Quotes About Guidance

For the Holy Ghost blesses us with optimism and wisdom at times of challenge that we simply cannot muster on our own.

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.

The new leader is a facilitator, not an order giver.

What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.

At the end of 1795 and beginning of 1796, I was ordered to write to the Church ministers.

The result showed the wisdom of your orders.

When you meet your kids, you realize that they deserve great parents. And then you have your marching orders, and you have to try and become the person that they deserve.

I think 'director' is a very broad term. I like to think of myself as the head collaborator, not the director, because I think, for a lot of people, 'director' connotes giving orders and telling people what to do.

You have to give kids from ordinary families a ladder. You have to show them there's a way out.

It's a very organic feeling to have something really speak to you and kind of lay out the blueprint for you.

So many organizations have a mentoring arm, but they don't really do it. Their idea of mentoring a kid is giving them general advice. But what they need to do is read with children.

People need to trust you: that you're going to pull them out and that they will follow you when you pull them out. If they don't get that comfort, they're going to drop you. This is true of organizations. It's true of countries.

The best advice I ever got as an organizer was that if you can organize your family, you're a good organizer.

The path I follow is still an Orthodox path. You have to follow a path; otherwise, it becomes a little bit new-age, a bit of this, a bit of that.

When we're actually modeling good behavior, and when we get results, other countries are more likely to follow our lead.

Here's the thing: If you don't want your kids to read a book, fine. You can tell them not to read a book, and maybe they will and maybe they won't. But you can't say what other kids can read.

Leadership is service to others.

I will always be a voice of reason for our community, our state and our nation.

Love, work, and knowledge are the wellsprings of our lives, they should also govern it.

Worshipping the Lord means giving Him the place that he must have; worshipping the Lord means stating, believing - not only by our words - that He alone truly guides our lives; worshipping the Lord means that we are convinced before Him that He is the only God, the God of our lives, the God of our history.

The scriptures teach us the ways of the Lord. They answer questions about how to live today. They bring a light and a spirit into our lives that we can get in no other way.

Science is the greatest creative impulse of our time. It dominates the intellectual scene and forms our lives, not only in the material things which it has given us, but also in that it guides our spirit.

That's the fun part of being CEO. You can actually say, 'Hey, this is what we should be spending our time on,' and people get it.