Quotes About Guidance

Don't blame the horse when you've got the reins.

Well, that road ain't gonna lead you toward the bigger picture. Trust me.

God does not always take us where we want to go, but He always leads us where we need to be.

You will never have all the answers, Millie. You will always have to seek the Lord and trust Him with things you don't understand. But trusting Him comes easier the longer you walk with Him, the more you understand how good and faithful He is.

Dear papa, I love you so much!' she replied, twining her arms around his neck. 'I love you all the better for never letting me have my own way, but always making me obey and keep to rules.

This book should be in the briefcase of every exec in the world and should be pulled out every day for a refresher on how to be a real leader.

A must-read for new supervisors and managers, with lots of essential lessons and tips.

Menders of all times and places have taught that silencing the thoughts in our heads and opening to the experience of the body and emotions is the basis of all healing. It's the only means by which we can reclaim our true nature or feel the subtle cues telling us how to find our way through life.

Although we will not be perfect parents, we can, day-by-day, learn to live out God's instructions. Some day, we can hear the Lord say to us what the master told his slave, "Well done, good and faithful servant" (Matt. 25:21).

Change must begin with the parent. In Deuteronomy 6:6, God tells parents, "these words that I command you today shall be on your heart." Our children need to see in our own lives daily what we want to see in theirs.

Parents have two primary biblical responsibilities toward their children, to bring them up: (1) in the discipline of the Lord, and (2) in the instruction of the Lord.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. (Eph. 6:4)

Young humans can be impulsive. The trick is keeping them around long enough to become old humans. This is what my crew tells me and my own observations seem to confirm it.

O God, your sea is so great and my boat is so small. Be with me.

God loves you. He will walk with you all the way, but it's up to you to take the first step.

Lighthouses Point the Way Home This above all: To thine own self be true… —William Shakespeare

Someone watches over us when we write. Mother. Teacher. Shakespeare. God.

Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.

The expected value of something is not a good guide to its price.

If a man wishes to guide the people in his house the right way, he must not grow angry at them. For anger does not only make one's soul impure; it transfers impurity to the souls of those with whom one is angry.

There are not many road signs in Russia, you know. He laughed. If you don't know where the road goes, you shouldn't be on it.

Use this advice to prod your thinking, but don't use it as a replacement for your thinking. In the end you have to make, and live with, the decisions yourself.

A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.

Marjorie Luesebrink of Irvine Valley College convinced me I could write fiction at a time when, in retrospect, it's clear