Quotes About Guidance

Almost makes you wonder if someone was guiding us, strange as that sounds. I feel a swelling in my chest, and I honestly don't know if it's pity or jealousy of her belief that God or her dead brother can reach out and affect her life like that. I take her head in my hands and hold her closer, wondering which of us is lost and which is guiding the other someplace new.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house.

Choose your friends with caution plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith.

They want to be our shepherds. But that requires us to be sheep.

A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.

The point behind 1-2-3 Magic is that parents are ready for anything, rather than worrying what the kids are going to do next. The message is: "I love you, and it's my job to train and discipline you. I don't expect you to be perfect, and when you act up, this is what I will do.

effective parents expect their children to rise to life's challenges (as you know, there are plenty!) and to respect the rules and limits that will be required for their behavior. These

It is our work to cast care, and it is God's work to take care.

We pray, 'lead us not into temptation'. Do we then lead ourselves into temptation?

Knowledge is the eye that must direct the foot of obedience.

The ordinary means which the Lord uses in calling us, is not by raptures and revelations,

As children grow older, the care of parents grows greater. They are afraid of their children falling when young, and of worse than falls when they are older.

A shaking hand may as well write a line steadily, as we can keep our hearts fixed in prayer without the Spirit of God.

They who pray that they may not be led into temptation, must not lead themselves into temptation. 2.

He that commands us, will enable us.

Be often among the godly. They are the salt of the earth—and will help to season you. Their counsel may direct you; their prayers may enliven you. Such holy sparks may be thrown into your breasts as may kindle devotion in you. It is good to be among the saints, to learn the trade of godliness: "He who walks with wise men shall be wise" (Proverbs 13:20).

Am I sure that there is no mind behind our existence and no mystery anywhere in the universe? I think I am. What joy, what relief there would be, if we could declare so with complete conviction. If that were so I could wish to live for ever. How terrifying and glorious the role of man if, indeed, without guidance and without consolation he must create from his own rituals the meaning for his existence and write the rules whereby he lives.

There is great comfort in knowing that those who love you love you enough to take the responsibility for marking out the permissible.

Dondequiera que estén las huellas del Maestro, allí, los oídos del que está pronto para recibir sus enseñanzas se abren de par en par». Y además: «Cuando el oído es capaz de oír, entonces vienen los labios que han de llenarlos con sabiduría».

I will carry you upon my shoulders, my son And climb the tallest mountain So you can behold all the fruit Of our alive and green valley.

Perhaps it is that, right now, she needs a man to help her navigate these murky waters that her thoughtless granddaughter has led them both into. Or perhaps it is that time doesn't heal wounds at all, perhaps that is the biggest lie of them all,

Don't worry. When the time is right, you'll meet your teacher. When you're ready, some kind of magnetic energy will bring you together with your teacher.

The mind is very powerful. Therefore, it requires firm guidance. A powerful jet plane needs a good pilot; the pilot of your mind should be the wisdom that understands its nature. In that way, you can direct your powerful mental energy to benefit your life instead of letting it run about uncontrollably like a mad elephant, destroying yourself and others.