A Quote by Barbara Marx Hubbard

Ask to know what you are born to do. Follow the compass of joy. — © Barbara Marx Hubbard
Ask to know what you are born to do. Follow the compass of joy.

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You see, that hunger inside us, that ambition, or whatever you may choose to call it, is a compass really, a compass of true desire. And if you will be happy, you must follow that desire, no matter which way the needle points.
You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.
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I always try to follow my moral compass.
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I generally follow my own compass and make films about what's scaring me.
You have to follow your moral compass: it's a good guide of telling you what is right and wrong.
Pay attention to how you are feeling, and keep your compass heading set for JOY!
Put your resources, your assets, your money and possessions, your time and talents and energies into the things of God. As surely as the compass needle follows north, your heart will follow your treasure. Money leads; hearts follow.
Security of character would be like a compass, you know? Other people may say that this way is north, or this way might be north. But the compass just says -- north. That's what we count on.
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