Direction
The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public affairs or of a bank.
That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants.
The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter.
The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction.
The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors.
The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object.
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Direction Quotations
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Albert Einstein
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
John F. Kennedy
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Henry David Thoreau
I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
Lao Tzu
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.
Plato
It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.
Warren Buffett
A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.
Plato
Direction Translations
direction in Afrikaans is rigting
direction in Danish is retning
direction in Dutch is richtlijn, koers, leiding, richting
direction in French is direction, conduite
direction in German is Richtung
direction in Italian is direzione, guida
direction in Latin is discessio, gubernatio-ionis
direction in Norwegian is retning, ledelse
direction in Spanish is direccion, supremacia
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