Quotes About Guidance

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.

There are two different types of leader. A person can either be like a thermometer or a thermostat. A thermometer will tell you what the temperature is. A thermostat will not only tell you what the temperature is, but it'll move you to the temperature you need to get to.

In order to do good, a man must be good; and he will not be good except he have instruction by counsel and by example.

If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

William and I feel that every child deserves to be supported through difficult times in their lives.

Some of the best advice I've gotten was from William Hurt and Harry Connick Jr. I've really learned a lot from both of them.

As my mentor in Medical School, Dr William Strong taught me: Never wear a white coat; it separates you from a fellow human being. I never have from that day on. You are your patients guide, counselor, and defender, not their ruler and dictator.

William Regal has been the most influential person in my entire career.

I think it's no accident that a number of coaches and personnel guys have come out of William and Mary. To me, it's a credit to the type of program Coach Laycock runs. There are set rules, there is clarity when it comes to expectations. You're expected to go to class and be a student-athlete. There are no cutting corners.

For Ashley Williams, he doesn't score many, but what a leader.

I've always looked at guys who I've admired, like John Williams and Lalo Schifrin and Max Steiner, and looked at the choices they made and always try to take a cue from that.

Herb Williams was a guy that took me in and taught me how to eat, taught me how to take care of my body.

A leader must be a good listener. He must be willing to take counsel. He must show a genuine concern and love for those under his stewardship.

Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged.

Be willing to trust your instincts, especially if you cannot find answers elsewhere.

God is teaching me to really just take small increments towards Him every single day. One thing about Jesus. He's always walking towards us because he wants to guide us. But all we have to do, we have to be willing to be vulnerable and take steps towards Him.

The No. 1 job is to help a player reach their highest potential, and that's not possible without being able to relate with them. That's been helpful, and as far as my knowledge base is concerned, that stems from being around great coaches willing to share.

Remember that the essence of authority is that people willingly follow your lead.

Will it please you to answer me this and to give me a rule for then I will willingly submit to any truth.

The history of humanity has, to a large extent, been one of groping blindly in the dark, fearing for the future and yet resisting the guiding hand of inspired men who would willingly lead mankind in the path of safety.

What is ultimately compelling for our children in helping them conjure images of a future for themselves is our willingness to walk with them as they do it.

Kids are the ultimate form of motivation. They're watching. They're mimicking. They're an extension of you. So you have to win.

Whenever I travel to a poor country, I try to help at least one person. Usually, that person helps me just as much - I can find a local poor person to be my guide or my interpreter. That person makes money from me, I make money from him or her, we both learn about each other. It's an equal win-win relationship.

A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there.