True North Quotes

• Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.

  Steven Pressfield

  Soul, Important, Thumbs

  Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.12, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

  56 Copy quote

  Show source

• The vision is true north for the soul. It is a permanent, intuitive compass direction for a human being. Every person inevitably strays from the path. Life is an endless experiment and course correction. The vision brings one back to the true path.

  Thomas G. Bandy

  Soul, Vision, Path

  Thomas G. Bandy (1998). “Moving Off the Map: A Field Guide to Changing the Congregation”

  13 Copy quote

  Show source

• Honesty is a principle. Service is a principle. Love is a principle. Hard work is a principle. Respect, gratitude, moderation, fairness, integrity, loyalty, and responsibility are principles. There are dozens and dozens more. They are not hard to identify. Just as a compass always points to true north, your heart will recognize true principles.

  Sean Covey

  Inspirational, Loyalty, Gratitude

  Sean Covey (2014). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

  18 Copy quote

  Show source

• I don’t think anyone who falls in love has a choice. You’re just pulled to that person like true north, whether it’s good for you or bound to break your heart.

  Jodi Picoult

  Falling In Love, Heart, Thinking

  Jodi Picoult (2011). “Sing You Home: A Novel”, p.237, Simon and Schuster

  18 Copy quote

  Show source

• We believe in the dignity of every life, the possibility of every mind, the divinity of every soul. This is our true north.

  Elizabeth Dole

  Believe, Soul, Mind

  Elizabeth Dole's Speech at the Republican National Convention in New York City, New York, www.washingtonpost.com. August 31, 2004.

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• Like a magnetized needle floating on a surface of oil, Resistance will unfailingly point to true North--meaning that calling or action it most wants to stop us from doing. We can use this. We can use it as a compass. We can navigate by Resistance, letting it guide us to that calling or action that we must follow before all others. Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the more Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.

  Steven Pressfield

  Oil, Soul, Important

  Steven Pressfield (2014). “Do the Work!: Overcome Resistance and get ouf of your own way”, p.14, Black Irish Books

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• Physical beauty wasn't the same as True Beauty, any more than pretty ugly meant truly ugly or Magnetic North meant True North.

  Justina Chen

  True Beauty, Ugly, Physical Beauty

  11 Copy quote

• I got into acting because I wanted to act and I love acting. That's my true north: to be creative and to be challenged in what I love to do.

  Mark Ruffalo

  Creative, Acting, Wanted

  6 Copy quote

• Pleasure is a sensation. It is written into our bodies; it is our experience of delight, of joy. ... Pleasure will become a marker, a compass pointing to emotional true north.

  Carol Gilligan

  Emotional, Joy, Delight

  22 Copy quote

• My inside self and my outside self used to match.  A compass needle pointed true north.  Now the needle spins around and around indicating the sad direction of nowhere.

  Elizabeth Berg

  Self, Compass, Used

  Elizabeth Berg (2002). “True To Form”, p.171, Simon and Schuster

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• Every day I wonder how many things I am dead wrong about. -- True North

  Jim Harrison

  Wonder

  Jim Harrison (2007). “True North”, p.303, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

  15 Copy quote

  Show source

• I'm not an aspiring rapper, I'm not a gang member, I'm not a dope dealer, I don't have multiple babies momma's. I am an American by choice, I am a son, I am a brother, I am a military service member, I am a man who has lost complete faith in the system, when the system betrayed, slandered, and libeled me. I lived a good life and though not a religious man I always stuck to my own personal code of ethics, ethos and always stuck to my shoreline and true North. I didn't need the US Navy to instill Honor, Courage, and Commitment in me but I thank them for re-enforcing it. It's in my DNA.

  Christopher Dorner

  Baby, Religious, Brother

  "Alleged cop-killer details threats to LAPD and why he was driven to violence" by Mallory Simon, www.cnn.com. February 9, 2013.

  10 Copy quote

  Show source

• Sometimes my dreams feel so real it's hard to believe they're just the subconscious's stroll across a whimsical map that has no true north.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Dream, Real, Believe

  Karen Marie Moning (2016). “The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned”, p.489, Dell

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• Well, I'm Canadian. True, north, strong, and free.

  Barry Pepper

  Strong, Wells

  4 Copy quote