Quotes About Guidance

But in early time, when writing is difficult, reading rare, and representation undiscovered, those who are to be guided by the discussion must hear it with their own ears, must be brought face to face with the orator, and must feel his influence for themselves.

I know well that only the rarest kind of best can be good enough for the young.

The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose ... to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.

Easy," came a whisper. "Watch the wheel. I'm all right.

Through the long years of isolation and suffering, God had led me to an understanding of life and his love that only those who have experienced it can fathom. He had stripped away from me many of the external consolations, physical and religious, that men rely on and had left me with a core of seemingly simple truths to guide me. And yet what a profound difference they had made in my life, what strength they gave me, what courage to go on!

Durante esos largos de años de soledad y sufrimiento, Dios me condujo a una comprensión de la vida y de su amor que solo quienes la han experimentado son capaces de entender. Me despojó de muchos de los consuelos externos, físicos y religiosos, en los que se apoya el hombre y me dejó como única guía un núcleo esencial de verdades aparentemente simples.

That grace is always given to us, but we must learn to recognize it in the people and circumstances presented to us by God's providence, in the thoughts and inspirations that tug at our minds and our hearts.

Cada día, todos los días de nuestra vida, Dios nos pone delante personas y ocasiones con las que espera que actuemos. No espera más de nosotros, pero no aceptará menos; y faltamos a nuestra promesa y a nuestro compromiso si no descubrimos su divina voluntad en cada momento de cada día. Cualquier momento de la vida de los hombres es precioso a los ojos de Dios y ninguno se debe malgastar por culpa de las dudas o el desaliento.

Cada día, todos los días de nuestra vida, Dios nos pone delante personas y ocasiones con las que espera que actuemos. No espera más de nosotros, pero no aceptará menos; y faltamos a nuestra promesa y a nuestro compromiso si no descubrimos su divina voluntad en cada momento de cada día.

Dios, que era todo en todo; no había más que una voluntad que lo gobernaba todo: la voluntad de Dios. Solo tenía que verla, descubrirla en cualquier circunstancia en la que me hallara, y dejarme guiar por ella.

La verdadera libertad no significaba otra cosa que dejar obrar a Dios en el alma sin poner obstáculos; poner por delante la voluntad de Dios tal y como se me revelaba a través de sus indicaciones, de sus inspiraciones y de otros medios de que se vale para comunicarlos; y no obrar por propia iniciativa. El mayor sentimiento de seguridad, ha procedido de la renuncia a mi libertad para cumplir únicamente la voluntad de Dios.

somehow I knew that I could do it. I knew that I must abandon myself entirely to the will of the Father and live from now on in this spirit of self-abandonment to God. And I did it. I can only describe the experience as a sense of "letting go," giving over totally my last effort or even any will to guide the reins of my own life. It is all too simply said, yet that one decision has affected every subsequent moment of my life. I have to call it a conversion.

We had to learn to look at our daily lives, at everything that crossed our path each day, with the eyes of God; learn to see his estimate of things, places, and above all people, recognize that he had a goal and a purpose in bringing us into contact with these things and these people, and strive always to do that will—his will—every hour of every day in the situations in which he had placed us.

Ivan's going to die...that's why we follow him...We always follow the doomed ones. The ones who show us the way. The world will follow, no matter what. We just want them to accept that. Go with a little dignity, a little forethought.

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

The final test of a leader is that he or she leaves behind in others the conviction and the will to carry on.

It's quite simple, just follow the dotted line," the Planmaker explained. "Don't let any bad idea lead you astray. Don't let them persuade you to take a short cut or take one yourself. Life is a winding path. One sometimes has to make detours. That's my humble opinion, anyway.

te brindan la oportunidad de comportarte de manera diferente ante distintas situaciones y funcionan como un impulso que te guían hacia tus metas.

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You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes.

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.

She knew she needed to quit worrying, stop being so indecisive, and place the matter in God's hands. He knew what was best for her and the children. For now, the best thing she could do was pray and wait on Him to give her clear direction.

Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.

or flashlights that, in the words of Dan Rothstein of the Right Question Institute (RQI), "shine a light on where you need6 to go.