Guidance Quotations

So many people would like to have guidance from God because obviously, if you have a word from God, it's the best possible thing. But they don't relate that to life as a whole. Often they want guidance as a way of opting out of the responsibility of making decisions.

The rest, called literature, is a dossier of human imbecility for the guidance of future professors.

The real world is the fantasy writer's scrapbook. Real history, real geography, real customs and religions are all invaluable sources of guidance and inspiration.

Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority.

I still remember asking my high school guidance teacher for permission to take a second year of algebra instead of a fifth year of Latin. She looked down her nose at me and sneered, 'What lady would take mathematics instead of Latin?'

I like to invest in companies where I can really add value from my experience, network, etc., so checking out my portfolio of other investments, and my background, will generally give some guidance there.

You just have to have the guidance to lead you in the direction until you can do it yourself.

If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for the guidance of the future.

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

In Nueva Esperanza, Honduras, community members pooled their resources and organized a local water committee that with CARE's technical guidance built a gravity-fed water system that now provides clean water directly to people's homes.

I feel that if I am freed of the burden of politics, then I can do more and I can take more unpopular decisions. I can have as my guidance for decision whatever is right, not whatever is popular.

I always pray for God's guidance in my life and he always provides it. He opens the right doors he shuts the right doors. And I have tremendous faith in him. He just guided my career in an amazing way.

I was the first one in my family to go away to college. I came from a small town where there was no guidance in the high school at all. It was a mill town, and I never knew anyone who made their living from the arts. When you did go away to college, you went away to be something - an engineer, or a teacher, or a chemist.

The more guidance a central bank can provide the public about how policy is likely to evolve the greater the chance that market participants will make appropriate inferences.

Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things.

We are all bound to the throne of the Supreme Being by a flexible chain which restrains without enslaving us. The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine guidance.

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.

Confidence is a crucial building block in a successful career, and embracing it fully will take you places you never thought possible. With proper guidance and hard work, anyone can become more confident. Once you pass a certain point, you'll feel it from the inside.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

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

I get a lot of moral guidance from reading novels, so I guess I expect my novels to offer some moral guidance, but they're not blueprints for action, ever.

Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

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

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

If we have faith in Jesus Christ, the hardest as well as the easiest times in life can be a blessing. In all conditions, we can choose the right with the guidance of the Spirit. We have the gospel of Jesus Christ to shape and guide our lives if we choose it.

If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.

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

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.

If it weren't for the mentorship and guidance from people like my mother, James Brown and others, I wouldn't have been able to make something of my life.

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.

My sense heading into the quarter was the market expected Humana to raise guidance today. I think they ultimately do raise guidance for 2006, but given that they didn't today, I think that will be viewed as a disappointment.

One of the biggest barriers research and academic institutions face is the ability to get discoveries made in the lab into clinical testing. The new Exploratory IND guidance emphasizes the flexibility available to researchers when conducting early clinical testing of these cutting-edge treatments. As we enter the era of personalized medicine, these exploratory approaches enable scientists to take full advantage of new technologies to target the development of more individualized therapies.

I was positively surprised that they maintained guidance in the light of major geopolitical situations while other companies have been missing numbers and guiding low, ... insignificant.

If we get any guidance that the Fed would be guiding toward a neutral stance, that could be a (positive) impetus, ... The economy is slowing but not recessing and the Fed will be there if necessary.

Nobody in the newspaper business has raised guidance in a long time. And let's face it, the shorts got squeezed, too.

I would have loved to have played another year under his guidance,

We had a very successful year in 2005, with ongoing earnings of $3.33 per share, significantly exceeding our 2005 guidance of $2.90 to $3.20 per share. These positive results reflected the benefit of positive weather as well as actions our management took to manage costs.

My hope is that as time goes on, that the director of national intelligence and the National Counterterrorism Center will be able to give better guidance to state and local officials about the credit-worthiness of these reports. As things now stand, I think these reports come down without a lot of editorial comment.

OMB is taking input from everyone they can before they make a decision either to modify the guidance or leave it alone.

OCEG has emerged as an invaluable resource for organizations looking for practical and objective information and guidance. The OCEG IT Forum is a welcome addition to their already impressive collection of activities. Whether you manage, use, sell or add value to technology, the OCEG IT Forum should serve as a valuable resource.

