Quotes About Guidance

I was nurtured by Ralph Farquhar and then, later, by Sara Finney-Johnson and Vida Spears, two black women. So, I actually was nurtured by my culture, in a safe environment that allowed me to build my confidence. And Debbie Allen was one of my mentors, along with Stan Lathan.

I think you have to be a leader to be a coach. I think you have to be somebody who is willing to stand up even when it's hard.

My faith and family has helped me a great deal in that it helps me to live to a different standard.

As children, we look up to people, for better or worse, and see them as the standard for how we should act and identify ourselves.

To be able to know kids one day will want to be like me, I hold myself to a super high standard.

Boxing isn't just about fighting people, it's about being a standard bearer. You become a beacon for the people.

You cannot hold a child accountable to the same standards that you hold an adult accountable to.

I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

Different parents have different standards for their children.

My dad always had very high standards for me, from day one.

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please.

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors that they are ready to repeat their lessons as often as we please.

Since I was a child, everyone would ask me what I wanted to do when I grew up. Was I going to be a designer? It's as if there was a path drawn for me, and I could see, from where I was standing, exactly where it ended.

When I see kids standing next to their mothers at book signings, clutching a copy of 'Forever,' I know what's coming. They'll say to me, 'How old do I have to be to read this?' hoping I'll give them permission. But I can't do that.

My father was my hero, both for the physical things he could do and for the values he taught me, about honesty and standing up for what you believe in. I never felt like I was living in his shadow.

If one has no compass, when one doesn't know where one stands and where one wants to go, one can deduce that one has no leadership or interest in shaping events.

My father (like most fathers) always taught me that a man is someone who stands by his principles, someone who lives with integrity and puts his family before himself. That last one is important, because as a young boy, it's your pops who provides you with security.

Every team has a person who is used as a reference, a player who stands out more than others.

If you don't know what your family stands for and what your life situation is, you're in trouble.

I've worked with a lot of coaches in my career, but one man stands out, and that's Mr Ancelotti.

I've been part of shows that are long runners, and they're much more rigid. You get told, 'This is where the character stands, and this is how you say that line because we know it gets a laugh.'

As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.

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

In every case the storyteller is a man who has counsel for his readers.