Towards
In the direction of; to.
With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning.
Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of.
Near; about; approaching to.
Near; at hand; in state of preparation.
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Towards Quotations
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
Confucius
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
Oscar Wilde
Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.
William Shakespeare
We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.
Mahatma Gandhi
My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.
Michael Jordan
How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.
Henry David Thoreau
Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
Walt Disney
The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is not attainable: yet we may not - nay, cannot - give up the efforts to come nearer to realization of it by some means or other.
Sigmund Freud
Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.
Sigmund Freud
The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
Albert Camus
Towards Translations
towards in Afrikaans is toe, vir, na ... toe, aan, na
towards in Danish is til
towards in Dutch is tot, bij, tegen, naar, aan, voor
towards in German is zu, zuneigen, nach
towards in Italian is in, a tavola, inverso
towards in Portuguese is a, para
towards in Spanish is hacia, a
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