditional Proverb
A fool and water will go the way they are directed. ~ Ethiopian Proverbs
It is not the destination that is important, but the journey there. ~ Chinese Proverb
In the South they don’t care how close you get, as long as you don’t get too high. In the North, they don’t care how high you get, as long as you don’t get too close. ~ African-American Proverbs
Too far East is West. ~ English Proverbs
If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~ Chinese Proverb
If you are travelling towards the East, you will inevitably move away from the West. ~ Japanese Proverbs
You always fall down in the direction of where you bend over. ~ French Proverb
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars. ~ Canary Island Proverb
Quotations about Direction
Direction is the information vested in the relative position of a destination (or target) point with respect to a starting point, absent the distance information. Directions may be either relative to some indicated reference. ~ An excerpt from Wikipedia
What keeps you going isn’t some fine destination but just the road you’re on, and the fact that you know how to drive. ~ Barbara Kingsolver
Map out your future – but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip. ~ Jon Bon Jovi
Look to the East, where up the lucid sky; the morning climbs! The day shall yet be fair. ~ Celia Thaxter
People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up. ~ Andy Stanley
Ride the horse in the direction that it’s going. ~ Werner Erhard
True friends… face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals. ~ C.S. Lewis
If you are reasonably sure of your course, just keep on going. ~ Robert K. Greenleaf
The best direction is the least possible direction. ~ Joan Manley
Keep your head and your heart going in the right direction and you will not have to worry about your feet. ~ Author Unknown
Planning is like a road map that leads you to your generations. ~ Topsy Gift
There’s one sad truth in life I’ve found While journeying east and west – The only folks we really wound Are those we love the best.~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
News is that which comes from the North, East, West and South, and if it comes from only one point on the compass, then it is a class; publication and not news. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
We got where we are because our choices mapped the route and paved the road.~ Craig D. Lounsbrough
Send danger from the east unto the west, so honor cross it from the north to south. ~ William Shakespeare
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. ~ Jimmy Dean
The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts. ~ Earl Nightingale
If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it. ~ Charles de Lint
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go. ~ Dr. Seuss
The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination. ~ Carl Rogers
To stay on the map you’ve got to keep showing up. ~ Peter Gallagher
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success. ~ Denis Waitley
Life is too mysterious to try to map it out. I’ve certainly lived long enough to know it will take you places you never thought it would take you – and some of those places are kind of wonderful. ~ Alan Ball
There’s no road map on how to raise a family: it’s always an enormous negotiation. ~ Meryl Streep
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. ~ Earl Nightingale
I predict that there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of undiscovered ancient sites across the globe. The only way to map them and locate them quickly is from satellites. ~ Sarah Parcak
Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction. ~ Al Bernstein
Success is not a destination, but the road that you’re on. Being successful means that you’re working hard and walking your walk every day. You can only live your dream by working hard towards it. That’s living your dream. ~ Marlon Wayans
Blessed is the man who finds out which way God is moving and then gets going in the same direction.~ Author Unknown
True navigation begins in the human heart. It’s the most important map of all. ~ Elizabeth Kapu’uwailani Lindsey
It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration. ~ Thomas Troward
Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor. ~ Brian Tracy
The road from ‘here’ to ‘there’ is a map yet to be written with the pen I hold in my hand.~ Craig D. Lounsbrough
You have to always be ready, always be alive, and always be willing to move in a new direction. ~ Kevin Spacey
It’s impossible to map out a route to your destination if you don’t know where you’re starting from. ~ Suze Orman
Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it. ~ Greg Anderson
We must travel in the direction of our fear. ~ John Berryman
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life. ~ Plato
We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction. ~ Douglas MacArthur
Happiness is a direction, not a place. ~ Sydney J. Harris
Step by step one goes very far. ~ Author Unknown
Nothing is beneath you if it is in the direction of your life. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The farther west he went the more he was convinced that the wise men came from the east. ~ Horace Russell
It is better to run back than run the wrong way. ~ Author Unknown
It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one’s own mind. ~ Buddha
There’s no destination. The journey is all that there is, and it can be very, very joyful. ~ Srikumar Rao
Religion is like a map. The route isn’t important. It’s the destination that matters. ~ Marianne Williamson
The heart is a wanderer, the mind is its map; love is its destination.~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A stop sign is a gift for you to learn that moving in the same direction won’t take you any place new. ~ Rex Steven Sikes
Love is not just looking at each other; it’s looking in the same direction. ~ Antoine De Saint-Exupery
If you wish to fly to new heights, begin by setting your sights on a destination you can reach and then create a flight plan, a map, that will be your guide. ~ Debbie Ford
Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination. ~ Diane Sawyer
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
We only pass this way once..unless our significant other is reading the map..~ k.j. force
When people hear the name ‘Marco Polo,’ they tend to think of a map or explorer. ~ John Fusco
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. ~ John F. Kennedy
Our real duty is always found running in the direction of our worthiest desires. ~ Randolph S. Bourne
An opening statement is like a guide or a road map. It’s a very delicate thing. ~ Johnnie Cochran
Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change. ~ Muhammad Ali
Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination. ~ Drake