Quotes about Direction

If I know the way home and am walking along it drunkenly, is it any less the right way because I am staggering from side to side!

We must stop setting our sights by the light of each passing ship; instead we must set our course by the stars. GEORGE MARSHALL

God's impressions within and His Word without are always corroborated by His providence around, and we should quietly wait until these three focus into one point. … If you do not know what you ought to do, stand still until you do.

Persistent, internal inklings matched by external confirmation is often the way God directs believers into His will.

You always thought you knew where you were headed. But now your life's been interrupted, and these personal goals, hopes, and trajectories are being asked to take a backseat to what God uniquely has in mind for you.

Righteousnessis like the train that travels on the track. If not for the rails, the train wouldn't have anything to run on.

The Water is there. It is always there. Call them. Show them the way.

Because in running toward what I thought was better, safer, more pleasurable, more fulfilling, less painful, less complicated, or less confining, I've actually been running from God, from His will, and from His blessing. And I'm tired of running. Aren't you?

As C. S. Lewis put it, "Aim at heaven and you will get the earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.

If those who hold influence over others fail to lead toward the spiritual uplands, then surely the path to the lowlands will be well worn.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.