Some of my favorite quotes:
"He Who Dares Wins"
L'audace, l'audace, toujours l'audace!
The ho'oponopono process----I simply kept saying, "I love you, I'm sorry, please forgive me" and "thank you."
"Free Your Breath, Free Your life -- Can breathe you back into Being!"
"There are times when you are overwhelmed by the sensation that nothing is going right for you. But it is important to understand that there is no law that obliges you to be relentlessly ground down by fate. Only those who forget that the spirit lives in them are subject to unrelenting fate. Whatever your trials, remind yourself that you are a spirit and are capable of changing your destiny. Of course, you will not be able to change very much to begin with – perhaps your path will veer by only one hundredth of a degree – but if you continue to work in the same direction, you will end by putting a whole solar system between you and fate. What is important is to tap the power of the spirit that is within you."
"Cheerfulness is a beneficial state, keeping the brain flexible, as well as the physical body, and bringing expression to the face. But it seems human beings have unanimously decided to lose their flexibility and their youth; they are uncommunicative, stiff, and tense. How can anyone love such people? They are unbearable and they become a burden to each other. By wanting to be ‘serious' so many people have adopted the surest way to destroy them-selves. And then they adore children! Yes, because they see children escape this mentality. Children feel free, they play, they laugh, they are straightforward, they are flexible, and if they fall they simply get up. Whereas if one of these very ‘serious' adults takes a fall, that is it, they cannot get up again. Because to get up again they should have held on to their flexibility by learning to be cheerful and smiling."
"You will never find anyone who is prepared to meet your every need. If you find it necessary to have friends or advisors, then at least learn how to choose them. Human beings are what they are; it is unwise to expect more from them than they can give, and it is even less intelligent to reproach them for failing to meet your expectations. There are people to whom you can entrust any job, and it will get done. There are others with whom you can leave your house, even your purse, without misgivings, because you know they will not touch them. And there are others with whom you can share your worries and even your most intimate secrets, and they will never betray you. It is up to you to know what you can entrust to whom."
"When you value your time and contribution adequately, others will be more willing to pay you accordingly."
"True change happens within, not without. Find the Now within. Everybody you come in contact with will be touched by your presence and affected by the peace that you emanate, whether they are conscious of it or not"
"To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer to the universe. I call it stillness, but it is a jewel with many facets: that stillness is also joy, and it is love"
"Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are beggars, even if they have great material wealth. They are looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love, while they have a treasure within that not only includes all those things but is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer."
"The Law of Attraction teaches that by improving your ability to direct your thoughts and emotions, you will attract more of what you want in life."
"Meditation increases your ability to be conscious of your persistent thoughts and teaches you to direct these persistent thoughts to what you desire in your life."
"The first thing you must do is form the habit of relinquishing highly charged emotional attachments to certain things, and aversions to others, in order to eliminate this basic cause of emotional suffering. You can recognize an attachment by becoming aware of every intense desire, expectation and demand that an object, person or event be responsible for your pleasure and happiness."
"And you must give up your dependency on others to make you happy. This does not mean that you have to give up friends and family, or not enjoy life, it only means that you should not become emotionally addicted so that you feel that you cannot survive or be happy without their approval, or their supplying your deficiency demands."
"Control is never achieved when sought after directly. It is the surprising outcome of letting go."
"Unhappiness and other negative emotions attract the same from people around you and provoke negative and unhappy physical manifestations of that state of being. By the same token, contentment and happiness brings out like responses in not just your own body, but in the people around you. If you are happy, others will feel good in your presence. The better you feel physically, the easier it is to be happy. The happier you are, the easier it is to make that happy condition a way of life and health."
"Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe."
"Concentrated attention is the collection of units of power on a chosen point of intention."
"If you know that there is something you can do, but your mind keeps throwing up roadblocks...just know that you can drive right through them!"
"He who chooses to be a master never does just enough to get by; nor does he cut corners or attempt to cheat the system. He who chooses mastery lives his life asking, 'How can I do more, give more, be more, and thereby accelerate the achievement of my ultimate destiny?"
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out where one can go."
"You might not be able to outthink, outmarket or outspend your competition, but you can out-work them"
"I’ve never known anyone to achieve anything without overcoming adversity."
