These new direction quotes will inspire you.
A collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging new direction quotes, new direction sayings, and new direction proverbs.
Best New Direction Quotes
- “Social change cannot come above the intellect, it comes about by people suffering. And the more people are related to that, the more they lose respect for an existing government. They will seek another direction. If there are too many people who seek a new direction, then the existing government calls upon the army and police to manage society – that is called fascism.” ~ Jacque Fresco
- “It is a tricky business to know when you should set goals and objectives in order to achieve a focus, and when you would be better off dealing with the acceptance and management of your current reality so you can later step into new directions and responsibilities with greater stability and clarity. Only you will know the answer to that, and only in the moment.” ~ David Allen
- “[The Man] was a case where it was a funny role teamed up with another actor. It’s a great teaming. And the role was a bigger role. It wasn’t so much that it was a co-starring role. This is not a new direction. I’m not saying, ‘No. I’m only now co-starring.’ It just happens it’s a co-starring role.” ~ Samuel L. Jackson
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“Independence of mind, enthusiasm, dedication to the field, and willingness to challenge and question and to explore new direction. There are plenty of people like that, but schools tend to discourage those characteristics.” ~ Noam Chomsky
- “I think it’s the next thing, getting out of the comfort-zone readership, that at some point you have to try and break out of that and see if you can go in new directions. I wanted to do something that felt a lot bigger than a book that’s going to sit on a toilet.” ~ Drew Magary
- “To achieve originality we need to abandon the comforts of habit, reason, and the approval of our peers, and strike out in new directions.” ~ Marty Neumeier
- “Behavior runs in deep channels that were cut during early childhood, and it is very difficult to alter them. In order to change a deeply ingrained pattern, you have to build a sturdy dam, dig another canal and reroute the river in the new direction. That effort is rarely successful over the long haul.” ~ James Dobson
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“I notice well that one stray step from the habitual path leads irresistibly into a new direction. Life moves forward, it never reverses its course.” ~ Franz Grillparzer
- “The gifts of the Master are these: freedom, life, hope, new direction, transformation, and intimacy with God. If the cross was the end of the story, we would have no hope. But the cross isn’t the end. Jesus didn’t escape from death; he conquered it and opened the way to heaven for all who will dare to believe. The truth of this moment, if we let it sweep over us, is stunning. It means Jesus really is who he claimed to be, we are really as lost as he said we are, and he really is the only way for us to intimately and spiritually connect with God again.” ~ Steven James
- “People who are not leaders automatically gravitate toward lines–limitations set by others. Many people are taught this in kindergarten when they are instructed to stay within the lines while coloring. But leaders are more creative than that. They look for options and opportunities. They try to take things in a new direction, or beyond the limit. Progress and innovation are made by people who think without lines.” ~ John C. Maxwell
- “If you don t know where you are, a map won’t help.” ~ Watts Humphrey
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“Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
- “If you don’t know where you’re going any road will do” ~ Lewis Carroll
- “It’s hard to get lost if you don’t know where you’re going.” ~ Jim Jarmusch
- “Fear of failure and fear of the unknown are always defeated by faith. Having faith in yourself, in the process of change, and in the new direction that change sets will reveal your own inner core of steel.” ~ Georgette Mosbacher
- “Every mind has a new compass, a new direction of its own, differencing its genius and aim from every other mind.–We call this specialty the bias of each individual. And none of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“After you’ve done it for so many years, you have to find a new direction. You have to find something in your soul that’s going to push you towards – to find your inspiration.” ~ Elvis Stojko
- “Before you can move in new directions, you must first let go of what’s not working for you.” ~ Alberto Villoldo
- “Adjusting to a new path and a new direction will require new qualities and strengths, and these qualities are always exactly what we need to acquire in order to accomplish the great things ahead in our life.” ~ Rhonda Byrne
- “If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere” ~ Henry A. Kissinger
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“If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.” ~ Yogi Berra
