“For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.”
- Thích Nhat Hanh
Evolution
“The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself."
- Anais Nin
Mindfulness
“The art of living... is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.”
- Alan Watts
Gratitude
“Develop an ‘attitude of gratitude.’ Say, ‘Thank you,’ to everyone you meet for everything they do for you.”
–Brian Tracy
Fortitude
“We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action.”
–Dr. Henry Link
Perseverance
“We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.”
– Maya Angelou
Action
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
– Walt Disney
Duty
“From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.”
-Luke 12:48
Purpose
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
-Mark Twain
Aspiration
“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”
-Michelangelo
Action
“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.”
-Leonardo da Vinci
Happiness
“The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.”
-Desiderius Erasmus
Self-Reflection
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
-Socrates
Duality
“Poor God, how often He is blamed for all the suffering in the world. It’s like praising Satan for allowing all the good that happens.”
-E.A. Bucchianeri
Tranquility
“When you connect to the silence within you, that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you.”
-Stephen Richards
Forgiveness
“Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.”
-Will Smith
Joyfulness
“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching,
Love like you’ll never be hurt,
Sing like there’s nobody listening,
And live like it’s heaven on earth.”
-William W. Purkey
Transformation
“Believe something and the Universe is on its way to being changed. Because you’ve changed, by believing. Once you’ve changed, other things start to follow. Isn’t that the way it works?”
-Diane Duane
Potential
“Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.”
-Roy T. Bennett
Effort
“If you are not happy with the way life is turning out, change the pattern… Get busy and weed the garden of your life.”
-Paramahansa Yogananda
