Lack of Direction Quotes

The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less.

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

Modern man has both feet firmly planted in mid-air

The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream...It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin.

Most of my freshman year at USC, I'd just been partying, and I had zero direction.

It is in the darkness of their eyes that men lose their way.

Not to be onto something is to be in despair.

People without clear vision are easily distracted, have a tendency to drift from one idea to another and often make foolish decisions that rob them of their dreams.

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.

If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't.

The man who starts out going nowhere, generally gets there.

Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.

If you don't know what you want, you'll probably get what somebody else wants.

There is a widespread sense of loss here, if not always of God, then at least of meaning.

People who say, "I don't know what to do," usually aren't inspired enough to make it happen.

In secondary school I was floating - I wasn't passionate about anything. I did a little sport, but it was pretty joyless because the competitiveness was too much to bear.

If you hesitate to map out your future, to make a big plan or to set a goal, you've just gone ahead and mapped your future anyway.

Sometimes I feel so- I don’t know - lonely. The kind of helpless feeling when everything you’re used to has been ripped away. Like there’s no more gravity, and I’m left to drift in outer space with no idea where I’m going’ Like a little lost Sputnik?’ I guess so.

There is never a specific theme or anything I have interest in. Really, I make decisions based on decisions that are made by other people and whatever is presented to me, and I do it on a first come, first serve basis, and go from there.

A lot of people don't know what they want, you know, or they're just kind of vague about it.

There are times when directors just don't know what they're doing.

A country without a strong leader will go down.

We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search not merely of its road but even of its direction. There are many voices of counsel, but few voices of vision; there is much excitement and feverish activity, but little concert of thoughtful purpose. We are distressed by our own ungoverned, undirected energies and do many things, but nothing long. It is our duty to find ourselves.

The meanings get lost and the teachings get tossed and you don't know what you're going to do next.