A Quote by C. S. Lewis

True friends... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

C. S. Lewis

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C. S. Lewis
British - Writer
November 29, 1898 - November 22, 1963

True friends don’t spend time gazing into each other’s eyes. They may show great tenderness towards each other but they face in the same direction - toward common projects, goals - above all, towards a common Lord.

C. S. Lewis

A line is an involuntary combination of people who are simultaneously irritated with one another and focused on a single, common circle of interests and goals. This leads to a mixture of rivalry, hostility, and collective sentiment, a constant readiness to close ranks against a common enemy - anyone who breaks the rules.

Lidiya Ginzburg

The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in the face of bold projects and new ideas. Rather, it will belong to those who can blend passion, reason and courage in a personal commitment to the great enterprises and ideals of American society.

Robert Kennedy

Friendship is born from an identity of spiritual goals - from common navigation toward a star.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Goals give us direction. They put a powerful force into play on a universal, conscious, and subconscious level. Goals give our life direction.

Melody Beattie

Security is something that serves Israeli interests and Palestinian interests. You have a common threat and you have a common enemy and it's important to deal with that as partners.

Dennis Ross

As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak.

Naguib Mahfouz

If you haven't met Satan face to face, it's because you are running in the same direction.

Zig Ziglar

Remain true to yourself, but move ever upward toward greater consciousness and greater love! At the summit you will find yourselves united with all those who, from every direction, have made the same ascent. For everything that rises must converge.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

The labor movement is people. Our unions have brought millions of men and women together, made them members one of another, and given them common tools for common goals. Their goals are goals for all America - and their enemies are the enemies for progress. The two cannot be separated.

John F. Kennedy

The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true.

Ralph Marston

The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true

Ralph Marston

The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.