"When all is said and done, more is said than done."
"Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period."
"Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger."
"You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him."
"Success is the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals by honoring others."
"Success is a life filled with appreciation and gratitude. It is the ability to fulfill your desires effortlessly and with ease."
"The richest people in the world look for and build networks, everyone else looks for work."
"Failure is a key to success; each mistake teaches us something."
"Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity."
"If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate."
"You can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success - on the far side of failure."
"Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be."
"To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart."
"Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of "crackpot" than the stigma of conformity."
"The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and is rewarded as such."
"The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams."
"I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy."
"To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can."
"Everything that has happened in your life has happened perfectly in order for you—-and all the souls involved with you—-to grow in exactly the way you've needed and wanted to grow."
"When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds. Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be."
"The less you need from someone, the more you can love them."
"Love, joy, and peace cannot flourish until you have freed yourself from mind dominance. But they are not what I would call emotions. They lie beyond the emotions, on a much deeper level. So you need to become fully conscious of your emotions and be able to feel them before you can feel that which lies beyond them. Emotion literally means "disturbance." The word comes from the Latin emovere, meaning "to disturb."
"Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls."
"The adventure of the hero is the adventure of being alive"
"Original Experience has not been interpreted for you, and so you’ve got to work out life for yourself. Either you can take it or you can’t. You don’t have to go far off the interpreted path to find yourself in very difficult situations. The courage to face the trials and to bring a whole new body of possibilities into the field of interpreted experience for other people to experience – that is the hero’s deed."
"I don't have to have faith, I have experience."
"Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging."
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
"The warrior is a being who lives a life filled to the brim with exploring the endless possibilities for human awareness that ordinarily remain untapped, a being who embarks, when the time comes, on a definitive journey of awareness, "crossing over to total freedom.""
"The harder you train, the harder it is to surrender"
"If a warrior is to succeed in anything, the success must come gently, with effort but with no stress or obsession"
"Discipline is the capacity to face with serenity odds that are not included in our expectations. Discipline is an art: the art of facing infinity without flinching, not because you are strong and tough, but because you are filled with awe."
"The practice of martial arts is an ongoing investigation of the nature of violence. Not from a sociological, theoretical viewpoint, but by using the human body and mind as a laboratory. Utilizing training as a tool, we pry open the secrets within our bodies, experiencing and perfecting movement skills, and ultimately revealing our hearts. Bravery in the face of danger is an experience that martial arts provide, in a controlled environment."
"Paradoxically, the practice of the fighting arts leads to a peaceful individual. Feelings of inferiority, fear, and insecurity result in violence, hatred and even prejudice. The individual with a sense of strength within, sure of himself/herself, is capable of acting sensibly under fire, despite fear or anger."
"The martial arts developed for facing these raw emotions directly, forging and tempering their energy into useful and beautiful shapes. Frustrations are expressed openly, resolved, and transformed. Before lashing out against others, the martial artist has an outlet, a method of restoring peace."
"Martial arts in and of itself provides a framework, a tool for this examination process. The work of transforming into what you seek is left solely to your own heart and discipline."
"If the goal of all martial arts is to resolve conflict, the internal martial arts seek to resolve conflict within first, while the external styles seek to build up outward defenses before turning within."
"Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment."
"Your thoughts are creating your future experience...powered by your feelings/emotions"
"Whatever it is you are feeling is a perfect reflection of what is in the process of becoming"
"A simple shifting of your emotions can change your day...or your entire life"
"Whatever thought has done in your life, it can be undone through a shift in your awareness"
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."
"The significant problems we face in life can not be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them"
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song!"
"If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals."
"No one has ever drowned in sweat."
"Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment."
"Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity."
"All life is a manifestation of the spirit, the manifestation of love"
"Don't sweat the petty things, pet the sweaty things!"
"If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: "He obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned"
"Opponents confront us continually, but actually there is no opponent there. Enter deeply into an attack and neutralize it as you draw that misdirected force into your own sphere."
"There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within."
"Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything."
"If your heart is large enough to envelop your adversaries, you can see right through them and avoid their attacks. And once you envelop them, you will be able to guide them along the path indicated to you by the Sun."