- “I believe there are techniques of the human mind whereby, in its dark deep, problems are examined, rejected or accepted. Such activities sometimes concern facets a man does not know he has. How often one goes to sleep troubled and full of pain, not knowing what causes the travail, and in the morning a whole new direction and a clearness is there, maybe the results of the black reasoning. And again there are mornings when ecstasy bubbles in the blood, and the stomach and chest are tight and electric with joy, and nothing in the thoughts to justify it or cause it.” ~ John Steinbeck
- “When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails” ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
- “If you don’t know where you are currently standing, you’re dead.” ~ Samuel Beckett
- “My dream is to be a doctor. I’m almost working in a laboratory, because I’m trying new techniques, new directions and fabrics, new weaving.” ~ Alber Elbaz
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“You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction.” ~ Edward de Bono
- “I was twenty-one at the time, about to turn twenty-two. No prospect of graduating soon, and yet no reason to quit school. Caught in the most curiously depressing circumstances. For months I’d been stuck, unable to take one step in any new direction. The world kept moving on; I alone was at a standstill. In the autumn, everything took on a desolate cast, the colors swiftly fading before my eyes. The sunlight, the smell of the grass, the faintest patter of rain, everything got on my nerves.” ~ Haruki Murakami
- “In Jones’s experience, the decision to turn one’s life around in a different direction rarely arrived with fireworks and marching bands. Often, the decision came with tears and regret. Then, almost impossibly, the power of forgiveness would fill an unseen void, allowing a new day’s optimism and sense of purpose to take hold and point that life in a new direction.” ~ Andy Andrews
- “What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God’s way of pointing you in a new direction” ~ Oprah Winfrey
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“Movement in new direction helps find new cheese.” ~ Spencer Johnson
- “Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain’t no free rides, baby. No hitchhiking. And if you want to strike out in any new direction — you go alone. With a machete in your hand and the fear of God in your heart.” ~ Ursula K. Le Guin
- “There’s an outline for each of the books that I adhere to pretty closely, but I’m not averse to taking it in a new direction, as long as I can get it back to where I need it to go.” ~ Justin Cronin
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“When the Lord makes it clear you’re to follow Him in this new direction, focus fully on Him and refuse to be distracted by comparisons with others.” ~ Charles R. Swindoll
- “The evolution of culture is ultimately determined by the amount of love, understanding and freedom experienced by its children… Every abandonment, every betrayal, every hateful act towards children returns tenfold a few decades later upon the historical stage, while every empathic act that helps a child become what he or she wants to become, every expression of love toward children heals society and moves it in unexpected, wondrous new directions.” ~ Lloyd deMause
- “When President Kennedy was elected, many black Americans, like so many Americans, were captivated by his youth and energy and promise and were especially hopeful that he might move the country in a new direction on civil rights.” ~ Marian Wright Edelman
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“The time has come to choose a new direction of global development, to opt for a new civilization.” ~ Mikhail Gorbachev
- “There’s no such thing as a superhero, but together we can world in a new direction.” ~ Biz Stone
- “The older we get, the less prone we are to putting off what we really want to do, therefore you will be able to seek out new directions
later.” ~ Wendy Lustbader
- “As the proportion of people reaching higher states of consciousness increases, this inertia will decrease, and at the same time a supportive momentum in the new direction will start building up.” ~ Peter Russell
- “This life is made to change all reality. We are here for the benefit, happiness, and welfare of a new reality; a new direction.” ~ Gerry Lindgren
- “I’ve talked to many individuals who want to discuss their problems. But they don’t really have problems. They have chosen to live in the wrong direction. They don’t need a solution. They need a new direction.” ~ Andy Stanley
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“The Venus Project presents a bold, new direction for humanity that entails nothing less than the total redesign of our culture.” ~ Jacque Fresco
- “Giving advice is like playing pinball: only by pushing and pulling can you encourage the ball to go in a new direction and increase your score. But too much pushing and pulling can cause a tilt and stop the game.” ~ Chip R. Bell
- “Whenever I set out in a new direction, whether it’s with a new band or being a frontman or writing a comic book or entering into movie scoring or anything like that, I wouldn’t say that I do it fearlessly…” ~ Tom Morello
