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"Accept -- then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your whole life."
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Each day we can wake up and choose to see life as a gift and to be
fully present in that day. We cannot always control the outcome,
but we can control our reactions. Each day we can bring all we have
to that day, choosing to live it fully, seeing it as a great gift.
John Izzo0 -
Life is unlimited - it expands with the generosity, compassion,
inventiveness, and service that you contribute.
-Jonathan Lockwood Huie0 -
The most extraordinary thing about the oyster is this. Irritations
get into its shell. It does not like them. But when it cannot get
rid of them, it uses the irritation to do the loveliest thing an oyster
ever has a chance to do. If there are irritations in our lives today,
there is only one prescription: make a pearl. It may have to be
a pearl of patience, but, anyhow, make a pearl.
And it takes faith and love to do it.
Harry Emerson Fosdick0 -
"You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. "
– Cheryl Strayed0 -
Two today because I was unable to choose between two excellent quotes.
Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth, we have spoken it.
Whitney GriswoldWould that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough.
Gail Sheehy0 -
Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one's self. We must be purposely kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence. The heart that goes out of itself, gets large and full of joy. This is the great secret of the inner life. We do ourselves the most good doing something for others.
Horace Mann0 -
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Be unselfish.
That is the first and final commandment for those who
would be useful and happy in their usefulness.
If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because
you are choking the source of development,
which is spiritual expansion through thought for others.
- Charles William Eliot0 -
If people only knew the healing power of laughter and joy, many of our fine doctors would be out of business. Joy is one of nature's greatest medicines. Joy is always healthy. A pleasant state of mind tends to bring abnormal conditions back to normal. -Catherine Ponder
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Your worth is not measured by what you do. Nor can you calculate the degree of your worthiness by what you possess. Your worth is a function of your being. Your being is colorless, genderless, and believe it or not, ageless. Your being is worthy of honor, admiration, and respect. It is a vessel of love and light. It is a beacon of inspiration. -Iyanla Vanzant
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The life that is sharing in the interests, the welfare, and the happiness of others is the one that is continually expanding in beauty and in power and, therefore, in happiness. -Ralph Waldo Trine
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We all have choices to make about the quality of our presence and how we will affect those around us. The quality of our presence is dependent not on what we can or cannot "do" but on the essence of who we are and how we relate to others.Becoming the presence we would like to be is an intentional work. It grows while we make peace with ourselves and with life. -Sallirae Henderson
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The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am,
then I can change.
- Carl Rogers0 -
Through the countless small actions we engage in, the loving hand
we reach out to another, the wants we let go of, the time
we give to those who most need it, we change our world.
A single step taken with mindfulness may mean the difference
between the life and death of another living creature. A single
thought of loving kindness may mean the difference between
loneliness or a sense of being loved for the person before us.
A single act of compassion may save another
person from feelings of abandonment.
Christina Feldman0 -
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say "I was wrong." -Sydney J. Harris
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The most important element in human life is faith; if God were to take away all his blessings--health, physical fitness, wealth, intelligence--and leave me with but one gift I would ask him for faith. For with faith in him and his goodness, mercy and love for me, and belief in everlasting life, I believe I could suffer the loss of all my other gifts and still be happy.
Rose KennedyIf it can be verified, we don't need faith. . . . Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.
Madeleine L'Engle0 -
Begin with your own inner peace.
Then use that inner peace
as a platform from which
to approach the outer world
with perspective, understanding, and patience.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie0 -
A habit for all of us to develop would be to look for something to
appreciate in everyone we meet. We can all be generous with
appreciation. Everyone is grateful for it. It improves every human
relationship, it brings new courage to people facing difficulties, and
it brings out the best in everyone. So, give appreciation
generously whenever you can. You will never regret it.
Carl Holmes0 -
Seeds of discouragement will not grow in the thankful heart. -unattributed0 -
And most of all, I will love myself. For when I do, will zealously inspect all things which enter my body, mind and soul. Never will I overindulge the requests of my flesh, rather I will cherish my body with cleanliness and moderation. Never will I allow my mind to be attracted to evil and despair, rather I will uplift it with the wisdom and knowledge of the ages. Never will I allow my soul to become complacent and satisfied, rather I will feed it with meditation and prayer. Never will I allow my heart to become small and bitter, rather I will share it and it will grow and warm the earth. -Og Mandino
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There are no small acts of kindness.
Every compassionate act makes large the world.
- Mary Anne Radmacher0 -
Each person takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him or her. But a day comes when we begin to care that we do not cheat our neighbors. Then all goes well. We have changed our market-cart into a chariot of the sun. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. -Helen Keller
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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
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What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life.
Emil Brunner
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Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
Leo Buscaglia0 -
What sunshine is to flowers,
smiles are to humanity. They
are but trifles, to be sure;
but, scattered along life's
pathway, the good they do
is inconceivable.
Joseph Addison0 -
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really
believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing
a solution paves the way to solution.
David J. Schwartz0 -
To find oneself living in an age of doubt is not such a curse.
There is a kind of reverence in undertaking the quest for truth,
even before the first scrap has been found.
Deepak ChopraBut doubt is a crucial to faith as darkness is to light. Without one,
the other has no context and is meaningless. Faith is, by definition,
uncertainty. It is full of doubt, steeped in risk. It is about matters
not of the known, but of the unknown.
Carter Heywood0
