Toward Quotes

#1. All of everything came into existence simply because it wanted to be. The big bang wasn't so much a big bang as a hasty dash toward an opportunity to trade nothingness for somethingness. The main contributory factor to the entire universe was a momentary effect in need of a cause.

Jasper Fforde

#2. From the time we began to build houses and cities, since we invented the wheel, we have not advanced one step toward happiness. We have always been in halves. As long as we invent and progress in mechanical things and not in love, we shall not achieve happiness.

Jean Giono

#3. A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.

Marilyn Monroe

#4. Mojo" is, "That positive spirit toward what we are doing now, that starts from the inside and radiates to the outside

Marshall Goldsmith

#5. I only wanna go up the steps toward a different level of stardom. The BET Awards was one of those steps, the VMAs was another huge step. And the next step, eventually, hopefully, would be the Oscars.

Kevin Hart

#6. Nobody will be allowed to use Pakistan soil for any form of aggression toward any friend or foe.

Asif Ali Zardari

#7. Because from the moment he'd pulled her out of that mine in Endovier and she had set those eyes upon him, still fierce despite a year in hell, he'd been walking toward this, walking to her.

Sarah J. Maas

#8. What are you doing?"
"What I've wanted to do for a long time."
She couldn't move, couldn't think. She was lost in his dark eyes, and as he slowly lowered his head toward hers, she whispered, "Are you going to throttle me, then?"
He was laughing when he kissed her.

Julie Garwood

#9. One scrawny straggler, inching its way toward me like a tiger focused on prey. I must have looked incredibly savory, for it ignored the beaming lights blinding its searing red eyes and headed right toward me. For a half-starved beast, it was incredibly fast, its body looking bony and malnourished.

Alexia Purdy

#10. Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.

Lester Bangs

#11. Your real purpose in life is to develop yourself. To successfully do this you must always be working toward a goal.

Bob Proctor

#12. Organic growth is a cyclical process; it is just as true to say that the oak is a potential acorn as it is to say the acorn is a potential oak. But the process of writing a poem, of making any art object, is not cyclical but a motion in one direction toward a definite end.

W. H. Auden

#13. Cimil watched Helena disappear into the pawnshop. "Ha! Did I tell you this was gonna be drama-tastic, or what?" she said toward the roof of the car. "Just wait 'til you see what I have coming next! That vampire's gonna be so jealous, his head's going to spin like a Beyblade.

Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

#14. We must be moving, working, making dreams to run toward; the poverty of life without dreams is too horrible to imagine.

Sylvia Plath

#15. I always look toward teens on Instagram to really understand what's going on. For some reason, when you're a teen, you just understand the world better than anyone else.

Kevin Systrom

#16. Vivekananda was born on January 12, 1863, in Calcutta. From the beginning he was a precocious boy of exceptional energy. Yet his innate tendency toward meditation showed itself even in his early life. For along with the ordinary childhood games, he would play at meditation.

Swami Vivekananda

#17. She had seen it when she was at home last summer - the hostility of comfortable, self-satisfied people toward serious effort.

Willa Cather

#18. God's not thinking about your mistakes, failures or shortcomings. No, His thoughts toward you are good.

Victoria Osteen

#19. Happiness involves working toward meaningful goals.

Michel De Montaigne

#20. Faith enables our spiritual sense to function. Where faith is defective, the result will be inward insensibility and numbness toward spiritual things. This is the condition of vast numbers of Christians today.

A.W. Tozer

#21. France will always be France no matter what, but America involves striving toward an ideal.

Rich Lowry

#22. You ask what is the use of classification, arrangement, and systemization? I answer you: order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject - the actual enemy is the unknown.

Thomas E. Mann

#23. They collided, and rolled toward the precipice. Loose rocks shifted beneath them, causing a small avalanche that carried the two ragged enemies plunging off the edge towards the abyss below.

C.G. Faulkner

#24. An Italian woman came out of the house, wiping her hands on her apron.
'Mr Greenleaf?' Tom asked hopefully.
The woman gave him a long, smiling answer in Italian and pointed downward toward the sea. 'Jew,' she seemed to keep saying. 'Jew.

Patricia Highsmith

#25. The place where you are now is vital. The path toward victory opens from where you stand.

Daisaku Ikeda

#26. If you divide the world into them and us, and history into ours and theirs, or if you think of history as something only you and your affiliates possess, then no matter what you know, no matter how noble your intentions, you have taken one step toward the destruction of the world.

Robert Bringhurst

#27. I feel like I want to keep moving toward idiosyncracy. Personal, personal, personal.

Charlie Kaufman

#28. The trouble with politics and political coverage today is that there's too much liberal bias ... There's too much tilt toward the left-wing agenda. Too much apology for liberal policy failures. Too much pandering to liberal candidates and causes.

William Kristol

#29. Literature's view of human nature encouraged understanding, sympathy, and identification with people not like oneself, but the world was pushing everyone in the opposite direction, toward narrowness,

Salman Rushdie

#30. To make peace is not a passive endeavor, but rather an activist mindset that works toward the end of conflict. In our world, it is not the soldier but the activist who calls for peace.

