Quotes About Guidance

The car goes where your eyes go.

Perhaps you serve the wind or the ocean and yet no man" she continued. "Or perhaps your master is the same as he whom you have thwarted, but yet you took a different road when the deed was close. I do not know, but God and queens forgive and reward those who choose the right path.

Make good decisions and remember who you are." "Make good decisions and remember who loves you.

That's the Teacher Gene at work, giving its bearer an extra sense. It's a little frightening. Maybe that's how people decide to become teachers. They have that extra sense, and once they have it, and know that they have it, they don't have any choice except to become a teacher.

You know how teachers are. If they get you to take out a book they love too, they're yours for life.

Thanks," I said. "Go home," he said.

Prepare Your Child for the Road, Not the Road for Your Child

While the difference here might appear minor, over the life of your child, negative and positive words have a cumulative effect, because such words shape a child's outlook about self, others, and about life. Learn to speak life to your pretoddler by instructing in what you want him to do instead of what you do not want him to do.

hour in a twenty-four hour period. If you find your child is

Society depends on parents to instill in their children a healthy sense of self-restriction, and that is not as hard as some people make it out to be.

At birth, a child has no functioning conscience, nor does a baby or pretoddler have the reasoning capacity to grasp right and wrong, good and evil. That does not mean parents should delay introducing required and acceptable behavior. For example, the fact that a child has no moral understanding of why food should not be intentionally dropped from his highchair does not mean parents should hold back instruction or fail to discourage the behavior.

Do not be sidetracked. A good referee will have many ways to distract an expedition, many things to draw attention, but ignore them if at all possible.

I do not want God to give me what I want; I trust Him to give me what I need. The truth is, He is infinitely wiser than I am. If we always get what we ask for, I for one will cease to pray.

They allow purpose to be the guiding force in determining the priority that drives their actions.

Albert Einstein had Max Talmud, his first mentor. It was Max who introduced a ten-year-old Einstein to key texts in math, science, and philosophy. Max took one meal a week with the Einstein family for six years while guiding young Albert. No one is self-made.

If you were trying to talk a passenger through landing a DC-10, you'd stop walking. Likewise, if you were walking across a gorge on a rope bridge, you'd likely stop talking.

Everyone has one person who either means the most to them or was the first to influence, train, or manage them. No one succeeds alone. No one.

Whenever you feel lost or lacking direction, you can pull it out to remind yourself to discover what matters most.

Once people had a clear idea of what decisions they should and should not be making, holding them accountable for decisions felt fair.

Good spiritual directors understand that people have different spiritual temperaments, that what feeds one doesn't feed all. Giving the same spiritual prescription to every struggling Christian is no less irresponsible than a doctor prescribing penicillin to every patient.

Abraham's servant prayed for success: "O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today, and show lovingkindness to my master Abraham" (Gen. 24:12 NASB). This is the first time in Scripture that we read of someone asking God for specific guidance.

You may think you're merely raising children, but during this process, God is also raising you to become a stronger and more capable servant of his kingdom.

Men who are filled with the Spirit—they are alive to God, and God is active in them—and men who are full of wisdom. You won't regret making a choice founded on that basis.

2 Thessalonians 3:5: "May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance.