Quotes About Guidance

The world was all before them, where to chooseTheir place of rest, and Providence their guide:They hand in hand with wand'ring steps and slowThrough Eden took their solitary way.

The star that bids the shepherd fold.

As ever in my great Taskmaster's eye.

What is dark within me, illumine.

God doesn't need to come down upon a mountain, for the mountain itself is the revelation. We only have to look at it and we will know how we should live.

They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.

Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.

Safely through another week,   GOD has brought us on our way,   Let us now a blessing seek   On th' approaching sabbath-day:

Here is the humble confidence of faith - that what God begins shall not miscarry and those whom He leads shall not be lost.

To be humble, and like a little child, afraid of taking a step alone, and so conscious of snares and dangers around us as to cry to Him continually to hold us up that we may be safe, is the sure, the infallible, the only secret of walking closely with Him.

One of the most beautiful gifts in the world is the gift of encouragement. When someone encourages you, that person helps you over a threshold you might otherwise never have crossed on your own.

I told you when you were married, I told you to take a firm stand on certain things." "You never told me what things, though." "Well, dear, a nice girl. I couldn't very well tell you some things till the matter came up.

No men can be lords of our faith, though they may be helpers of our joy.

Christians are called to be Bible interpreters, but our interpretations must not be based simply on "what I want the Bible to say." We need God's Spirit to discipline our reading of Scripture.

A guiding coalition with good managers but poor leaders will not succeed. A managerial mindset will develop plans, not vision; it will vastly undercommunicate the need for and direction of change; and it will control rather than empower people.

Pull Together the Guiding Team. Make sure there is a powerful group guiding the change—one with leadership skills, credibility, communications ability, authority, analytical skills, and a sense of urgency.

A guiding coalition made up only of managers—even superb managers who are wonderful people—will cause major change efforts to fail.

When people fail to develop the coalition needed to guide change, the most common reason is that down deep they really don't think a transformation is necessary or they don't think a strong team is needed to direct the change. Skill at team building is rarely the central problem.

Anyone can be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer.

If we are cut loose from the anchor of God's Word, we will not be free. We will be slaves of personal passions and popular trends.

A famous cigarette billboard pictures a curly-headed, bronze-faced, muscular macho with a cigarette hanging out the side of his mouth. The sign reads 'Where a man belongs.' That is a lie. Where a man belongs is at the bedside of his children, leading in devotion and prayer. Where a man belongs is leading his family to the house of God. Where a man belongs is up early and alone with God seeking vision and direction for the family.

Did you wake up feeling fragile? Read the bible till you find a promise strong enough to carry you through the day.

If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. And the LORD will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

God does not intend to replace us when we are united to Christ; he intends to renew us and empower us and guide us.