Quotes About Guidance

I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.

The prisoner followed his guide, who led him into a room almost under ground, whose bare and reeking walls seemed as though impregnated with tears

When we show a friend a city one has already visited, we feel the same pride as when we point out a woman whose lover we have been.

Follow me, then," said the abbe, as he re-entered the subterranean passage, in which he soon disappeared, followed by Dantes.

God has preserved us hitherto, God will preserve us still.

God speaks to your heart and your heart speaks to you. Tell me what it says.

And why do you represent Providence? ... Why do you remember when it forgets?

In the first twenty years of life, your guide is hope, and in your last twenty years, reality.

Si domandano consigli soltanto per non seguirli, oppure, se si seguono, è per avere qualcuno da rimproverare per averli dati.

En général, on ne demande de conseils, disait-il, que pour ne les pas suivre; ou, si on les a suivis, que pour avoir quelqu'un à qui l'on puisse faire le reproche de les avoir donnés.»

Si je n'étais pas amant, j'étais plus qu'un ami, plus qu'un frère; j'étais l'arbre auquel, pauvre lierre, elle s'abritait, j'étais le fleuve qui emportait sa barque à mon courant, j'étais le soleil d'où lui venait la lumière; tout ce qui existait d'elle existait par moi, et probablement le jour n'était pas loin où ce qui existait par moi existerait aussi pour moi.

Ne savez-vous point que vous êtes mon soleil pendant le jour et mon étoile pendant la nuit ? En vérité je me croyais dans l'obscurité la plus profonde, lorsque vous avez paru tout à l'heure et avez soudain tout éclairé.

Athos, secondo il solito, né lo dissuadeva, né lo incoraggiava. Athos era del parere che bisognava lasciare ad ognuno la sua libera scelta. Non dava mai consigli senza esserne richiesto e bisognava anche chiederglieli due volte. - In generale, - egli diceva, - i consigli si chiedono soltanto per non seguirli, o, se si sono seguiti, per aver qualcuno a cui poter rimproverare d'averli dati.

The nation's most powerful, intelligent, and morally responsible classes have never tried to take hold of the movement in order to guide it. Democracy has therefore been abandoned to its savage instincts.

The way kids learn to make good decisions is by making decisions, not by following directions.

Follow your heart but take your brain with you.

Now don't warp your orbit, Mac.

EÈ™ti dement omule. Ai dat o arm? înc?rcat? unor copii. - ÎncetaÈ›i s?-i mai trataÈ›i ca pe niÈ™te copii È™i vor înceta s? se mai comporte ca niÈ™te copii. Cine dracu' sunteÈ›i voi s-o faceÈ›i pe supraveghetorii?... ExplicaÈ›i-le cum funcÈ›ioneaz? arma înc?rcat?... L?saÈ›i-i s? creasc?. Este momentul.

He pointed to a door and disappeared with a 'pop'. The door revealed a long flight of stairs. As Foyle and Robin started up the stairs, Dr Orel appeared above them. 'This way, please. Oh . . . one moment.' He disappeared and appeared again behind them. 'You forgot to close the door.

I admit that I myself am far from having a complete command of every topic I touch on, but my knowledge of my subject is always greater than the interest or the understanding of my auditors. You see, there is one very good thing about mankind; the mediocre masses make very few demands of the mediocrities of a higher order, submitting stupidly and cheerfully to their guidance

One is always a good master when one isn't the master

Humanae Vitae, or our own bishops

When I heard about spiritual direction, I felt as if I was seeing an old friend I had never met. Spiritual direction (this new old friend) led me deeper into the love of God. Spiritual direction helped me experience more intimately the God of love. And spiritual direction equipped me to be in relationship with others where I could love as I was loved.

Sometimes I think we can learn everything we need to know about the world when we read fairy tales. Be careful, be fearless, be honest, leave a trail of crumbs to lead you home again.