I love quotes. I am always jotting down words of wisdom from tea bags and bottle caps, copying passages from books into my journals, underlining phrases that move me to look at my own life through fresh eyes. Here are some of the quotes I’ve been living with lately. Do you have a favorite quote taped up to your mirror or stuck on your refrigerator? Send it to me, and I’ll post it here.
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"I may not have gone where I intended to go but I think I have ended up where I needed to be."
"Courage does not always roar. Sometimes it's the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."
From reader Judy Berna, mother and blogger at justonefoot.blogspot.com
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As sons and daughters, sisters and brothers, mothers and fathers, we are all caregivers, and love is the care we give. Actually, that expresses love in a stingy way, as though it is rationed from one to another. Love is far more than that. Love is what we are, when we drop all the things that stand in the way.
Karen Maezen Miller
Our thoughts create our world. Anon
You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments that stand out, the moments when you have really lived, are the moments when you have done things in a spirit of love.
Henry Drummond
To be present is far from trival. It may be the hardest work in the world. And forget about the “may be.” It is the hardest work in the world--at least to sustain presence. And the most important. When you do fall into presence, you know it instantly, feel at home instantly. And being home, you can let loose, let go, rest in your being, rest in awareness, rest in your own good company.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Breathe. Pray. Be kind. Stop grabbing.
Anne Lamott
If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
Mary Engelbreit
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.
Buddha
I think, what has this day brought me, and what have I given it?
Henry Moore
Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes.
Etty Hillesum
What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?
E.M. Forster
The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
A suggestion: As you go about your day, stop for a moment and notice when something wonderful happens. Then say to yourself while still in the glory of the moment, "I have had this." This is the acknowledgment that "No matter what happens tomorrow, I have had this today." It is in the noticing of the little things that you truly get the feeling of a life well-lived... that wonderful hot shower, that kiss from a loved one, the fact that your car started, that great dinner you are eating, the warm rays of the sun, a candy bar, a wonderfultelevision show . . .
Susan Jeffers
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Bascaglia
You can't sit around and wait for the storm to be over. You've got to learn how to dance in the rain.
Anonymous