Top Compass Quotes

You have to have more than hope to get what you want in life.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

Compass Definition

(n.) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.

(n.) An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.

(n.) An inclosed space; an area; extent.

(n.) Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.

(n.) Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within.

(n.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument.

(n.) An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction.

(n.) A pair of compasses.

(n.) A circle; a continent.

(v. t.) To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.

(v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about.

(v. t.) To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.

(v. t.) To curve; to bend into a circular form.

(v. t.) To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.

You don't throw a compass overboard because the ocean is calm.

Could it be that we lost something because had we not lost it, we would have lost ourselves?

There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.

She [Beatrice] alone was still real for him, still implied meaning in the world, and beauty. Her nature became his landmark - what Melville would call, with more sobriety than we can now muster, his G...

It was a pity that there was no radar to guide one across the trackless seas of life. Every man had to find his own way, steered by some secret compass of the soul. And sometimes, late or early, the c...

Betelgeuse, Achenar. Orion. Aquila. Centre the Cross and you have a steady compass. But there's no compass for my ever disoriented soul, only ever beckoning ghost lights. In the one sure direction, to...

Most times, the worst of situations can become a compass to the best of situations

If one has no compass, when one doesn't know where one stands and where one wants to go, one can deduce that one has no leadership or interest in shaping events.

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.

Breath deeply, this breath is your life.Enjoy the moment, this moment is your life.Love with your heart, let your heart be the compass of your life.

Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.

My nickname for my mom was 'The Compass.'

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...