Right Direction Quotes - Page 3

• We've got babies raising babies, and it's important for us as responsible adults to go out and do what we can to make sure that our kids are steered in the right direction.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Baby, Kids, Important

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• Well, I think the president has clearly submitted us a tight budget, but it's what's called for if we're going to get spending under control and keep the economy moving in the right direction, with economic growth and job creation activity.

  Thad Cochran

  Jobs, Moving Forward, Thinking

  "Dems Call Bush's Budget a 'Hoax'; Pentagon Faces Program Cuts Despite Budget Increase; Two U.N. Officials Suspended over Scandal". "Lou Dobbs Tonight", edition.cnn.com. February 7, 2005.

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• It takes people to move crowds in the right direction, crowds by themselves just stand around and mutter.

  Drew Curtis

  Moving, People, Crowds

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• How do we appreciate the good without letting it be the enemy of the perfect? How do we keep a step in the right direction from becoming a stopping point? How do we get beyond shades of insipid light green?

  Donella Meadows

  Light, Appreciate, Perfect

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• For present buying, I go to Harrods because there are great personal shoppers, who point me in the right direction.

  Frank Lampard

  Buying, Shoppers

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• Surrender is a gift that you can give yourself. It's an act of faith. It's saying that even though I can't see where this river is flowing, I trust it will take me in the right direction.

  Debbie Ford

  Rivers, Giving, Surrender

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• It's always great to play at home. I won here last year and it's great to start with a win like this today. The first match was difficult and I thought it was step in the right direction.

  Gustavo Kuerten

  Home, Winning, Years

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• Select companions who are striving for enlightenment. They all have their imperfections, certainly, but at least their attention is moving in the right direction.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Moving, Buddhism

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• Every baby saved, every mother helped to choose life is a step in the right direction.

  Alveda King

  Mother, Baby, Steps

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• Every person has unique gifts, and those gifts give him or her the power and the opportunity to accomplish great things, if he or she learns how to use those gifts and channel them in the right direction.

  Zig Ziglar

  Unique, Opportunity, Giving

  Zig Ziglar, Tom Ziglar (2012). “Born to Win: Find Your Success Code”, p.26, AudioInk

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• I think that more and more you're going to see people of good will on their side of the aisle say you know what, we got to get off the bus here, this is not headed in the right direction.

  David Axelrod

  Thinking, People, Sides

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• It is not enough that we are under call or even that we are going in the right direction. The timing must be right.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Timing, Enough

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• Think of every step in a workout as a step in the right direction.

  Valerie Bertinelli

  Workout, Thinking, Steps

  Valerie Bertinelli (2009). “Finding It: And Satisfying My Hunger for Life without Opening the Fridge”, p.250, Simon and Schuster

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• There is no Yoda-there's no one who points you in the right direction. You've got to figure that out by yourself.

  Heath Ledger

  Figures

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• What this country needs is more people to inspire others with confidence, and fewer people to discourage any initiative in the right direction more to get into the thick of things, fewer to sit on the sidelines, merely finding fault more to point out what's right with the world, and fewer to keep harping on what's wrong with it and more who are interested in lighting candles, and fewer who blow them out.

  James Keller

  Country, Blow, People

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• I question and soul-search constantly into myself to be as certain as I can that I am fulfilling the true meaning of my work, that I am maintaining my sense of purpose, that I am holding fast to my ideals, that I am guiding my people in the right direction.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  People, Soul, Maintaining

  Source: www.thedailybeast.com

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• Every day, set your mind in the right direction. Find something to be grateful for.

  Joel Osteen

  Life, Thankful, Appreciation

  Twitter post from Jun 19, 2015

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• I'm really sorry for people growing up right now, because they have some cockeyed idea that they can get by with their eyes closed; the cane they're tapping is money, and that won't take them in the right direction.

  Grace Paley

  Growing Up, Sorry, Eye

  Grace Paley, Gerhard Bach, Blaine H. Hall (1997). “Conversations with Grace Paley”, p.129, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• Frankly, getting Mexico economically headed in the right direction with good energy policy - Canada, the United States, and Mexico have more known energy reserves than Saudi Arabia and Russia. So developing those and I think you'll see a major movement of people back into Mexico when that occurs when these prices get back. You're going to see a substantial development of the energy business in Mexico and Canada, domestic as well.

  Rick Perry

  Thinking, Russia, People

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• [My] career was sputtering until [I] did a 360 and got headed in the right direction.

  Tracy McGrady

  Basketball, Careers, Funniest Sports

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• John Conyers and I were the ones who wrote the bill that provides for Medicare for all. And, so, even though the single-payer plan is not what's before the Congress, to expand Medicare, so that people 55 and up would be - would have the chance to buy in, that's - that would be a step in the right direction, no question about it.

  Barack Obama

  People, Would Be, Bills

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Interruptions: The average worker gets interrupted five times each hour. It takes an average of 5 minutes to handle each interruption and 1 minute to get back to what you were doing. This adds up to 30 minutes each hour or 50% of your time!!
  You've got to think about "big things" while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.

  Alvin Toffler

  Thinking, Average, Add

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• People who believe in themselves and in a cause greater than themselves can achieve great things-as long as they have a well-intentioned leader to point them in the right direction.

  John Baldoni

  Leadership, Believe, Long

  John Baldoni (2012). “The Leader's Pocket Guide: 101 Indispensable Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Any Situation”, p.29, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn

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• After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction

  Alice Hoffman

  Real, Writing, Character

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• Our words must be judged by our deeds; and in striving for a lofty ideal we must use practical methods; and if we cannot attain all at one leap, we must advance towards it step by step, reasonably content so long as we do actually make some progress in the right direction.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Long, Progress, Our Words

  Nobel Lecture, delivered 5 May 2010, Oslo, Norway

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