"In extreme situations, the entire universe becomes our foe; at such critical times, unity of mind and technique is essential - do not let your heart waver!"
"Iron is full of impurities that weaken it: through forging, it becomes steel and is transformed into a razor-sharp sword. Human beings develop in the same fashion."
"To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace."
"When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way."
"Imagination is everything; it is the preview of life's forthcoming attractions."
"It is necessary to develop a strategy that utilizes all the physical conditions and elements that are directly at hand. The best strategy relies upon an unlimited set of responses."
"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."
"Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead."
"The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention."
"Your heart is full of fertile seeds, waiting to sprout."
"There is no religion higher than truth"
"Gratitude brings more good into your life!"
"The people who are living in the magic of life have habituated ways of being... they have habituated a process and magic happens with them wherever they go"
"If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything."
"To find your own way is to follow your bliss. This involves analysis, watching yourself and seeing where real deep bliss is -- not the quick little excitement , but the real deep, life-filling bliss!"
"Any life career that you choose in following your bliss should be chosen with that sense — that nobody can frighten me off from this thing. And no matter what happens, this is the validation of my life and action."
"Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them"
"As soon as you concern yourself with the 'good' and 'bad' of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weaken and defeat you."
"It's not the load that breaks you down - its the way you carry it"
"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it."
"It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test."
"When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it."
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."
"When you begin to guide your thoughts based upon the way they feel and you begin to notice the correlation between what you're feeling and thinking and what's coming back to you, before you know it, you will know that you are the creator of your own reality!"
"Every thought has a frequency. We are like magnets - like attracts like. You become AND attract what you think. Whatever is going on in your mind is what you are attracting. Decide what you want... believe you can have it, believe you deserve it, believe it's possible for you!"
"What you think upon grows. Whatever you allow to occupy your mind you magnify in your life. Whether the subject of your thought be good or bad, the law works and the condition grows. Any subject that you keep out of your mind tends to diminish in your life, because what you do not use atrophies. The more you think of grievances, the more such trials you will continue to receive; the more you think of the good fortune you have had, the more good fortune will come to you."
"Set a goal so big that if you achieved it, it would blow your mind. If you turn it over to the universe, you will be surprised and dazzled by what is delivered... this is where magic and miracles happen."
"Trust your hunches...(develop your intuition) they're usually based on facts filed away just below your concious level"
"Success is not for the weak in spirit, nor for the timid of heart."
"Greatness lies in the challenges we experience, the obstacles we face, the fierce resistance that living with integrity brings. In the willingness to stand tall against the powerful drift of the status quo. In the courage to face impossible odds...and in the end succeeding where others have failed."
"Realize that now, in this moment of time, you are creating. You are creating your next moment based on what you are feeling and thinking. That is what's real. We can let go of the unconscious belief that being anxious about the past or the future will somehow protect us and instead reprogram our cells with new ways of responding."
"The greatest gift that you could ever give to another is your own happiness; for when you are in a state of joy/love/peace, then happiness, appreciation/gratitude, and laughter fill your being. So, you are fully connected to the Stream of pure, positive Source Energy that is truly who you are. And when you are in that state of connection, anything or anyone that you are holding as your object of attention benefits from your attention."
"When utilizing a 'process', 'technique', or 'game' that will assist you in achieving anything that you desire, if you will take a playful approach to them, you will hold far less resistance than if you see them as tools to fix something that is broken. The key to the success that you will find in these processes actually hinges upon your ability to release resistance, and the more playful you are, the less resistance you hold."
"Peak Performers don’t think about the game; They ARE the game!"
"You are just a few laughs away from letting a whole lot of good stuff in."
"At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities."
"The greatest prayer you could ever pray, would be to laugh every day. For when you do, it elevates the vibratory frequency within your being, such that you would heal your entire body."
"We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh."
"The human race has only one really effective weapon, and that's laughter. The moment it arises, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place."
"It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either."
"If we can learn to laugh unconditionally, our happiness too will become unconditional."
"Laugh. Laugh deeply, laugh well, laugh often and laugh with abandon. By doing that, you rise above petty concerns and begin to see what it looks/feels like from a higher place of beingness...Love, Joy, and Peace!"
