Quotes About Guidance

For God does not command the impossible, but by commanding he instructs you both to do what you can and to pray for what you cannot, and he gives you his aid to enable you.333

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

The Function of Leadership is to produce more Leaders, Not more Followers.

The cardinal virtue of a teacher (is) to protect the pupil from his own influence

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee, and do not try to make the universe a blind alley.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching.

A leader of the business knows what to do. A leader of people knows how to get it done.

Many business heads also feel that they're "going it alone"—they're receiving much less guidance from their boss than they did when they were functional managers.

We're all just walking each other home.

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The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.

If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.

Everything in the world was my Guru.

All are gurus to us, the wicked by their evil deeds say 'do not come near me'. the good are always good, therefore all are like gurus to us.

A Higher Power is leading you. Be led by the same. The Higher Power knows what to do and how to do it. Trust it. (p. 182)

The realization is the result of the Master's grave more than teachings, lectures, meditation, etc. They are only secondary aids, whereas the former is the primary and the essential cause. 1935jan07

I think my dad has helped me tremendously.

Rafe made people find something in themselves...(he) made me dream, he saw what I could hope to be, and helped me hope it. He did that to everyone he knew - especially the ones he knew the best." - Danny

People are not controlled by some internal calculator that crudely motivates them to maximize their reproductive success. Instead, people form deep, lifelong emotional attachments and experience loves and hates that shape their lives. They have religious beliefs that guide their behavior, and they have idiosyncratic goals and ambitions. They have networks of friends and relatives.

Please, you will do it anyway. When you hear to do a merciful thing, that is always at least a whisper from the heart of HaShem. Obedience will strengthen the ears of your spirit.

I'd compare college tuition to paying for a personal trainer at an athletic club. We professors play the roles of trainers, giving people access to the equipment (books, labs, our expertise) and after that, it is our job to be demanding.