Dillon Burroughs

#31. His face darkens. He glares at me and I glare back. "Fine!" he yells. "I'm jealous! Are you happy now!"

And then he jerks is head toward mine and he kisses me. On the lips.

Jenny Han

#32. The finest proof of our loyalty toward one another was our monstrous disloyalties towards everyone else.

Alain De Botton

#33. If you really want to find your voice, your goal is to journey toward inner wholeness
which is what life is about anyway. It involves self-acceptance and genuine self-respect.
from Unleash the Writer Within

Cecil Murphey

#34. A well-organized stocking drawer is the first step toward a well-organized mind.

Maryrose Wood

#35. You'll pardon me," he finally said, "if the suggestion that the minuscule black turnip you call a heart is suddenly overflowing with generosity toward me leaves me wanting to arm myself and put my back against a wall.

Scott Lynch

#36. I did exhibitions with the Surrealists (in Paris, in 1929) because their attitude revolted against 'art' and their attitude toward life itself was wise, as was Dada's.

Hans Arp

#37. Well, I'm leaning probably toward the sciences like physics.

Amy Carter

#38. Branch by branch, Rowdy and I climbed toward the top of the tree, to the bottom of the sky.

Sherman Alexie

#39. findings suggest that by six months of age, infants are watching how people behave toward other people, and they are developing a preference for those who are nice rather than those who are mean.

Jonathan Haidt

#40. General Sherman looked upon journalists as a nuisance and a danger at headquarters and in the field, and acted toward them accordingly, then as throughout his great war career.

Henry Villard

#41. Conviction of sin draws me away from myself and toward GodSelf-condemnation, on the other hand, draws me down into myself and away from God.

Elyse Fitzpatrick

#42. Pfft." Dad turned to her. "What do you know about picking
husbands? Last time you tried that, you got stuck with me."
She smiled and hit his arm.
"You two are so gross, you ruin everything." I spun and headed
toward the door.

Kiera Cass

#43. Check it out. I got a new name tag today." He unclipped it and held it out toward me.
I looked at it. "A. GUY."
He grinned. "Someone actually asked me what the A stood for," he said, his hand brushing mine as he took the tag back, sliding it into his pocket. "I said Larry.

Elizabeth Scott

#44. I was fifteen and with every ounce of my strength I was leaning into my thoughts to make them slant reality toward the light.

Nicole Brossard

#45. Man is a creative animal, doomed to strive toward a goal, engaged in full-time engineering.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

#46. A path toward Truth is darkness; a journey through the woods, at night, blindfolded. Find 'Self' & you can find Light with eyes closed.

Ace Antonio Hall

#47. Choosing stillness in the midst of chaos is the path toward living in peace.

Deepak Chopra

#48. People think of science as rolling back the mystery of God. I look at science as slowly creeping toward the mystery of God.

Allan Hamilton

#49. Those who have been eminent in philosophy, politics, poetry, and the arts have all had tendencies toward melancholia.

Aristotle.

#50. Writing well has everything to do with being able to read one's own work with an eye toward the unmet possibilities that are there.

Lucy Calkins

#51. He held her gaze as he lowered his head toward her. He didn't kiss her though
just leaned kissably close and asked, Will you let me take you in my arms ... for a dance, Leslie?

Melissa Marr

#52. To work with a director that has emotional commitment and passion toward the characters, and the piece, and the experiences, it only enriches your work.

Jessica Lange

#53. I have to take care of this," faltered Elnora, hurrying toward the door to hide the tears which were rolling down her cheeks. "I must help," said Philip, disappearing also. "Elnora," he called, catching up with her, "take me where

Gene Stratton-Porter

#54. The moving toward one's inner self is a long pilgrimage for a painter. It offers many temporary successes and high points, but impels him on toward the more adequate image.

Ben Shahn

#55. A grateful thought toward heaven is of itself a prayer.

Rudolph Edgar Block

#56. Honor and good faith and justice are equally due from this country toward the weak as toward the strong.

Henry Clay

#57. Our world is constantly in change and the great change is always toward freedom. When we speak of freedom we speak of equality. Nations will rise and fall but equality remains the ideal.

Carlos P. Romulo

#58. I had the craziest idea that if I looked closely enough, maybe tilted his head toward the light, I'd be able to see into his brain.

Dia Reeves

#59. His glance flickered toward her, something in his eyes softening. It was a look Cinder had seen a hundred times since he and Scarlet had joined the crew of the Rampion, and yet seeing it still made her feel like she was intruding on something intimate.

Marissa Meyer

#60. My life was shit until a few hours ago. My heart only started beating again when I saw you walking up the stairs toward me.

Katy Regnery

#61. Religion will not get us where we need to go. It just goes so far, and then we're on our own toward the open space where there are no religious practices or beliefs.

Art Hochberg

#62. Repentance is the sweet fruit that comes from faith in the Savior and involves turning toward God and away from sin.

David A. Bednar

#63. With the continued support of citizens who refuse to accept inaction at the expense of future generations, we will lead the world toward a sustainable future.

Diana DeGette

#64. He made no attempt to move toward me but stood still, his bright blue eyes assessing me. I shivered. He was giving my goose bumps a field day.

