a guiding light

a guiding light/spirit

someone who influences a person or group and shows them how to do something successfully She was the founder of the company, and for forty years its guiding light.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Thorley	THAWR-lee	English (Rare)
Shankar	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Nepali
Agurtzane	-	Basque
Boleslav	-	Czech, Russian, Medieval Slavic
OttÓ	-	Hungarian, Icelandic
Clifton	['kliftən]