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• Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Positive, Philosophical, Excess

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1899). “M. Tullii Ciceronis”

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• A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions.

  William Kingdon Clifford

  Believe, Reflection, Fundamentals

  William Kingdon Clifford (1884). “The Scientific Basis of Morals: And Other Essays, Viz. : Right and Wrong, the Ethics of Belief, the Ethics of Religion”

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• The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an imaginary line from my bed to our house over in Wales. It was a great comfort.

  Roald Dahl

  House, Bed, Comfort

  Roald Dahl (2009). “Boy: Tales of Childhood”, p.90, Penguin

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• Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.

  Brad Henry

  Family, Inspiration, Comfort

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• If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.

  John Burroughs

  Literature, Accepting, Sole

  John Burroughs (1913). “Writings”

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• God does guide the lives of individuals and does fill them with the Holy Ghost.

  Robert Duvall

  Doe, Ghost, Individual

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• It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Business, Good Luck, Skills

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.21, Shambhala Publications

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• The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.

  Germaine Greer

  Women, Struggle, Joy

  Germaine Greer (1970). “The female eunuch”, Macgibbon & Kee

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

  William James

  Truth, Sensible, Copies

  William James (2015). “The Meaning of Truth: Human Understanding”, p.31, 谷月社

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• Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.

  Robert Kennedy

  Inspirational, History, Political

  Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt

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• I wouldn't have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can.

  Meg Ryan

  Persons, I Can

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• The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States

  John Ashcroft

  Usa, Liberty, United States

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• Like they say, you can learn more from a guide in one day than you can in three months fishing alone.

  Mario Lopez

  Fishing, One Day, Three

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• Some people may believe that their conscience is enough to guide them not to lie, be deceitful or do the other things God has commanded us not to do. I disagree.

  Lee Greenwood

  Lying, Believe, Hype

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• Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers.

  Ellsworth Huntington

  Numbers, People, House

  Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.20, VM eBooks

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• People come in with business plans and, I mean I know that no one is going to meet everything they say in a business plan but you got to have something to, to guide towards.

  Arthur Rock

  Mean, People, Plans

  Interview with Rob Walker, silicongenesis.stanford.edu. November 12, 2002.

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• No one was going to stop me from writing and no one had to really guide me towards science fiction. It was natural, really, that I would take that interest.

  Octavia Butler

  Writing, Fiction, Natural

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• To create the power of competence without creating a corresponding direction to guide the use of that power is bad education.

  John Dickey

  Creating, Use, Competence

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• While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.

  Herbie Hancock

  May, Force

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• Custom is the great guide to human life.

  David Hume

  Human Life, Humans, Customs

  Terence Penelhum, David Hume (1992). “David Hume: an introduction to his philosophical system”, Purdue Univ Pr

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• He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.

  Blaise Pascal

  Truth, May, Trust In God

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• Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.

  Joseph Pulitzer

  Inspirational, Appreciation, Business

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• The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you ought to know, and showing you the path to heaven.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Buddhist

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• Consider what you want to do in relation to what you are capable of doing. Climbing is, above all, a matter of integrity.

  Gaston Rebuffat

  Integrity, Climbing, Hiking

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• ...whoever is guided solely by his own judgment and decision will never climb up to the summit of perfection and will not fail to be the victim of the devil's ruinous power to delude.

  John Cassian

  Christian, Failure, Power

  John Cassian, Colm Luibhéid (1985). “Conferences”, p.79, Paulist Press

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