Quotes for Life
Adversity
The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.
–CHINESE PROVERB
Anger
When getting angry, we instantly give away our control and peace of mind to a person or situation. Anger = Powerlessness.
Anger II
The path of least resistance is always anger – do not take that path. Buddha said: Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
Appreciation
Once you have been in the dark, you learn to appreciate everything that shines.
–ZACHRY K. DOUGLAS
Avoidance
Always move towards what you are avoiding. This is where your awareness is needed the most and where your future growth resides.
Awakening
Your vision will become only when you look into your heart. He who looks outside, dreams. He who looks inside, awakens.
–CARL JUNG
Awareness
We need to be aware that we are not free, in order to be free. We need to be aware of what the problem is, in order to solve the problem.
–DON MIGUEL RUIZ
Blessings
In a society that has you counting money, pounds, calories, and steps, be a rebel and count your blessings.
–LISA HECKMAN
Boldness
Whatever you can do, or believe you can do, begin it, for boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
–JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Boundaries
Don’t let people who do so little for you,
define so much of you.
–JAY SHETTY
Bravery
Be brave enough to find the life you want and courageous enough to chase it. Then start over and love yourself the way you were always meant to.
–MADALYN BECK
Change
To exist is to change. To change is to mature. To mature is to go on, creating oneself endlessly.
–HENRI BERGSON
Clarity
Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.
–BLAISE PASCAL
Comparison
Don’t compare your life to others’. There’s no comparison between the sun and the moon. They shine when it’s their time.
–CHINESE PROVERB
Courage
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
–WINSTON CHURCHILL
Exploration
Don’t go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
–RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Expression
What comes out of the body doesn’t make us ill, but what stays in there does.
–EDITH EGER
Faith
Faith is the daring of the soul to go beyond what the eye can see.
–WILLIAM NEWTON CLARKE
Finding Purpose
You cannot find your purpose without:
• Peace
• Passion
• Patience
• Perseverance
Forgiveness
To forgive is to set a prisoner free
and discover that the prisoner was you.
–LEWIS B. SMEDES
Forgiveness II
When you finally learn that a person’s behavior has more to do with their own internal struggle than you, you learn grace.
–ALLISON AARS
Forgiveness III
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
–PAUL BOOSE
Generational Trauma
It’s up to us to break generational curses. When they say, ‘It runs in the family,’ you tell them, ‘This is where it runs out.’
–UNKNOWN
Goodbyes
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with their heart and soul, there is no such thing as separation.
–RUMI
Habits
All seemingly minor decisions accumulate to create the man or woman you see when you look in the mirror.
–GUIDES FOR GROWTH
Outgrowing Bad Habits
Habits II
What you damn, damns you back. What you put in darkness, pulls you closer to darkness.
–GUIDES FOR GROWTH
Finding Your True Self
Hope
In every winter’s heart, there’s a quivering spring. And behind the veil of each night, there’s a smiling dawn.
–KAHLIL GIBRAN
Imagination
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire. You will what you imagine and at last create what you will.
—GERORGE BERNARD SHAW
Inferiority
Nobody has the power to make you feel inferior without your consent.
–ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
Inner Compass
We are so used to making decisions with our head that we forget about our heart. Your heart is your inner compass.
–GUIDES FOR GROWTH
Common Toxic Behaviors
Inner Compass II
Follow your dreams. They know the way.
–KOBI YAMADA
Integrity
Be the change you want to see in the world.
–GANDHI
Karma
The more you give, the more you have. The more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.
–GANDHI
Kindness
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are endless.
–MOTHER TERESA
Loneliness
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.
–WAYNE DYER
Loneliness II
Language has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word ‘solitude’ to express the glory of being alone.
–PAUL TILLICH
New Beginnings
Each second you can be reborn. Each second there can be a new beginning. It is choice. It is your choice.
–CLEARWATER
Opportunity
The open doors in your life are only as open as your eyes. Maybe the magical moments in life depends on what you notice?
Past Lessons
Your past becomes the greatest teacher when you choose to be a student of life.
Power Within
What lies behind you and what lies before you are tiny matters compared to what lies within you.
–RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Procrastination
The things you don’t want to do are the things you need to do the most.
Reassurance
Your heart will heal, your tears will dry, your season will change. Rest tonight knowing the storm will end.
—UNKNOWN
Restarting
Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over.
–F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
Restarting II
Discard all cultural norms of how you are expected to act; as a man, woman, adult, and as a member of society. Instead, ask yourself: How should I react as a human being?
–GUIDES FOR GROWTH
Finding Your True Self
Self-Acceptance
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
–MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
Self-Honesty
Human beings aren’t rational animals; we’re rationalizing animals who want to appear reasonable to ourselves.
–ELLIOT ARONSON
Self-Love
Rather than hunting for love in others, we should first harvest the love that is inside us.
–GUIDES FOR GROWTH
Must Read Self-Growth Books
Self-Love II
When we feel like we need love from the outside, we are willing to compromise ourselves. Seek the love inside yourself, for yourself, first.
–DON MIGUEL RUIZ
Service
Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and then go and do that, because the world needs people who have come alive.
—HOWARD THURMAN
Silence
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness.
–GANDHI
Soul healing
“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.”
–CAROLINE MYSS
Solitude
Solitude is not the same as loneliness. Solitude is a solitary boat floating in a sea of possible companions.
– ROBERT FULGHUM
Solitude II
Loneliness was my cage.
Solitude is my home.
—RENUKA GAVRANI
Stillness
Between us and the stars, there lies but silence: and there in the stillness let us listen to the voice that is speaking within us.
–JEROME K. JEROME
Success
The search for success was never about success. It is about the search.
–GUIDES FOR GROWTH
Using the Law of Attraction
Taking Chances
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are meant for.
–JOHN A. SHEDD
Thoughts
The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts.
—ROBIN SHARMA
Truth
There is no right or wrong, only variations of the truth. Your truth isn’t any righter than your neighbor’s truth.
–GUIDES FOR GROWTH
Common Toxic Behaviors
Vision
Your eyes are only as open as your mind; open your mind and see the world in a new light.
Vulnerability
To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.
–CRISSI JAMI