Quotes About Guidance

As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young.

My mom is definitely my rock.

Sometimes I feel like I don't belong anywhere, & it's gonna take so long for me to get to somewhere, Sometimes I feel so heavy hearted, but I can't explain cuz I'm so guarded. But that's a lonely road to travel, and a heavy load to bear. And it's a long, long way to heaven but I gotta get there Can you send an angel? Can you send me an angel...to guide me.

As you say, my duty is to serve you. But it is also to protect you. I will not lead you into certain death." I met his stubborn glare. "You will not be leading me into death. You will be following.

Love doesn't have goals or benchmarks or blueprints, but it does have a purpose. The purpose is not to change the people we love, but to give them what they need to thrive. Love's purpose is not to shape our beloved's destiny, but to help them shape their own. It isn't to show them the way, but to help them find a path for themselves, even if the path they take isn't one we would choose ourselves, or even one we would choose for them. The

Knowledge guides emotion more than emotion distorts knowledge.

She wanted to be his candle, to light the darkness in his soul, to burn in the window and show him the way home. She wanted to be his rain, a sweet storm of the senses. She wanted to be his warmth, a solace for his soul.

High above, the oracle of the moon rose in the watchful night.

What's descriptive isn't necessarily prescriptive.

unspecified exhortation, when translated into practice, is always liable to a certain amount of executive misdirection

When the Canada geese fly north in spring, there is a leader who points the way, a leader at the apex of the V as the formation moves across the land. Those who follow must believe that the leader is doing the best he can but there is no guarantee that all journeys will end in salvation for everyone involved.

You're exactly where you should be, Legs. With me.

Come with me now and leave the land of Pelops, mighty sons of Zeus and Leda, and in kindness spread your light on us, Kastor and Polydeukes. You who wander above the long earth and over all the seas on swift horses, easily delivering mariners from pitiful death, fly to the masthead of our swift ship, and gazing over foremast and forstays, light a clear path through the midnight gloom for our black vessel.

students have powerful images of what a perfect body is and pursue it incessantly. But deprived of literary guidance, they no longer have any image of a perfect soul, and hence do not long to have one. They do not even imagine that there is such a thing.

No real teacher can doubt that his task is to assist his pupil to fulfill human nature against all the deforming forces of convention and prejudice.

The more consistent a father can be or a mentor can be in the person's life and teach them principles of real solid manhood, character, integrity and leadership, the more consistent you can be in the person's life and teach them those things at a younger age, and then the better off they'll be.

Si Dios, en sus designios, os ha hecho nacer en un centro que hayáis podido desarrollar vuestra inteligencia, es que quiere que hagáis uso de ella para bien de todos, porque es una misión que os da, poniendo en vuestras manos el instrumento con cuya ayuda podéis desarrollar, cuando venga el caso, las inteligencias atrasadas y conducirlas a Dios.

Thank you, sir. But, uh, can you tell me where the First New York Regiment is?

Though experience should be our guide . . . and we see mistakes are common at the age of twenty-three, it must be acknowledged that not every youthful feeling begins unworthily and ends in error. If this were the case, mankind would have perished long ago.

Leadership is about being a servant first.

For years some of us have focused our attention (and worries) on our adult children. We've not only taken on the role of director in the drama of their lives, but the roles of producer, stage manager, dresser, caterer, financier, and scriptwriter as well. We've done countless things for them that they are more than capable of doing for themselves.

A father is the template of a man Nature gives a girl

Oh, where is the Fairy Godmother of explanations when you need her?

Rule of thumb: when in doubt, find a marine.