Quotes About Guidance

He that would be a leader must be a bridge.

Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fools.

Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.

Education is the mother of leadership.

I wanted to curl up in her lap and stay there forever. I wanted to be her. She was raising me, cultivating me, molding me into a far better version of me than I could have ever dreamed up, let alone lived out, on my own. (149)

what can a child offer their mother that isn't about love, about wanting to show as well as receive it?

sometimes grandmothers need to do what they think is best for their grandson and practically adopted granddaughter by opening their eyes to different experiences. That's the only way you'll learn what you're capable of.

Parents are the keepers of their children's memories until they're old enough to hold their own.

A Hasidic teaching says, "If your child has a talent to be a baker, don't tell him to be a doctor." Judaism holds that every child is made in the divine image. When we ignore a child's intrinsic strengths in an effort to push him toward our notion of extraordinary achievement, we are undermining God's plan.

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Madame Merle says, "I don't pretend to know what people are meant for. . . . I only know what I can do with them.

This is what we need from our parents, more than the truth about how small we are. We will have more than enough people to remind us of that, to give us dispassionate evaluations of our mediocrity.

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. —W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

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Je deviendrai le roi d'Haïti un jour parce que les dieux m'ont déjà choisi et que je dirigerai le pays dans la bonne direction.

Don't get lost, follow your intuition.

God is the counselor of the self-taught.

No one leads you astray if you don't accept.

Spiritual light does not attract insects."

The track is more important than the wings.

You can't learn from those who can't teach.

Leaders are, therefore, caretakers of the interests and well-being of those and the purposes they serve.

Because she was a natural teacher, she could not resist explaining to people better ways of doing things.

And it's not like I never reached out for help. I did! I just didn't know what questions to ask, and the adults I was close to didn't know what answers to give.