Ever heard or read a quote that makes you think and want to share it with the world? Here are some of our favorite we’ve come across through the years. Feel free to share them yourselves on Twitter or other mediums. We hope they inspire you as they have us. Let us know if you have a good one to share! With gratitude.
Don't look back. You're not going that way. Share on X
Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.—Leo Buscaglia Share on X
The self-esteem movement in this country has produced more adults who over rate their worth and live exclusively for adulation from others. —John Driggs Share on X
People who live through others rarely examine the cost of losing their identity to others and focus instead on their social standing. —John H. Driggs Share on X
If I come back from retreat and return to how things were before I left, I haven’t gone on retreat, I’ve gone on vacation.—Mary Lou Logsdon Share on X
If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it — usually to those closest to us: our family, our neighbors, our co-workers, and, invariably, the most vulnerable, our children.—Richard Rohr Share on X
What if instead of assuming we are disconnected, we assume we have something in common…and we inquire of each other until we know what that is?—Mary Lou Logsdon Share on X
The dark side of ourselves – such as distrust, disdain, stereotyping, blame, and lack of trust we have in others – is more about ourselves than somebody else. The reason we do that is that we don’t want to look at ourselves.—John… Share on X
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.—Albert Einstein Share on X
When we endlessly give and give in a relationship while denying our own needs we really make it impossible for our partner to love us.—John H. Driggs Share on X
Progress not perfection. Share on X
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. — Parker Palmer Share on X
For fast acting relief, try slowing down. —Lily Tomlin Share on X
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God…—Step 11, The Big Book Share on X
Life is growth in the art of loss.—John O’Donohue Share on X
Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.—Mary Oliver Share on X
If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.—C.S. Lewis Share on X
Living by spiritual principles strengthens the spirit. The more you feed them the stronger they get, and strong healthy spirits don’t do unhealthy things.—George Lewis Share on X
What I needed was a solution to my living problems, in addition to stopping drinking.—Mary B. Share on X
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life.—Amelia Earhart Share on X
The knife and the wound both need each other. —Sheldon Kopp Share on X
Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.—Westminster Shorter Catechism Share on X
Codependency has a way of tearing at the very soul of a person; of a society too, I think. —Karen Casey Share on X
He who loves himself too much will have no rivals. — Benjamin Franklin Share on X
Hope is passion for what is possible.—Søren Kierkegaard Share on X
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.—Thich Nhat Hanh Share on X
God is not a delicate flower easily damaged, nor does God need to be appeased. Our higher power is big enough to hear our cries of outrage and despair.—Mary Lou Logsdon Share on X
Healing begins when, in the face of our own darkness, we recognize our helplessness and surrender our need for control… we face what is, and we ask for mercy.—Henri Nouwen Share on X
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not but rejoices for that which he has.—Epictetus Share on X
Your thoughts do not have to become your actions. Share on X
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.—Ralph Waldo Emerson Share on X
Last Updated on November 18, 2022