Myra McEntire

#65. If you look toward the sunshine, you will never see the shadows.

Helen Keller

#66. Every door opens to something and it is better to go toward that something than to sit staring at the blank wall of time.

Zelda Popkin

#67. The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual.

Henry David Thoreau

#68. Every marriage moves either toward enhancing one another's glory or toward degrading each other.

Dan B. Allender

#69. The slope that leads toward insanity has the paradoxical distinction of being both steep and yet undetectable to the person sliding down it.

Suzanne Rindell

#70. I'm three legs toward completing the career Grand Slam at 25. So, I'm feeling pretty good right now.

Rory McIlroy

#71. There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward authoritarianism, but there are so many checks and balances that in that way their noises are just noises.

Jonathan Shapiro

#72. A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

#73. We must be open to our mistakes and grow. Growth isn't based on being perfect, but moving toward the best we can be by being honest.

Tsem Tulku

#74. God's extravagant generosity toward us compels us to be extravagantly generous toward others.

Andy Stanley

#75. It is possible to take something beautiful and lasting out of the heart-wrenching experience of seeing the animal you love move inexorably toward death.

Jon Katz

#76. Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it.

Charles R. Swindoll

#77. Our canoe raced toward the rock.

R.J. Harlick

#78. I am an iceberg drifting toward the edge of the map.

Laurie Halse Anderson

#79. Are the things around you helping you toward success, or are they holding you back?

W. Clement Stone

#80. Just before bedtime prayers, evaluate each day. Make plans for tomorrow that will move you toward your long-range goal. Strive for a close partnership with God in making your dreams come true.

Florence S. Jacobsen

#81. The great charm of cats is their rampant egotism, their devil-may-care attitude toward responsibility, their disinclination to earn an honest dollar ...

Robertson Davies

#82. I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life.

Walter Anderson

#83. The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a tender feeling toward them, so I think it's for the best.

Chris Van Allsburg

#84. We are all part of some cosmic pattern, and this pattern works toward good and not evil. It builds and does not destroy. So I shall go on in my search for a race where I can find kinship and happiness.

Henry Kuttner

#85. You know what black hatred women feel toward me as soon as they see me, until I return inside my shell, they use every possible weapon. As soon as a generous man tries to help me out, a woman is here to hold his arm and prevent him from acting.

Camille Claudel

#86. Knowing that you have a soul bright and clear like the sun, perceiving and feeling that soul, you will realize that it is very precious and beautiful. When
you consider yourself important and precious, you will begin to feel the same way toward other forms of life and toward the world.

Ilchi Lee

#87. Every now and then a perverse downdraft would make the smoke whirl and puff toward him and he breathed some of it in.
It built dreams in the same way that a small irritant may build a pearl in an oyster.

Stephen King

#88. But if, instead, you define genius as working toward excellence, ceaselessly, with every element of your being - then, in fact, my dad is a genius, and so am I, and so is Coates, and, if you're willing, so are you.

Angela Duckworth

#89. Italian companies need to re-convert themselves, and such a re-conversion must be toward a better, higher standard.

Brunello Cucinelli

#90. I am not proposing that we bring our oil and auto industries to a screeching halt. There is still time to begin a series of gradual steps toward new transportation and energy policies, livable cities, and more humane, efficient transit systems.

Stewart Udall

#91. It's one thing to fall in love. It's another to feel someone else fall in love with you, and to feel a responsibility toward that love.

David Levithan

#92. The focus in the Creator Orientation is on a Vision or an Outcome. You orient your thoughts and actions toward creating what you most deeply want to see or experience in life.

David Emerald Womeldorff

#93. Perception is naturally surpassed toward action; better yet, it can be revealed only in and through projects of action. The world is revealed as an "always future hollow", for we are always future to ourselves.

Jean-Paul Sartre

#94. Don't let any tragic event or any people pull you away from the path of peace. Be strong and attract others to your path toward peace.

Debasish Mridha

#95. Nixon's deep antipathy toward Jews is well known, and he took a strange satisfaction in having Kissinger in his inner circle, where he could periodically taunt him.

Robert Dallek

#96. It wasn't till Sebastian began to stalk toward her that she recalled her situation. She was wet and half naked, alone in a room with a strong brutish male of unknown intentions

Kiersten Fay

#97. It is over, isn't it?" Trustingly, he seemed to be waiting for her to tell him, as if she would know. As if hearing himself say it meant nothing; he had a dubious attitude toward his own words; they didn't become real, not until she agreed.

"It's over," she said.

Philip K. Dick

#98. Let's see that wrist."
I held it out, and Chase's jaw tightened.
"Look at that!" the medic shouted, staring over my shoulder behind us. The moment I turned my head he grabbed my hand and jerked it toward him, hard.
A crack as the bones in my wrist realigned.

Kristen Simmons

#99. [It is] a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.

Thurgood Marshall

#100. A small white rabbit with floppy ears and a twitching pink nose bounded out from the thick forest brush. Fingers twitching at his side, James stepped toward the small animal, a nervous giddiness creeping up inside of him.

Brandi Salazar