William Stafford Quotes

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

On the Road that I have taken, one day walking I awaken, amazed to see where I've come, where I'm going, where I'm from.

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.

I think that anytime you get clear about what your mission is or what your focus wants to be, things start to come together in your life.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

I know where I was before, and I know where I want to go.

You don't always have to know who you are. Sometimes, it's enough just to know what to do next.

As you explore your inner world, your outer world will come more sharply into focus. As you face your imagined barriers, you will encounter real ones, as well.

Vision is knowing who you are, where you're going, and what will guide your journey.

It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey.

Her clarity gave her purpose and her purpose gave her clarity.

To travel is to take a journey into yourself.

I believe life takes us where we need to be.

Why is every great children's story about a journey? Maybe that's because we are always on one.

We're like a gardener with a hose and our attention is water - we can water flowers or we can water weeds.

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

Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward.

It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going to fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.

The big thing is that you know what you want.

When you're young, you don't really know quite what you're aiming at. You're very impulsive and acting on impulse, which is very important and valuable. But you're kind of swimming in a blind sea. When you get older, you have more of a sense of direction.

I really do feel like Los Angeles is my home now and, as cliche as this sounds, I felt like I found myself here and I really know who I am now. There was a long period like I was drifting or floating through life, and now I feel like I have a definitive target - and future.

If I had one singular galvanizing ambition in life, I would try to reverse engineer toward it, but I don't.

It's a matter of choosing what is most important to you and putting that first. Once you have recognized your true purpose in life, this becomes much easier.