Quotes About Guidance

You never want to see kids repeat your own mistakes.

She would give them order, she would create constellations

The ignorance, prejudices, and groupthink of an educated elite are still ignorance, prejudice, and groupthink—and for those with one percent of the knowledge in a society to be guiding or controlling those with the other 99 percent is as perilous as it is absurd.

Hay un proverbio senegalés que dice: «Cuando no sepas adónde vas, párate y mira de dónde vienes».

you are deeply loved by all of life. …you have the power to keep yourself safe. …no one knows more than you what's right for your life.

This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor…. Be grateful for whatever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. RUMI

Go to your heart. Listen. There is the wisdom.

taking on the role not only of instructor but of trusted elder, guide, coach, leader, and perhaps sometimes friend.

To see to the depth of a river, wade into still water. In the silent space under the slick of the world, the river clears. If you stand still too, so as not to wrinkle the water, you will see the shadows of minnows. You will smell sage and melting snow and you will notice, incised into the topography of the silt, little river channels pointing to the sea. And isn't this what you had hoped to find? A quiet place where everything comes clear and the Earth itself shows the way to the one thing.

You are the sun and the moon to me.

If you don't know where you're going, you may miss it when you get there

That the stars guide us, but do not compel us. It is our free will that determines the outcome of all things. God does impose his will on us, rather he makes it known and allows us to choose if we will follow it.

And working from the left to the right always, embrace the first petal of the holy rose,

No matter what anyone "does to you" along your path to either personal or professional happiness, that person cannot interfere with your destiny. Only you are in control of that, within the master plan created with God.

Peter and I now refer to this concept as "God's GPS system," and when someone lets us down, we wait with anticipation to see how God is going to readjust our course. It can be a lot of fun to see what amazing journey he will send you on!

Ah, Abby thought, if only they knew and trusted in God's love! It was all the strength and comfort one could ever need. It was a light to guide one through the darkness. It lent purpose and direction when nothing else seemed to matter.

One of the advantages of laws is that you can follow them blind, when you have lost all your moorings. You can't follow your instincts, but you can remember your rule.

Like an exasperating but invaluable friend, the Bible keeps bringing me back to my senses, often in bracing (and comical) ways.

Faith simply is, and what the religious traditions of the world do is to give us guidance as to how to interpret our own experience in the light of what our ancestors have made of it over the centuries.

Johnny thought of Cassie, so he quoted one of her favorite sayings, "Teachers change the world one kid at a time." "Yeah. Look at you.

God has his own ways and means to work in the hearts of men and we do not know how close they are to him, but by their actions we will always know whether they are at his disposal or not.

goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations. - Patricia Neal

Remember, I might be the wind, but you control the kite.