Quotes About Guidance

Whoever influences the child's life ought to try to give him a positive view of himself and of his world. The child's future happiness and his ability to cope with life and relate to others will depend on it.

Good parents...give their children roots and wings. Roots to know where home is, wings to fly away and exercise what's been taught them.

God pays all bills He authorizes." When we take chances on our own, in ministry or business or finances, we take a risk. But if God directs us to do something, He will provide the desire, the means, the tools, and the wherewithal—and perhaps an angel—to help us.

When we pray we should ask the Lord to reveal His will to us and then pray accordingly, act obediently and wait patiently.

I've always believed the Spirit puts people in our lives for a reason. I'm not sure if that applies to eleven-year-old carjackers, but we'll work with what the Spirit sends.

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

if you can't have a say in your child's life during her preschool years, how can you expect to influence her to make wise choices when she's a teenager?

Have ya ever thought that it's not what we think we ought to do that's essential for happiness, but what the Lord's leading us to do . . . and to be?" She smiled. "Ofttimes that can be two very different things.

God's will doesn't just drop into our laps when we're sittin' still. Nee, He guides us when we're walking in His steps, moving forward. That way, He can stop us or nudge us onward.

trust in God's provision for the direction of their lives. "This means believing the Lord will stand strong when you cannot . . . that He will hold you up

No one's stuck anywhere unless they choose to be. The Lord God guides those who are moving forward.

The Canarsie People said the knowing belongs to the old and wise, but the unfolding is in the keeping of the young. The old prevent the young from straying off the path of wisdom. The young yearn after the path of dreams. Between the two there is truth.

The choice of a spiritual path is closer to marriage: one wants a partner for life, one whose companionship will prove as trustworthy and durable as the pole star in the night sky.

Cherish wisdom as a means of travelling from youth to old age, for it is more lasting than any other possession.

Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions.

Where there is no vision, the people perish.

Discipline your son, and he will give you peace; he will bring delight to your soul

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

I am the light of the world.

The fear of Jehovah is a training in wisdom, and before glory there is humility.

He will give his angels charge of you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.

In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.