No guidance. Not enough mentors to teach younger people what's right and what's wrong.

Nobody's going to buy these stocks on third quarter guidance and numbers.

Negative guidance from Intel kicked off a new selling wave in beleaguered technology, while the February job figures turned out to be strong enough to raise some doubts about aggressive Federal Reserve ease.

People were hoping for just a little bit better on the guidance. Guidance was OK but not great.

My job as an athletic trainer is to prevent injuries as much as possible. I also help with strengthening and conditioning, guidance in nutrition and sleeping, and I also make sure the playing area is safe.

I'd like to see guidance on 2006 that ties all this together. I'm still somewhat skeptical of the degree of cost savings.

If they exceed estimates for this quarter, which I think they will, and raise guidance for the upcoming quarter, investors would be more favorably inclined to Microsoft.

If they don't meet expectations, I think we're in trouble -- but I think the bar has been lowered across the board, ... It's more about the guidance and what they say about future quarters.

Many of these decisions are ultimately the responsibility of the local district, but we are trying to come up with guidance to pass on to them. There's no target date for this grand plan, but as ideas come to light, we'll share them in a timely manner.

We want to make sure that our young people get immediate help and guidance to prevent anything to this degree, ... Coaches now know who to call, what actions to take, and overall, everybody's better educated.

We need clear guidance to find a solution. Ultimately, the point I think we'll underscore is this: we have complied and we're willing to do more.

Lowered guidance is entirely the result of currency. We believe that Baxter shares are very attractively valued following yesterday's (Thursday's) correction.

Momentum is a little fragile, and when people got excited before, they were disappointed, ... But this is the most positive guidance we've given in eight quarters, going into a seasonally challenging quarter.

Since the provisions of Medicare Part D became effective on January 1, 2006, a number of questions have arisen regarding the proper accounting for these transactions. Through this proposed Technical Bulletin, we are providing guidance on how best to apply existing accounting standards and to report these new federal payments in state and local government financial statements.

Maybe we have bottomed. But in terms of going higher, when it comes to corporate guidance, we are not hearing that.

Motorola's results did not just surpass our estimates, consensus, and management guidance, these 1Q 04 numbers were downright huge.

Since we have only a general volume guidance for 2006, we do not have a specific earnings-per-share guidance, other than our expectation that earnings per share will increase in 2006.

She is the strength and glue that holds our department together and the success of our students can be attributed to her leadership and guidance.

She doesn't give a whole lot of guidance on what exactly they have to do.

She doesn't give much guidance to other courts in her rulings, there's a lack of consistency, distinctiveness. Often it seems her opinions are too narrow, reflecting only how it strikes just Justice O'Connor, what she personally thinks.

Macquarie has always been treated as a growth bank and their guidance that came out, even though it was strong, was probably disappointing to what the market was chasing.

Semi stocks won't do anything until we get guidance about estimates for 2004. Otherwise, the stocks will get really overheated.

SIA found the guidance useful. Members firms have taken it under advisement and are now working at both meeting the regulatory requirements and maximizing the guidance's usefulness for investors.

The only negative is the guidance for capital spending this year, which is much higher than expected.

In proportion as we endeavor to live according to the guidance of reason, shall we strive as much as possible to depend less on hope, to liberate ourselves from fear, to rule fortune, and to direct our actions by the sure counsels of reason.

I have a very experienced defense. I'll be looking for strong senior leadership and guidance back there.

guidance and efforts have been instrumental in balancing our need to preserve the integrity of our borders without sacrificing the free flow of commerce on which our nation and the global community depends.

Guidance counselors and teachers can tell which students went to Head Start,

Guidance for 2006 and the long-term is likely to temper expectations, while potentially setting a base for upside.

Guidance for next year was lighter than anticipated, especially due to the upcoming product release cycle. Microsoft often sets the bar low for itself.

Guidance for the April quarter was appreciably better than expected.

Guidance is below our previous estimate and implies higher expenses.

Guidance needs to be more targeted to the specific action rather than general.

Guidance was disappointing. Inventories and chipset shortages are still issues.

Fresh cut produce is the fastest growing sector of the fresh produce industry. This document should help to improve safety by providing clearer guidance on how to reduce health hazards that are potentially introduced during the production process.

