Compass Quotes

• Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Life, Strength, Believe

  Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), Gerald Henry Rendall (1907). “Marcus Aurelius Antoninus to himself: in English”

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• Ask to know what you are born to do. Follow the compass of joy.

  Barbara Marx Hubbard

  Joy, Born, Knows

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• Live your life by a compass, not a clock.

  Stephen Covey

  Live Your Life, Clock

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• A good leader has a compass in their head and a magnet in their heart.

  Howard G. Hendricks

  Heart, Leader, Influence

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• Pay attention to how you are feeling, and keep your compass heading set for JOY!

  Jack Canfield

  Law Of Attraction, Joy, Feelings

  Jack Canfield, D. D. Watkins (2007). “Jack Canfield's Key to Living the Law of Attraction: A Simple Guide to Creating the Life of Your Dreams”, p.25, Health Communications, Inc.

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• Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.

  Brad Henry

  Family, Inspiration, Comfort

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• Listen to the compass of your heart. All you need lies within you.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Lying, Inspiration, Heart

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• It would be helpful if the universe would give us one big clue, or a giant compass, if you will, pointing to the direction we should be taking. In fact, the compass is there. To find it, you need only look inside yourself to discover your soul's purest desire, its dream for your life.

  Deepak Chopra

  Dream, Giving, Soul

  Deepak Chopra (2008). “Synchrodestiny: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence to Create Miracles”, p.146, Random House

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• Be governed by your internal compass, not by some clock on the wall.

  Stephen Covey

  Wall, Intuition, Clock

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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• Living without an aim, is like sailing without a compass.

  John Ruskin

  Sailing, Aim

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• Fear is not your enemy. It is a compass pointing you to the areas where you need to grow.

  Steve Pavlina

  Enemy, Needs, Grows

  "The Courage to Live Consciously". www.stevepavlina.com. October 27, 2004.

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• Until I understand where I am, I can’t get to where I am going. This is the value of a compass when we are out walking or hiking and need to know we’re going in the right direction. But we also have an internal North Star. It’s that little nudge that tells us if we are on the right path to fulfilling our potential, or on the wrong path wasting energy traveling somewhere we don’t need to go. So my advice to you is, pull out that compass every once in a while and make sure you are navigating in the right direction on your journey.

  John C. Maxwell

  Stars, Journey, Hiking

  FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Dec 26, 2014

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• Desire sets our compass, but real life steers our course.

  Mitch Albom

  Life, Real, Desire

  Twitter post from Dec 19, 2013

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• On the ocean of life let your mind be the ship and your heart be the compass.

  James David Manning

  Life, Ocean, Heart

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• Ones vision is not a road map but a compass.

  Peter Block

  Educational, Vision, Maps

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• Conscience is a man's compass.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Artist, Men, Express Yourself

  Vincent van Gogh, Vincent Willem Gogh (1927). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1872-1886: With a Memoir by His Sister-in-law, J. Van Gogh-Bonger ...”

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• The only map of your right life is written on your soul at its most peaceful, and the only sure compass is your heart at its most open.

  Martha Beck

  Heart, Soul, Peaceful

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• People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.

  Saint Augustine

  Inspirational, Life, Faith

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book X, (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• The Unknown is an ocean. What is conscience? The compass of the Unknown.

  Joseph Cook

  Ocean, Conscience

  Joseph Cook (1887). “Conscience: With Preludes on Current Events”

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• Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Basketball, Finding Yourself, Talent

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• It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

  Michelangelo

  Art, Inspiration, Eye

  Michelangelo Buonarroti, Pavel Preiss (1982). “Michelangelo: drawings”

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• Having an exciting destination is like setting a needle in your compass. From then on, the compass knows only one point - its ideal. And it will faithfully guide you there through the darkest nights and fiercest storms

  Daniel Boone

  Night, Goal, Storm

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• Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks, dare to fail, remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt.

  Aaron Sorkin

  Inspirational, Graduation, Hurt

  Aaron Sorkin's Commencement Address at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, news.syr.edu. May 13, 2012.

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• Your inner knowing is your only true compass.

  Joy Page

  Knowing, Intuition

  "Graduation Speech: Grads, Rely on Your Compass Going Forth". www.sctimes.com. May 28, 2014.

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• A holiday gives one a chance to look backward and forward; to reset oneself by an inner compass.

  May Sarton

  Holiday, Giving, Environmental

  May Sarton (2014). “At Seventy: A Journal”, p.105, Open Road Media

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