Quotes about Direction

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

It's funny how aimless a person can feel at times, even when they know God is in control.

It is not enough to be busy... The question is: what are we busy about?

Eastward I go only by force; but westward I go free.

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.

Many go fishing without knowing it is fish they are after.

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.

A vision without a task makes a visionary; a task without a vision is drudgery; a vision with a task makes a missionary.

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.

Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?' 'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat. 'I don't much care where -' said Alice. 'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat. '- so long as I get SOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation. 'Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, 'if you only walk long enough.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

Sometimes the way God chooses to lead us is through our own disquieted Spirit. pg. 241