For some reason, people had their hopes much higher than this, especially for the guidance. Everything seems to be in line.

Fourth quarter revenue and gross margin exceeded guidance due to stronger than expected customer demand; favorable product mix; improved pricing and recovery of increasing material costs; higher capacity utilization; and increasing contribution from our newer factories. As a result, gross margin rose to 24.2% from 16.4% in the third quarter.

I am confident that Tom's direction and guidance will ensure strategic continuity and sustained financial discipline, and he is already well known to our investor community.

Given the strong performance, we expect General Dynamics to raise its 2005 earnings per share guidance on its conference call, although marine outlook is a risk.

Given the success that our club has had in eight years under the guidance of Pat Quinn, this is not an easy course to take. However, our results on the ice this season fell below our expectations. A new head coach will bring a new perspective, a new approach that will yield future results that we expect.

I expect the tone of the conference call and the guidance they give to be more positive than investors expect.

Glenn's help on the day was invaluable. With Glenn being there, it allowed the crews to practice in as near to a real situation as is possible. His help and guidance at the session ensures that should any rider get into difficulties at Somerset in the new season, they will receive first rate attention from the crews on duty, attention which could make all the difference as far as rider safety is concerned.

Caterpillar, the industry's first provider of factory-integrated machine control solutions, continues to be the forerunner in providing innovative machinery and hardware to meet our customers' needs. This second generation of machine control and guidance technology products continues to build on that world-class reputation.

I and Gabriel, as a team, we became a source of guidance for each other when one of us wanted to step in and help while shooting a bad situation. But we would stop each other so as not to ruin the truth of the moment.

I apologize for my conduct and I'm sorry I did it, I'll follow their guidance.

Business conditions continue to be robust. The company expressed high confidence in its third-quarter guidance of greater than $3 billion in bookings, $2.6 to $2.7 million in revenue and EPS of 64 to 68 cents. We believe guidance is conservative and estimate bookings of $3.3 billion with EPS of 70 cents, versus the Street consensus of 68 cents a share.

But there is a concern that GPSS, which is the largest government agency, doesn't have the guidance of a chief financial officer. They need someone to do that sort of financial management and planning to prepare for situations like this month's three pay periods.

But the shares could well be valued well above this, based on increasing visible earnings strength, ... Cypress closed the June quarter with strong bookings growth, in excess of earlier guidance of $360 million, possibly as high as $400 million and experienced strong sequential revenue growth with sharply higher gross margins.

Basically I think it's the fact that the devices are still selling. (Given) the fact that they were able to maintain revenue guidance for the (coming) quarter, it really looks like the sustainability and momentum, at least in the hardware sales, has persisted.

Basically, it was an in-line quarter. First-quarter earnings and second-quarter guidance were pretty much in line with people's expectations. But that wasn't enough to sustain the premium stock price.

Her joy in coaching these young women made them believe in themselves and depend on each other. Her guidance not only helped them excel here, it will help them become better, more compassionate leaders.

I also think there has to be real guidance, ... So they can rule and tell people and give them guidance before they take a trip about what's right and what's acceptable.

We look at Qualcomm as a wireless juggernaut and it's proving it can execute. The fact that they hit their numbers and slightly raised next quarter's guidance is positive.

We look for in-line fourth-quarter financial results and more upbeat guidance for 2006 than Amgen provided at this time last year for 2005.

I am just excited by it all. The Bank of Ireland have already brought a rugby pedigree to our table and we are delighted it is continuing. They are key sponsors of Ulster Rugby and there is a tremendous amount of experience there. They have already brought a lot of guidance especially the way we should market things.

If the guidance from Dell is positive, that could give us a boost. The question is whether the consumer can continue to hang in long enough for IT (information technology) spending to bottom and pick up. So something good from Dell would be encouraging.

If the company said it was a one-quarter event, then I think the downside would have been limited. But given the guidance we received, which is that growth is likely to slow because the company is so large, that will ratchet down the numbers for fiscal 2001, and that's probably where the damage is going to come from.

If the conditions are right to mount a campaign for a quarter-cent transportation sale tax ballot measure in November 2006, we will need the leadership and guidance of thoughtful elected officials such as yourself. We hope you will join us in this effort.

He will be one influential judge--no question about it. I think the justices will look to him for guidance because he had that job.