Quotes with direction

Quotes 81 till 100 of 127.

  • Jean Rostand Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we.
    Jean Rostand
    French writer (1894 - 1977)
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  • John Ruskin Success by the laws of competition signifies a victory over others by obtaining the direction and profits of their work. This is the real source of all great riches.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Al Bernstein Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.
    Al Bernstein
    American sportscaster, writer, stage performer and recording artist (1950 - )
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  • David Herbert Lawrence That is your trick, your bit of filthy magic: invisibility, and the anaesthetic power to deaden my attention in your direction.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Cordell Hull That war has brought with it a truly incredible development of means of destruction and a terrifying prospect of rapid and almost limitless development in that direction.
    Cordell Hull
    American politician, U.S. Secretary of State from 1933 to 1944 (1871 - 1955)
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  • Bar Paly The actresses I most admire are Cameron Diaz and Sofia Vergara. They're amazing comedic actresses and also gorgeous. That's the direction I'd like my career to go in.
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  • Brian De Palma The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting.
    Brian De Palma
    American film director and screenwriter (1940 - )
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  • Bob Barr The definition of throwing your vote away is to go into that voting booth and vote for one of two parties that will not change the direction this country's going in.
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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  • Plato The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Carl Rogers The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.
    Carl Rogers
    American psychologist (1902 - 1987)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • St. Thomas Aquinas The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.
    St. Thomas Aquinas
    Italian philosopher and theologian (1225 - 1274)
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  • Bhumibol Adulyadej The important thing for the survival of the Thai society is that the majority of those who work, both in the government and the private sector, still strive to work in the same direction; this is why the Thai nation still stands.
    Bhumibol Adulyadej
    Thai King (1927 - 2016)
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  • Henry David Thoreau The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Earl Nightingale The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts
    Earl Nightingale
    American radio speaker and author (1921 - 1989)
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  • Joseph Joubert The mind's direction is more important than its progress.
    Joseph Joubert
    French writer (1754 - 1824)
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  • Benazir Bhutto The next few months are critical to Pakistan's future direction as a democratic state committed to promoting peace, fighting terrorism and working for social justice.
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Bruce Babbitt The notion that big business and big labor and big government can sit down around a table somewhere and work out the direction of the American economy is at complete variance with the reality of where the American economy is headed. I mean, it's like dinosaurs gathering to talk about the evolution of a new generation of mammals.
    Bruce Babbitt
    American attorney and politician (1938 - )
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  • C. S. Lewis The Prodigal Son at least walked home on his own feet. But who can duly adore that Love which will open the high gates to a prodigal who is brought in kicking, struggling, resentful, and darting his eyes in every direction for a chance of escape?
    Surprised by Joy (1955)
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Albert Szent-Gyorgyi The real scientist is ready to bear privation and, if need be, starvation rather than let anyone dictate to him which direction his work must take.
    Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
    Hungarian physician and Nobel Prize winner in Medicine (1893 - 1986)
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