Quotes About Guidance

Somebody once asked me if I have anything like faith, and I said I have faith in the narrative. I have a belief in a narrative that is bigger than me, that is alive and I trust will work itself out.

It is our job to listen to God and let Him tell us what is going on and what we are to do about it - leaving the rest to Him to work out according to His knowledge and will, not ours.

When we let God be God and work through us, we experience both a sense of serenity and excitement.

Don't chew gum at an audition and wear really bad clothes. That doesn't work. You need to hear that! You need to hear practical advice.

I need a man who tells me the party's over, that it's time to go home, because [we] have to work in the morning.

Real life, raising kids and trying to raise them to be good people takes a lot of work. It's all about (appearing) effortless, yet there's so much effort. You do it the best you can.

The way I look at my job, I spend a lot of time trying to create the conditions for good design to happen and I don't get an opportunity to do a lot of hands on work.

Every director works differently but one thing's important: they must have a vision. If they don't have a vision I don't care how they work.

Your words are so powerful and precious. Learn to harness them, guide them and let them work for you.

It's wonderful to work with someone with mentor status.

Some people say it's scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I'm a team guy.

Training leaders is part of the work of discipling.

A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.

I was constantly around all those religious images and to me, angels exist. I feel we were definitely guided and helped and I'm always referring to them in my work.

I like working with a first time director. I'm more likely to work with a first time director than I am a second time director.

The best work we can all do is create the highest vision possible for our lives and be led by that vision to the greatest good.

My job at Stanford is rather different from the ones I had held previously in that my own ambitions must take a back seat to the well-being of the students with whom I work.

God has presented this opportunity for us and we are stepping up to the plate. The pastor knows the area we work in and makes it much easier.

Coaching isn't a great mystery. It's Just hard work, determination, and inspiration at the right moment.

I think that critiquing the myths of our society and helping people find their way through them is a very important thing. It's a theme that goes through all of my work.

I am especially indebted to a 10th grade English teacher who encouraged me to read great works of literature.

The ability to be present with every single person and engage was a great model for me of the work that a writer needs to do. Writers, living or dead, still guide me in many ways.

I think when you work with really wonderful directors who have a really strong vision, it lets you as an artist set the tone for your own career.

I always work from an outline.