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Quality of Life Truths
"We will be known forever by the tracks we leave." DAKOTA PROVERB
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was greater than the risk it took to blossom." ANAIS NIN
"When I count my blessings, I count you twice." IRISH BLESSING
"Boredom is a lack of attention." FRITZ PERLS
"What is madness, but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance." THEODORE ROTHKE
"You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have." BOB MARLEY
"Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity." MICHAEL J. GELB
"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD
"The grateful heart is a manifestation of one's true self. Nothing sidelines the ego more effectively than a grateful heart." ALBERT NOLAN
"We do not heal the past by dwelling there; we heal the past by living fully in the present." MARIANNE WILLIAMSON
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts." MARK TWAIN
"True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire." CESAR CHAVEZ
""Education and intelligence are not synonymous with good judgement."" ANONYMOUS
"To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer to the universe." ECKHART TOLLE
"Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you." FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
"Those who don't yet know the difference between joy and pleasure haven't begun to live." THOMAS MERTON
"When you listen generously to people they can hear the truth in themselves, often for the first time." RACHEL NAOMI REMEN
"Be the most ethical, the most responsible, the most authentic you can be with every breath you take, because you are cutting a path into tomorrow that others will follow." KEN WILBER
"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd." MAX LUCADO - Author
"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity." SIMONE WEIL
"A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words." RACHEL NAOMI REMEN
"As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world, but being able to remake ourselves." MAHATMA GANDHI
"This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival." RUMI
"Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?" BUDDHA
"If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere" ZIG ZIGLAR
"Honor the space between no longer and not yet" NANCY LEVIN
"To listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear." MARK NEPRO ~ MARK NEPRO
"When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new." H.H. DALAI LAMA
"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony." THOMAS MERTON
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." LAO TZU
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant." ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
"Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." MELODY BEATTIE
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
"Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only true gift is a portion of thyself." RALPH WALDO EMERSON
"It is not what you gather, but what you scatter, that tells what kind of life you have lived." ANONYMOUS
"Bless those who challenge us for they remind us of doors we have closed and doors we have yet to open." NATIVE AMERICAN PRAYER
"You're only as good as the last time you changed your mind." TIMOTHY LEARY
"In the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed." KAHLIL GIBRAN
"Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions." HAFIZ
"Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again." NELSON MANDELA
"If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging." WILL ROGERS
"It is not the strongest that survive, but the most adaptable to change." DARWIN
"May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder." JOHN O'DONOHUE
"To listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear" MARK NEPO
"Where you stumble, there your treasure lies." JOSEPH CAMPBELL
"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." MAE WEST
"Remember that failure is an event, not a person." ZIG ZIGLAR
"Question Authority." BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST
"A quiet mind married to integrity of heart is the birth of wisdom." ADYASHANTI
"If you want to go fast, go alone; If you want to go far, go together." AFRICAN PROVERB
"Music...gives wings to the mind, a soul to the universe, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, a life to everything." PLATO
"It is not the answer that enlightens but the question." EUGENE IONESCO
"As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison." NELSON MANDELA
""Every business has two types of equally important investors: stockholders who invest their money and employees who invest their lives."" WALTER WHEELER
"The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway." HENRY BOYLE
"Do not let yesterday use up too much of today." CHEROKEE
"A bird is safe in its nest — but that is not what its wings are made for." AMIT RAY
"Why not go out on a limb? - Isn't that where the fruit is?" FRANK SCULLY
"Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished" NELSON MANDELA
"Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions." EARL GRAY STEVENS
"Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one." VOLTAIRE
"Beauty is the harvest of presence." DAVID WHYTE
"Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity and awareness, the more original and creative our time will become." JOHN O'DONOHUE
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." CARL GUSTAV JUNG
"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one." JANE HOWARD
"The ornaments of a home are the guests who frequent it." RALPH WALDO EMERSON
"Let me fall if I must. The one I will become will catch me." BAAL SHEM TOV
"Life - what an exquisite privilege." KATE RUBINSTEIN
"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." CARL GUSTAV JUNG
"At first dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable." CHRISTOPHER REEVE
"We may forget with whom we laughed, but not with whom we shared tears." TANSANIAN PROVERB
"Behold this day, for it is yours to make." BLACK ELK
"At some point in life, the world's beauty becomes enough." TONI MORRISON
"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity." ANDREW WEIL
"The future has many names. For the weak it is unattainable. For the fearful it is the unknown. For the bold it is opportunity." VICTOR HUGO
"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom." SOCRATES
"Joy is the happiness that doesn't depend on what happens." BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST
""Without mask or costume, pretense or apology - take a deep breath - and play life straight."" JOSH BRADY
"Retire to the center of your being, which is calmness." PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA
"Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you." LAO TZU
"There is more genuine religiosity in a heart-to-heart hug than in all the God-talk in the world." BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST
"Most people think of love as a feeling, but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present." DAVID RICHO
"It is the heart that gives; the fingers only let go." HAYA, EAST AFRICA
"Problems are only opportunities in work clothes." HENRY KAISER
"Learn as if you may live forever and live as of you may die tomorrow." attributed to MAHATMA GANDHI
"The art of listening is infinitely more powerful than speaking." DONALD VALENTINE
"What we can grasp gives us knowledge, but that which ‘grabs us' gives us wisdom." Mystic - Bernard of Clairvaux
"Be a lamp or a lifeboat or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal." RUMI
"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words." DONNA ROBERTS
"The art of listening is infinitely more powerful than speaking." DON VALENTINE
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts." WINSTON CHURCHILL
"Perhaps the secret of living well is not in having all the answers, but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company." RACHEL NAOMI REMEN
"Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining." ANNE LAMOTT
"The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose." HEDA BEJAR
"I felt in need of a great pilgrimage so I sat still for three days." KABIR
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." LAO TZU
""To defend in advance is to apologize; anything requiring apology is best withdrawn."" FLOYD GILLIS
"There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience." PROVERB
"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give." WINSTON CHURCHILL
"The times are urgent; let us slow down." African Saying
"Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life." SAMUEL ULLMAN
"Happiness is not what makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes us happy." BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST
"Compassion is not religious business, it is human business; it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability; it is essential for human survival." H.H. DALAI LAMA
"Just because you are happy it does not mean that the day is perfect but that you have looked beyond its imperfections." BOB MARLEY
"The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination." JOHN SCHAAR
"If you light a lamp for someone, it will brighten your own path." BUDDHA
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." LEONARDO DA VINCI
"What an incredible power we have, to walk through the world, making somebody's day." KRISTA TIPPETT
"The little things? The little moments? They aren't little." JON KABAT-ZINN
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." MARCEL PROUST
"A friend is a gift you give yourself." ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
"Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life." OMAR KHAYYAM
"Knowing what must be done does away with fear." ROSA PARKS
"A problem is a chance for you to do your best." DUKE ELLINGTON
"I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding." JOHN O'DONOHUE
"It began in mystery and it will end in mystery, but what a rare and beautiful country lies in between." DIANE ACKERMAN
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