Laurence J. Peter Quotes

If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.

You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.

We go along, without a fixed itinerary, yet at the same time with an end (what end?) in mind, and with the aim of reaching the end. A search for the end, a dread of the end: the obverse and the reverse of the same act.

It's impossible to map out a route to your destination if you don't know where you're starting from.

Once we agree on the future, the present will be much easier. A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there. We have first to decide where we want to go, where we want to sail.

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.

Not just whether but how we find our way truly matters.

If you don't have that vision for the end goal, you have no clue where you're going, and you're going to work very hard to go nowhere.

Direction, not intention determines your destination.

Knowing where you are going takes the uncertainty out of getting there

Figure out where you're going before you go there: he was told that a long time ago.

Direction determines destination.

The wind is never for the sailor who knows not to what port he is bound.

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

We all get lost along the way, but hopefully we figure out some sort of path. It helps if you can imagine the process as well as the goal. Those kinds of dreams are easier to achieve.

Remember that it is not where you come from, or not even where you are; it is where you are going that matters most.

I do know where I'm going and it's just a matter of finding the language to get there.

Knowing where you're going is all you need to get there.

The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.

In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.