Quotes About Guidance

The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.

Effective discipline is based on loving guidance. It is based on the belief that children are born innately good and that our role as parents is to nurture their spirits as they learn about limits and boundaries, rather than to curb their tendencies toward wrongdoing. Effective discipline presumes that children have reasons for their behavior and that cooperation can be engaged to solve shared problems.

Morality is seldom a safe guide for human conduct.

You trust you'll know what you need to know just when you need to know it.

thing we can do for the young is set an example,' said Oliver slowly. 'I discovered that long ago. They don't listen to us, they find most of what we have to say at best tedious and at worst inane. We can influence them simply by what we do and how we do it. Now think about

On that island was a lighthouse I had seen every single summer of my entire life and my mother, too, had seen it her entire life, and I wondered how it might affect your way of thinking, if you always had a lighthouse in the corner of your eye.

I wondered how it might affect your way of thinking, if you always had a lighthouse in the corner of your eye.

Time is the wisest counselor.

Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.

Time is the wisest counselor of all.

Time is the wisest counsellor of all.

Prudence doth not abate diligence, but guides it in its worke.

Divine purpose is able to preserve you, if you will find shelter in the ark of God's presence.

Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you today; and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known." – DEUTERONOMY 11:26-28

I feel like God is waiting to see if I am waiting. If he just flooded in with answers and guidance right now, I would not have changed; I would not have learned to wait and trust without the answers and without a road map for the future. So I'm kind of glad that God was silent, because I actually want to wait; I want to prove my mettle to God. I don't necessarily want ease and instant anything any more.

There's little point in lectio divina without the Holy Spirit's help.

start by calling God 'Father' (Luke 11:2). That's the key to prayer.

Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.

I also hope this map will guide you to heal in a way that helps you become an unflinching source of kindness and self-compassion for yourself

2. SPIRITUAL NURTURANCE: Seeing and reflecting back to the child his or her essential worth, basic goodness and loving nature. Engendering experiences of joy, fun, and love to maintain the child's innate sense that life is a gift. Spiritual or philosophical guidance to help the child integrate painful aspects of life. Nurturing the child's creative self-expression. Frequent exposure to nature.

I found that, if given appropriate guidance, human beings can and do shake off the effects of overwhelming events and return to their lives using exactly the same procedures that animals use.

Trauma is a fact of life. It does not, however, have to be a life sentence. Not only can trauma be healed, but with appropriate guidance and support, it can be transformative.

help from a parent to move the play from repetition to resolution can relieve her distress.

A successful leader must lead by example.