Quotes About Guidance

Great nations need organizing principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle.

All good actors are very bright. You can't be stupid and a good actor. You may be inarticulate, you may not be highly educated, but all good actors are quick-witted, some of them dazzlingly so. All you do is guide them.

My stylist and agency staff are the ones that do a good job telling me what to wear.

As a stylist, it is important for me to always steer my clients in the right direction and to push them when I feel it is necessary.

If you're easily overwhelmed when you shop, remember that store employees know what's in stock, and they love to give fashion advice. Working with one is like having your own stylist.

I learned over the years to trust that the subconscious is going to provide guidance.

Leadership is an act of submission to God. To be a leader means listening to all kinds of people and situations. Out of that listening, we are hoping to discern the mind of God as best we can. This is the price of leadership - it's an act of sacrifice. So leadership is part and parcel of the work of submission to God.

When I accept a role, I feel that as an artist I have to submit completely to the tutelage of my director. And while I expect to be heard and encouraged and honored, at the end of the day, man, it's the way the director wants it.

I just let the songs tell me what to do - they are my guides, and they are the boss. So I am subservient to the songs, and I let them tell me what to do. I don't judge them; I just write whatever comes to me.

If a hero is a person on which you've made an explicit choice model yourself, mine is my father for showing me how to live a life of substance.

Rules help govern and steer a relationship along, so they're good things. But they become bad things when they become the narrow gate though which the relationship must always pass. When this happens, the rules become the basis for the relationship and, in a sense, become a substitute for the relationship.

It has become an accepted tenet that kids will rarely listen to their parents but seldom fail to imitate them. Communicating the message has never been a good substitute for 'showing up' and embodying the message.

Underlings look up to the boss for behavioral cues, subtle signs, hints and gestures.

I am grateful to Allan Donald for his guidance and subtle nuances that he taught me.

We struck out on our own in suburbia with parents who actually helped us get where we needed to go.

When I was applying to college, my mother told me I could apply to any school within the Boston subway map.

It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.

I enjoy helping young children succeed.

I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

Another thing about knowing who you are is that you know what you should not be doing, which can save you a lot of heartaches and false starts if you catch it early on.

If it had not been for The Lord on my side I don't know where I would be.

It's the same with your Soul GPS. Your job is to be clear and set your goal—your destination—in your heart. Be direct about what you want to do and where you want to go—and then drive on. No matter what route you end up taking, God will get you there. He sees what's ahead.

God is like a satellite that navigates us around our lives. He's telling us which direction to take and what turns to make. But God's directions are like the GPS in your car: You have to pay attention to them or you're going to get lost. You may have to backtrack. You may have to take a different

But stick to your Soul GPS. Envision your destination. Drive toward your dream. Trust God's navigation. You'll get to where He wants you to be. It's your fate.