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Quotes About Guidance

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. —ALBERT SCHWEITZER
~ Alan Cohen
If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it.
~ Alan Cohen
If God puts yearning in your heart, that same God will give you the guidance and means to fulfill it.
~ Alan Cohen
The world has drifted unspeakably far from its origin and intention, and is not a worthy guide to what is right, true, and healing.
~ Alan Cohen
Then I realize that even while I was asleep at the wheel of my life, a Higher Power was guiding and caring for me.
~ Alan Cohen
I do not blame programmers for hard-to-use software, and I'm very sorry to have given any programmer a contrary impression. With few exceptions, the programmers I know are diligent and conscientious in their desire to please end users and are unceasing in their efforts to improve their programs' quality. Just like users, programmers are simply another victim of a flawed process that leaves them too little time, too many conflicting orders, and utterly insufficient guidance.
~ Alan Cooper
She stood and extended a hand. He glanced at it, his dark gaze rising to her face, then gratefully accepted her offer of assistance. "Follow me," Rey said. She turned and broke into a run, the grateful Finn allowing himself to be guided.
~ Alan Dean Foster
Peter was that magic person we all meet, if we're lucky, who shows us how to live our lives, and be ourselves.
~ Alan Hollinghurst
For me the big questions about life are: 1. How should I live in the world? 2. Why should I live this way?
~ Alan Lightman
If light is outlawed, then only outlaws will be able to see where they're going.
~ Alan Moore
A world grows up around me. Am I shaping it, or do its predetermined contours guide my hand?
~ Alan Moore
Indeed, mother, you are always our helper. For what else are we born?
~ Alan Paton
The only real job of a teacher, especially a writing teacher, is to help students find themselves.
~ Derrick Jensen
Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
~ Desiderius Erasmus
No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them.
~ Desmond Morris
Our psychological birth takes place when we accept a guru who reveals to us the secrets of the Vedas.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Though nobleman, he can never be king. Though cowherd, he can always lead.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Arjuna, in age after age, whenever humanity forgets its potential and functions as it should not, I manifest to inspire those with faith and shake up those without faith, so that humanity never ever forgets what it is capable of.'—Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 4, verses 7 and 8 (paraphrased).
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Probably we each could point to times in our own lives when if we had listened to someone's advice, we, too, could have avoided many problems.
~ Devin Brown
We will do whatever it takes to get what we think we want. We get it, but then we wake up with thorns to pick out and bills to pay. But even when we've spent so much time seeking the wrong things, we will find relief in our hearts when we fall into God's arms and allow him to guide us.
~ Devon O'Day
Anytime fear and worry enter the picture, take warning: it is not your Father talking!
~ Devon O'Day
'Keep your head down at school.' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years.
~ Dhani Harrison
Where did you learn to kiss like that?" I said, a little breathless. He grinned and pulled me close again. "I said I was a virgin, not a monk," he said, kissing me again. "If I find I need guidance, I'll ask.
~ Diana Gabaldon
I don't need to see the trail to know you're at the end of it. My grandfather's compass may not work, but mine is still true.
~ Diana Peterfreund