Compass Quotes

A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.
Edmund Waller

Good, Give, Sun

My moral compass swings far to the left, but when it comes to gratuitous violence, I have trouble.
Michael Biehn

Violence, Moral, Far

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

Truth, Lies, Within

If everyone got a divorce and looked for a second wife, the Coptic family would lose its moral compass.
Pope Shenouda III

Family, Wife, Everyone

My kids are at a point in their lives where I'm a moral compass for them. God help them both.
Jack Wagner

God, Help, Moral

I have an excellent internal compass.
Hugh Bonneville

Excellent, Internal

The problem was with Bill Clinton, the scandals and rumored scandals, the incubating ones and the dying ones never ended. Whatever moral compass the president was consulting was leading him in the wrong direction. His closets were full of skeletons just waiting to burst out.
Louis Freeh

Waiting, Him, Problem

You can expect to find these four priorities - education, economic vitality, efficiency in government and the protection of families - woven into my decisions as Governor. They will serve as my compass as I work with you to chart a future course for our state.
Dave Heineman

Education, Work, Government

When you have a crime against humanity that is so awesome in scale and death, it is more than permissible to look around and say, who recently has been declaring war on the United States? Of course, the compass points straight to bin Laden.
Robert Fisk

War, Death, Humanity

Alone! Alone! No beacon, far or near! No chart, no compass, and no anchor stay!
Ada Cambridge

Alone, Far, Stay

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

Patriotism, True, Chart

Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.
Colley Cibber

Good, Manners, Beyond

There are two ways to go about it. You can take a compass and draw a perfect circle and make two perfect eyes as neat as can be. Or you can do it freehand and have some fun with it. Like I did. Give it character.
Harvey Ball

Fun, Character, Give

Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.
Joseph Cook

Reason, Conscience, Chart

I was extremely greedy and lost my moral compass.
Andrew Fastow

Lost, Moral, Greedy

I lost my moral compass and I have done terrible things that I very much regret.
Andrew Fastow

Lost, Done, Regret

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