Quotes About Guidance

Watch yourself that you make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going or it will become a snare in your midst

In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths" (Prov. 3:6) could be translated, "In all your courting, seek intimacy with Him first.

A person cannot live without looking for good signs, you just cannot do it, and I thought these signs were good.

You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

Instead of asking, "what do I want from life?," a more powerful question is, "what does life want from me?

If a course of action is in alignment with what the Universe wants, it will become empowered.

The answer, the strength, the right action or the resource will be there when you need it, not before, not after.

Children in particular find strong negative emotions too overwhelming to cope with and tend to try not to feel them. In the absence of a fully conscious adult who guides them with love and compassionate understanding into facing the emotion directly, choosing not to feel it is indeed the only option for the child at that time.

I want you to achieve what I never achieved; I want you to be somebody in the eyes of the world, so that I too can be somebody through you. Don't disappoint me. I sacrificed so much for you. My disapproval of you is intended to make you feel so guilty and uncomfortable that you finally conform to my wishes. And it goes without saying that I know what's best for you. I love you and I will continue to love you if you do what I know is right for you.

If you are drawn to an enlightened teacher, it is because there is already enough presence in you to recognize presence in another.

PARENTHOOD: ROLE OR FUNCTION? Many

That's leadership: lead by example, lead from the front, inspire people to follow your lead.

Your instincts are telling you something. Trust them and listen to them.

the men placed willow wands every 50 feet or so to mark their route—as I did in 1992, but as no one bothered to in 1986 or 2008, an oversight that contributed to both tragedies.

Yet, by not seeking help. . . .

Confession is always a good place to start when we feel lost.

The path of the mighty beast was guided telepathically by the two people who sat in a huge saddle that was cinched to the thoat's broad back.

In strange ways hard to know gods come to men. Many a thing past hope they have fulfilled, And what was asked for went another way. A path we never thought to tread God found for us. So this has come to pass.

The oracle has spoken. But for me, already old age is my companion

In strange ways hard to know gods come to men. Many a thing past hope they have fulfilled, And what was looked for went another way. A path we never thought to tread God found for us. So this has come to pass.

So he writes for contemplative souls, and at a very particular point along their way he wants to take them by the hand, at a crossroad where most halt, perplexed, not knowing how to proceed.

Two ways to be a light for all, is to be a flaming candle or the mirror that reflects it

She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she had only to wait; so quietly that, as he came close, her outstretched hands acted not as a check but as a guide to him.

There are 2 ways of spreading light: to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it.