Quotes About Guidance

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters.

Prosperity lets go the bridle.

One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters.

He didn't want to tell his son what to do, but told me to write the president a letter. I didn't name a country, but there are many countries we have a fragile relationship with.

We must act on what we know. I take as my guide the hope of a saint: In crucial things, unity; in important things, diversity; in all things, generosity.

The greatest gift a parent can give a child is unconditional love. As a child wanders and strays, finding his bearings, he needs a sense of absolute love from a parent. There's nothing wrong with tough love, as long as the love is unconditional.

Back of every noble life there are principles that have fashioned it.

May the Force be with you.

In a dark place we find ourselves, and a little more knowledge lights our way.

Mentors have a way of seeing more of our faults that we would like. It's the only way we grow.

We must stop setting our sights by the light of each passing ship; instead we must set our course by the stars.

If you want people to work hard and succeed, there are times when you've got to let them find their own way. Overmanaging is a constant danger.

And shall we say that in some things we are willing to be guided; we think it right to be guided in matters of doctrine, etc.; but in other matters, just as important and necessary for the salvation and preservation of this people, we are not willing? Latter-day Saints, you cannot do it. You cannot get away from this authority and remain Latter-day Saints, for you sever yourselves from the Church of God, because everything you have is based on the recognition of this authority.

The principles of the Gospel never become stale, nor trite, [nor] threadbare. No matter how often we may hear a principle of truth dwelt upon, if the Spirit of God accompany the remarks that are made, it seems new, and sweet, and interesting, and not in the least wearisome. [CD2:89]

Aun los mejores hombres, si actúan por sí mismos, cometerán graves equivocaciones. Mientras mayores responsabilidades se coloquen sobre el agente humano, mientras más encumbrado sea su cargo para determinar y controlar, más males hará con seguridad pervirtiendo mentes y corazones si no sigue cuidadosamente el camino del Señor.

You want to lead one day? Then learn how to follow.

A tribe is like a child," he said once, in that thin piping old-man's voice, which every day seemed more like a bird's—and then he coughed. When he recovered, he spoke again. "Yes, a tribe is like a child. You can show it the way by which it should grow up, and perhaps you can direct it a little, but in the end the child will go his own way, and so will the tribe.

A ruler needs a good head and a true heart," she famously told the king. "A cock is not essential.

Show me the path I must walk and do not let me stumble in the dark places that lie ahead.

To go north, you must journey south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward you must go back, and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow.

Remember who you are, Daenerys, ... The dragons know. Do you? - Quaithe

To go north, you must go south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward, you must go back. To touch the light, you must pass beneath the shadow.