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• Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Country, Moving, Errors

  Donald Rumsfeld (2001). “Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001”

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• Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority.

  Harlan F. Stone

  Creative, Democracy, Minorities

  "Harlan Fiske Stone, Pillar of the Law" by Alpheus Thomas Mason, (p. 95), 1956.

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• Here is what we have to offer you in its most elaborate form -- confusion guided by a clear sense of purpose.

  Gordon Matta-Clark

  Art, Confusion, Purpose

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• May all of you as Americans never forget your heroic origins, never fail to seek Divine guidance, and never lose your natural God-given optimism.

  Ronald Reagan

  4th Of July, Divine Guidance, Optimism

  Ronald Reagan, Michael Reagan (2016). “The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.251, Humanix Books

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• Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.

  George Henry Lewes

  Art, Book, Delight

  George Henry Lewes (1891). “The Principles of Success in Literature”

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• Conscious of my own weakness, I can only seek fervently the guidance of the Ruler of the Universe, and, relying on His all-powerful aid, do my best to restore Union and peace to a suffering people, and to establish and guard their liberties and rights.

  George B. McClellan

  Powerful, Rights, Glowing

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• Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

  Gautama Buddha

  Love, Positive, Inspiring

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• 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. 


  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Memories, Reality, History

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• Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one's own way at all hazards.

  Thomas Huxley

  Hazards, Way, Submit

  Thomas Henry Huxley (19??). “Aphorisms of Thomas Huxley”

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• Solitude is not an absence of energy or action, as some believe, but is rather a boon of wild provisions transmitted to us from the soul. In ancient times, purposeful solitude was both palliative and preventative. It was used to heal fatigue and to prevent weariness. It was also used as an oracle, as a way of listening to the inner self to solicit advice and guidance otherwise impossible to hear in the din of daily life.

  Clarissa Pinkola Estes

  Believe, Self, Advice

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• I am open to the guidance of synchronicity, and do not let expectations hinder my path.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspiration, Expectations, Path

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• The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some new authority.

  Walter Lippmann

  Moral, Authority, Depends

  Walter Lippmann (1960). “A Preface To Morals”, p.14, Transaction Publishers

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• I believe that the fight against crime starts in the home. Parents must take responsibility for their children and show them love and guidance from an early age so they learn to respect the rights of others.

  Blanche Lincoln

  Children, Believe, Home

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• Another possible source of guidance for teenagers is television, but television's message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom and world peace pales by comparison with the need for a toothpaste that offers whiter teeth *and* fresher breath.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Wisdom, Peace

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• You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.

  Barbara Bush

  Powerful, Thinking, Political

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• It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being.

  Joseph Wood Krutch

  Children, Study, Sometimes

  If You Don't Mind My Saying 'Whom Do We Picket Tonight?'

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• Whenever someone sorrows, I do not say, “forget it,” or “it will pass,” or “it could be worse” - all of which deny the integrity of the painful experience. But I say, to the contrary, “It is worse than you may allow yourself to think. Delve into the depth. Stay with the feeling. Think of it as a precious source of knowledge and guidance. Then and only then will you be ready to face it and be transformed in the process.

  Peter Koestenbaum

  Integrity, Thinking, Painful Experiences

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• You know, many people have said that I'm on the edge and I'm maverick for some of the big operations that I've done. I'm not at all. I pray; I ask God to give me wisdom, 'Should I do it?', guidance in terms of how to do it, who to consult with. All those kind of things are incredibly important.

  Benjamin Carson

  People, Giving, Important

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• Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done.

  Elijah Cummings

  Rights, Long, Voting

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• Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us.

  Bob Woodward

  Information, Interest, Throat

  "Watergate: 25 Years Later". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.

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• The Painter's Keys is a timeless, universal guide to lifemanship masquerading as a painting blog.

  Sara Genn

  Keys, Painting, Timeless

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• I am a sepoy and will follow the guidance of my leaders.

  Navjot Singh Sidhu

  Leader

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• We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.

  Carl Sandburg

  Literature, Enough, Professors

  Carl Sandburg, Margaret Sandburg, George Hendrick (1999). “Ever the Winds of Chance”, p.33, University of Illinois Press

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• Be guided by feeling alone. We are only simple mortals, subject to error...

  Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

  Simple, Errors, Feeling Alone

  "Artists on Art - from the 14th - 20th centuries" edited by Robert Goldwater and Marco Treves; Pantheon Books, London, (p. 241), 1972.

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• If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.

  Xunzi

  Bravery, Fierce, Violent

  Xunzi, John Knoblock (1988). “Xunzi: A Translation and Study of the Complete Works”, p.153, Stanford University Press

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