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Direction proverbs

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


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

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