Guidance Quotes

Every child has inside him an aching void for excitement and if we don't fill it with something which is exciting and interesting and good for him, he will fill it with something which is exciting and interesting and which isn't good for him.

A coach is someone that sees beyond your limits and guides you to greatness!

"Stand still" - keep the posture of an upright man, ready for action, expecting further orders, cheerfully and patiently awaiting the directing voice; and it will not be long ere God shall say to you, as distinctly as Moses said it to the people of Israel, "Go forward."

The book exists for us perchance which will explain our miracles and and reveal new ones. The at present unutterable things we may find somewhere uttered. These same questions that disturb and puzzle and confound us have in their turn occurred to all the wise men; not one has been omitted; and each has answered them, according to his ability, by his words and his life.

Your real statesman is first of all, and chief of all, a great human being, with an eye for all the great fields on which men likehimself struggle, with unflagging, pathetic hope, toward better things.... He is a guide, a counselor, a mentor, a servant, a friend of mankind.

Your gut is your inner compass. Whenever you have to consult with other people for an answer, you're headed in the wrong direction.

The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.

Philosophy is life's dry-nurse, who can take care of us - but not suckle us.

I began to make inquiries of the hundreds of successful men who collaborated with me in the organization of the science of success, and discovered that each of them had received guidance from unknown sources, although many of them were reluctant to admit this discovery.

It is our duty to select the best and most dependable theory that human intelligence can supply, and use it as a raft to ride the seas of life.

A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass.

History illumes reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life

Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeated all things.

Love is the way messengersfrom the mystery tell us things

Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.

Your feelings will guide you if you have the courage to tap into them and listen.

Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.

When love beckons to you, follow him,Though his ways are hard and steep.

I think we would have made a lot more mistakes and would have accomplished a lot less had we not been grounded in some basic truths.

Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction.

A teacher or teaching is not essential for spiritual awakening, but they save time.

Don't listen to people who tell you what to do. Listen people who encourage you to do what's right in your heart.

Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.

And you, Ringbearer' she said, turning to Frodo. 'I come to you last who are not last in my thoughts. For you I have prepared this.' She held up a small crystal phial: it glittered as she moved it and rays of white light sprang from her hand. 'In this phial,' she said,' is caught the light of Earendil's star, set amid the waters of my fountain. It will shine still brighter when night is about you. May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out. Frodo took the phial, and for a moment as it shone between them, he saw her again standing like a queen, great and beautiful.

Man in his effort to pray and receive guidance actually enhances his separation from who he really is and what he is reaching for. In time, you have all answers to all questions.

The place of the expert is on tap not on top.

When you don't know what to do, do nothing. Get quiet so you can hear the still, small voice.

So, that is my final lesson from the universe - you just do what you need to do, and stay on track.

They call it coaching but it is teaching. You do not just tell them...you show them the reasons.

The still small voice within you must always be the final arbiter when there is a conflict of duty.

Grace is that thing that shows up to guide you when you've done the first two steps and you're intent on doing something larger than just yourself. That's when all of the sudden things are great.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquities.

Rise up nimbly and go on your strange journey to the ocean of meanings.... Leave and don't look away from the sun as you go, in whose light you're sometimes crescent, sometimes full.

Don't condemn if you see a person has a dirty glass of water, just show them the clean glass of water that you have. When they inspect it, you won't have to say that yours is better." -said by Elijah Muhammad to Malcolm X

Tell him to live by yes and no - yes to everything good, no to everything bad.

He who is his own guide is guided by a fool.

There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.

Life doesn't come with an instruction book; that's why we have fathers.

The Woman-Soul leadeth us upward and on!

When you no longer are compelled by desire and fear . . . when you have seen the radiance in eternity from all forms of time . . . when you follow your bliss . . . doors will open where you would not have thought there were doors . . . and the world will step in and help.

One of the greatest values of mentors is the ability to see ahead what others cannot see and to help them navigate a course to their destination.

The truth will lead me to all.

All of us knows, not what is expedient, not what is going to make us popular, not what the policy is, or the company policy - but in truth each of us knows what is the right thing to do. And that's how I am guided.

Those who fall in love with practice without science are like a sailor who enters a ship without a helm or a compass, and who never can be certain whither he is going.

Walden - all his books, indeed - are packed with subtle, conflicting, and very fruitful discoveries. They are not written to prove something in the end. They are written as the Indians turn down twigs to mark their path through the forest. He cuts his way through life as if no one had ever taken that road before, leaving these signs for those who come after, should they care to see which way he went.

If you talk to your children, you can help them keep their lives together. If you talk to them skillfully, you can help them to build future dreams.

To avoid being drawn into error, keep a firm grip on the truth.

Many people never grow up. They stay all their lives with a passionate need for external authority and guidance, pretending not to trust their own judgment.

Commonsense is the wick of the candle.

I'm a mentor to anybody who's interested.

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.

Knowing your deepest intention can be your guiding force in the creation of a better life.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.

In each of us there is another whom we do not know. He speaks to us in dreams and tells us how differently he sees us from the way we see ourselves. When, therefore, we find ourselves in a difficult situation to which there is no solution, he can sometimes kindle a light that radically alters our attitude - the very attitude that led us into the difficult situation.

The truth is I have from the very beginning listened to my instincts. All of my best decisions in life have come because I was attuned to what really felt like the next right move for me.

Follow your inner heart and the world moves in and helps.

Your gut is your inner compass.

I'm just protecting my children and making sure I pull them in the right direction so they don't end up like me with having to go through all that hardship. They may not survive so it's all about putting them on the right track.

A teacher can only lead you to the threshold of your own mind.

I think mentors are important and I don't think anybody makes it in the world without some form of mentorship. Nobody makes it alone. Nobody has made it alone. And we are all mentors to people even when we don't know it.