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Quotes about Direction

You see, we don't have enough sense to make these decisions. Somehow, you just get led to where you're supposed to be, if you're willing to submit.
— Wendell Berry
Se poate întâmpla ca, atunci când nu mai È™tim ce s? facem, s? fi ajuns la adev?rata noastr? munc?, iar când nu mai È™tim pe ce cale s? o lu?m, s? fi început adev?rata noastr? c?l?torie.
— Wendell Berry
He aimed for them to stay put like a tree or a stand of corn. Because if He'd a aimed for man to be always a-moving and going somewhere else, wouldn't He put him longways on his belly, like a snake? It stands to reason He would.
— William Faulkner
When [God] aims for something to be always a-moving, He makes it longways, like a road or a horse or a wagon, but when He aims for something to stay put, He makes it up-and-down ways, like a tree or a man. . . . [I]f He'd a aimed for man to be always a-moving and going somewheres else, wouldn't He a put him longways on his belly, like a snake? It stands to reason He would. Anse in As I Lay Dying, pp. 34-5
— William Faulkner
It's funny how aimless a person can feel at times, even when they know God is in control.
— Chris Fabry
It is not enough to be busy... The question is: what are we busy about?
— Henry David Thoreau
Eastward I go only by force; but westward I go free.
— Henry David Thoreau
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
— Henry David Thoreau
Many go fishing without knowing it is fish they are after.
— Henry David Thoreau
The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.
— Henry Ford
A vision without a task makes a visionary; a task without a vision is drudgery; a vision with a task makes a missionary.
— Leonard Ravenhill
I have no idea where I am going. . . . But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
— Leonard Sweet