Francis Quarles Quotes

I don't really feel like I have anybody to answer to but myself and God and the people I love.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

Any decision I make is based on myself, and the only person I have to give an explanation to is God.

I follow my gut and the prompting of my spirit in all things, small and big.

C.S. Lewis said that conscience is nothing more than the voice of God within our souls; the bridge that links the creature to the creator

My ultimate authority is the divine voice in my own soul. Period.

Yes, there is a Divinity, one from which we must never turn aside for the guidance of our huge inward life and of the share we have as well in the life of all men. It is called the truth.

The compass spins between heaven and hell, let your soul be your pilot, let your soul guide you.

Spontaneously to God should turn the soul, Like the magnetic needle to the pole; But what were that intrinsic virtue worth, Suppose some fellow, with more zeal than knowledge, Fresh from St. Andrew's College, Should nail the conscious needle to the north?

The spirit is the part that is supposed to consciously direct everything in the person, including the soul.

That which impels man to do the right thing is God.

The true guide of our conduct is no outward authority, but the voice of God, who comes down to dwell in our souls, who knows all our thoughts, to whom are owing all the truth we know, and all the good we do; for vice is voluntary, and virtue comes from the grace of the heavenly spirit within.

Mankind's history has proved from one era to another that the true criterion of leadership is spiritual. Men are attracted by spirit. By power, men are forced. Love is engendered by spirit. By power anxieties are created.

Divine direction begins with unconditional submission.

He that hath the steerage of my course, Direct my sail.

God has always been in my life and his little voice in me that lets me know when I'm falling a little too far left or right, up or down you know. I know because there is a little voice that starts saying, 'damn it, what are you doing? You need to slow down with that' or I might not be a good person to hang around you know... So God will do this to me in some sort of way. Or something bad will happen to me.

Lord! teach me the way my soul should walk.

I don't want to claim that God is on our side. As Abraham Lincoln told us, I want to pray humbly that we are on God's side.

In this world, you've a soul for a compass and a heart for a pair of wings.

What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right.

Trying to do good to people without God's help is no easier than making the sun shine at midnight. You discover that you've got to abandon all your own preferences, your own bright ideas, and guide souls along the road our Lord has marked out for them. You mustn't coerce them into some path of your own choosing.

[D]ivine Providence... keeps the universe open in every direction to the soul.

Divine Intelligence working through me always knows just what I need and always supplies it when I need it.

There is no safer anchorage for our learning, our lives, and our public actions than that provided by Divine teachings.

A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.