"Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings." - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
"The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well." - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
"Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever." - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
"Be yourself. The world worships the original." - Ingrid Bergman
"Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul." - Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
"I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute." - Maya Angelou
"Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true." - Robert Brault
"Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from." - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
"Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more." - Louis L'Amour
“Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.” - Rumi
“Wherever you are, and whatever you do, BE IN LOVE.” - Rumi
"Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third." - Marge Piercy
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” - Robert Brault
“We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.” - Mother Teresa
"Play the flute of felicity! You, yourself, are the melody." - Rumi
"Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every HEART." - Rumi
"People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing" - Dale Carnegie
"Don't take it or yourself too seriously—it's just life. You're allowed to make mistakes, screw things up and fall down (which everyone does and always will). Be kind to yourself in this process. Remember your intentions (those states of being and authentic desires) are what you're truly after, not the specific outcomes or actions." - Mike Robbins
"When you correct your mind, everything else will fall into place." - Lao Tzu
"Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives." - Louise Hay
"Maybe you are searching among branches for what only appears in the Roots." - Rumi
“You are here to enable the divine purpose of the universe to unfold. That is how important you are.” - Eckhart Tolle
"Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions." - Peace Pilgrim
"No self-judgment, no self-criticism and no self-dislike allowed today! None of it! You are who you are, and who you are is perfect, just as it is." - Ed and Deb Shapiro
"Write down the area of your life that most needs your attention right now, and then write out the details of your soul's vision for this part of your life. What does it look like? How will achieving your goal change your life? How will it change the lives of those around you? When you reach your goal, when you fulfill that desire, what will you make room for? Take a few minutes to write it all down." - Debbie Ford
"The stuff is like an anchor—you have to hold on to those memories because they are what has made you who you are—but you have to start putting those things in perspective so you can move into life as an adult." - Peter Walsh
"You can have a do-over starting today. But you have to get over the feeling that it's too late." - Jean Chatzky
"Every day is an opportunity to learn something or discover something or someplace. Be curious, play, go out on a limb, walk a different way to work, try a new food at dinner and keep learning and growing." - Sandra Magsamen
"Build on past successes, be grateful for what you do have, and know that this, too, shall pass. It's only for the now. Whatever we're facing, it's not forever." - Dave Pelzer
"When it comes to exploring your creative side, it's very easy to think of all the reasons you can't do it—you don't have the time, you don't have the money, etc.—but if you are truly passionate about expressing yourself, you can find a way. When you feel as though you can't do something, the simple antidote is action: Begin doing it. Start the process, even if it's just a simple step, and don't stop at the beginning. Take the next step and the next until what you've dreamed about begins to become reality." - Marcus Buckingham
"What I know for sure is that every sunrise is like a new page, a chance to right ourselves and receive each day in all its glory. Each day is a wonder." - Oprah Winfrey
"This is a day to separate what does work for you from what is no longer needed. Time to toss out old regrets, useless feelings or past resentments." - Ed and Deb Shapiro
"You can use the infectious effects of a grin to jump-start an optimistic outlook in yourself by sending others what you want them to lob back at you. A kind word to the man behind the deli counter can get your day bouncing in the right direction." - Lise Funderburg