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“The intelligent use of science and technology are the tools with which to achieve a new direction.” ~ Jacque Fresco
- “I think I’m always trying to challenge myself. I’m definitely going a new direction and trying to write more concisely, but that’s the toughest part for me and I definitely think I’m growing in that way, which feels exciting.” ~ Stacey King
- “It often seems easier not to move on; even the muck and mire in which we’re stuck seems less fearful and less challenging than the unknown path ahead. Some people use faith as a reason to remain stuck. They often say, “I have faith, so I’m waiting.” But faith is not complacent; faith is action. You don’t have faith and wait. When you have faith, you move. Complacency actually shows lack of faith. When it’s time to move in a new direction in order to progress, the right people will come to us.” ~ Betty Eadie
- “As the antagonism between those who possess, and those who do not, is becoming more acute day after day, we can already foresee a moment when it will bring about (“entraînera”, Fr.) severe (big, high, intense, – “grands”, Fr.) disasters, if we do turn (direct, aim, – “dirige”, Fr.) life in time the social life in new directions (or ways, – “dans des voies nouvelles”, Fr.)” ~ African Spir
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“The music takes you. It has to be alive. It’s like you hammer something, and the way it happens to bleed leads you into new directions.” ~ Michael Gira
- “Know that life, which does everything perfectly, is now moving you in a new direction. The chess piece of your existence is being moved to a new square on the board of life.” ~ Frederick Lenz , Moving in a new direction quotes
- “I think the most important thing is how long do we stay in the disappointment. When my mother would see us wallowing in disappointment she would say, “change the channel.” So I replace the disappointment with a new direction of where I wanted to go and how I wanted to feel. Also, when something isn’t coming my way, I believe it was not meant for me.” ~ Agapi Stassinopoulos
- “Re-introducing Aquaman and getting him to a place like that and then ultimately having him headline a Justice League storyline that crosses over between his book and Justice League really is the culmination of where we’ve been going with the character since the beginning. His role in this will change the Justice League storyline, it will change him, and it will send them both in new directions.” ~ Geoff Johns
- “I never thought innovation as such was very important. Not when you have to think about it… If you’re going to come up with a new direction or a really new way to do something, you’ll do it by just playing your stuff and letting it ride. The real innovators did their innovating by just being themselves.” ~ Count Basie
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“I’m trying to teach people of all ages to, number one: how to criticize, how to offer creative analysis on top of that, how to try to build things in a new direction and how to compliment people when the thing gets done.” ~ Ray Bradbury
- “I’ve made movies that cost less than one car chase. But that’s part of the pleasure of doing it, pushing yourself in new directions.” ~ Sam Mendes
- “Beyond each corner, new directions lie in wait.” ~ Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
- “Loss provides an opportunity to take inventory of our lives, to reconsider priorities, and to determine new directions.” ~ Gerald Lawson Sittser
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“I would say to any artist: Don’t be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all the better.” ~ Edward Weston
- “Redemption is as comprehensive as Creation and Fall. God does not save our souls while leaving our minds to function on their own. He redeems the whole person. Conversion is meant to give new direction to our thoughts, emotions, wills and habits.” ~ Nancy Pearcey
- “Being an entrepreneur isn’t just a job title, and it isn’t just about starting a company. It’s a state of mind. It’s about seeing connections others can’t, seizing opportunities others won’t, and forging new directions that others haven’t.” ~ Tory Burch
- “The lesson of the Federation should be that the lesson is over. Australia must have a new idea of itself. We have to strike out in a new direction, in a new way, armed with our own self-regard, our own confidence and fully appreciating our own uniqueness. All other roads will lead us into the shadow of great powers.” ~ Paul Keating
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“In any creative industry, the fact that others are moving in a certain direction is always proof positive, at least to me, that a new direction is the only direction.” ~ George Lois
- “I’ve always been a rebel. I never do things the way they’re supposed to be done. Either I go in the opposite direction or I create a new direction for myself, regardless of what the rules are or what society says.” ~ Grace Jones
- “There’s no new direction. It’s not more poppy or more rocky. They’re just rock’n’roll tunes. I’ll never change the music I write.” ~ Noel Gallagher
- “It is time for a New Direction for our nation’s energy policies.” ~ Lois Capps
