Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

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.

Every time I start chasing my tail, and I'm trying to control all these elements of my universe, I pray, 'I'm not in control of any of this. I can just do the best I can. Please guide me. Please help me figure how I can move through this in the way You would have me.'

A traveller, lost on a desert plain, feels that the recognition of one star, the Pole star, is of itself a great acquisition.

Heaven often seems distant and unknown, but if He who made the road... is our guide, we need not fear to lose the way.

We mustn't be in a hurry to fix and choose our own lot; we must wait to be guided.

I'm good at giving up control to people who know where they're going and what they want to do. I can sit in the back of a car and ride cross-country if you know where you're going and you know how to take me there.

If thou follow thy star, thou canst not fail of glorious heaven.

Unfurl the sails, and let God steer us where He will.

What does God require of us? Our part is to believe. Our work is to trust the Lord. His requirement is that we let go and let God.

A learned man came to me once. He said, "I know the way, -- come." And I was overjoyed at this. Together we hastened. Soon, too soon, were we Where my eyes were useless, And I knew not the ways of my feet. I clung to the hand of my friend; But at last he cried, "I am lost.

A higher power is leading you; be led by the same. It knows what to do and how to do it.

There's something within you that knows what to do. There is a power greater than you that knows how to take care of you without your help. All you've got to do is to surrender to it. Surrender your thoughts, your mind, your ego, to the current that knows the way. It will take care of you. It will take better care of you than you can ever imagine.

Proceed with much prayer, and your way will be made plain.

Surrender is a gift that you can give yourself. It's an act of faith. It's saying that even though I can't see where this river is flowing, I trust it will take me in the right direction.

Fate never promises to tell you everything up front. You aren't always shown the path in life you're supposed to take. But if there was one thing she'd learned in the past few weeks, it was that sometimes, when you're really lucky, you meet someone with a map.

I don't chase after things, but I put forward the effort and know the rest of it is out of my hands.

Nothing has to happen immediately, this minute, or right now. It's okay to pause for just a moment. Just take a breath. Then go quietly inside. Ask life itself to lead you to your best outcome. There's nothing you have to do, really, except get out of your own way.

But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.

Yet everyone begins in the same place; how is it that most go along without difficulty but a few lose their way?

God's way is better than your way. His plan is bigger than your plan. His dream for your life is more rewarding, more fulfilling, better than you've ever dreamed of. Now stay open and let God do it His way.

Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.

Ps 119:89-91: The settled Word in Heaven makes for a solid foundation on earth and a safe path for today.

Somewhere along the way you will have to learn to just Trust Life.

The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder.

If you know which way the current is going, you can use it to your advantage.