For many years I collected inspirational phrases and kept
a cork board of them in my office. When people needed a boost, they stopped by to
search for words to inspire them. It was amazing how inspiring words changed
their outlook. I am so grateful to all those who have inspired me with their words
all my life. Here are some of my favorites:
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates
profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love. Lao Tzu
I
am determined to speak truthfully with words that inspire self-confidence, joy
and hope.
Thich Nhat Hanh
He who finds his life will lose it and he
who loses his life for My sake will find it. Jesus
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude
is the richness of self. May Sarton
Give thanks for unknown blessings already on
their way. Native American Wisdom
The best and most beautiful things in the
world cannot be seen or even touched –
they must be felt with the heart. Helen
Keller
Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you
do with it is your gift back to God. Leo Buscaglia
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a
hard battle. Socrates
More
often than not, the things we detest and judge in others are a reflection of
the things we cannot accept about ourselves. Iyanla Vanzant
Since
you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of
thought into the happiness you are able to give. Eleanor Roosevelt
He
who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The
work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the
images imprisoned
within you. Rainer Maria Rilke
If
you get, give. If you learn, teach. Maya Angelou
If
you are really paying attention and really ready to heal, the day will come
when you recognize that forgiveness is the only way back to the center of your
innocence.
Iyanla Vanzant
The
soul is here for its own joy. Rumi
I
think this is how we are supposed to be in the world – present and in awe. Anne Lamott
Wherever
your heart is, that is where you’ll find your treasure. Paulo Coelho
Sometimes
I need to stand only where I am to be blessed. Mary Oliver
Nature
is a haunted house but Art is a house that tries to be haunted. Emily Dickinson
What
you tolerate, you cannot change. Joel Osteen
Forget
not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long
to play
with your hair. Kahlil Gibran
Problems
cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
Albert Einstein
How
people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. Wayne Dyer
Where
there is anger, there is always pain underneath. Eckhart Tolle
When
we observe things calmly, we notice that all things have their fulfillment. Basho
The
greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to
reveal to him his own. Benjamin
Disraeli
You
cannot do a kindness too soon; you never know how soon it will be too late.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Your
task is not to seek for love but merely to seek and find all the barriers
within yourself that you have built against it. Rumi
And
what does the Lord require from you but to do justice and to love kindness and
to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8)
The
best use of imagination is creativity; the worst use of imagination is anxiety.
Deepak Chopra
