Rumi Quotes

When there are three leaders to look up to, who exactly should I follow?

Indeed, follow your star if you want to head north and it's the North Star. But if you want to head north and it's Mars, you had better follow somebody else's star.

It's hard to carry a child around with you, but fortunately, in most cases, you don't have to ask a child for directions if you have a well-chosen role model ready to guide you. This is the next prescription: Take one role model, as often as needed. Set aside a few minutes today to fill this prescription so you will have it handy when you need it. Think now about who your role models have been. What do they offer? Who else do you admire, and exactly what do you admire about them? Have your roster of role models ready and waiting to help you the next time you are perplexed.

For centuries, dreams have been used to communicate instruction and direction to people of purpose - great men and women. God used dreams to prepare Joseph for his future as a leader of nations. He gave battle plans to Gideon in a dream. Joan of Arc, Jacob, George Washington, Marie Curie, and the apostle Paul were all guided by their dreams.

A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn't go by yourself.

Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.

I think right now the way society's going, I think role models are important, and kids need direction. If I didn't have that direction growing up, who knows what I could be doing, because I've been lost many times in my life, and I've had to have someone guide me back on the right path.

People will only follow you if they see you're ahead, are convinced you know the route, trust you, and want to get there too.

When I was young, I was looking for people to look up to - role models I could respect.

The truth is we're all searching. We're all looking for guidance, for mentors, and I'm by no means someone to follow.

I wish there were people when I was young that I had a respect for and looked up to that I could have been guided by. I didn't have that, and I really do wish I did because I think I would've learned a lot more.

A guru is like a live road map. If you want to walk uncharted terrain, I think it is sensible to walk with a road map.

I have a lot of role models.

Some people shun the idea of role models but I think it's one of the most important things people have in life - role models, to look up to.

Walk out of any doorway feel your way, feel your way like the day before Maybe you'll find direction around some corner where it's been waiting to meet you.

Pick your role models wisely, find out what they did and do it.

Human nature is to need a map. If you’re brave enough to draw one, people will follow.

I can't see how You're leading me unless you've led me here, where I'm lost enough to let myself be led.

They who set an example make a highway. Others follow the example, because it is easier to travel on a highway than over untrodden grounds.

There are leaders and there are followers. Followers follow leaders and leaders follow their heart

Ministers should be stars to give light, not clouds to obscure.

Surrogate fathers and other male figures stepped in to give guidance after my dad died. Businessmen taught me to honor my commitments; others gave me opportunities beyond my wildest imaginations. Authors and speakers set good, solid examples of high standards and lofty goals for me; mature, committed Christians nurtured and instructed me.

Leadership is about moving people from where they are to where you hope they'll go.

Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.

Pick a star on the dark horizon and follow the light.