DAWN SMITH YOGA Croydon, Surrey - Inspirational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

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We all need a little inspiration from time to time. A few choice words at just the right moment can uplift our spirit, make us smile and help point us in the right direction

A simple word or phrase that makes us smile provides just the tiniest shift in perception that makes all the difference. Below are some of my favourites.

I hope you find some comfort, joy and inspiration here

The Four Agreements:

Be impeccable with your word.

Don't take anything personally.

Don't make assumptions.

Always do your best.

Miguel Ruiz

On Love:

Love rests on no foundation. It is an endless ocean, with no beginning or end

- Rumi -

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 -

Truth is not confined. It is everywhere and it is everlasting

It does not reside, nor is it the purview of any one person or religion

It rests within the hearts of all. It is found in the silence when the mind is still

It overflows from the Heart when we 'Listen'

It has no limitations, for it is everywhere and in all created things, and

Love is its messenger

- unknown -

Kindness in words creates confidence.

Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.

Kindness in giving creates love

- Lao Tzu -

Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment.

It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation

- Sri Aurobindo -

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,

while loving someone deeply gives you courage

- Lao Tzu -

Love every person that you meet

for they are my children and each is priceless to me

- God -

On Life:

Recognise that the other person is you.

There is a way through every block.

When the time is on you, start, and the pressure will be off.

Understand through compassion or you will misunderstand the times.

Vibrate the Cosmos, the Cosmos shall clear the path

- Yogi Bhajan Ph.D -

Neo, sooner or later you'll realise, just as I did.

There's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path

- Morpheus -

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others

- Gandhi -

I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street,

I met a man who had no feet

- Ancient Persian Saying -

Thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives

- Jalaluddin Rumi -

When you learn, teach. When you get, give

- Maya Angelou -

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment

- Oprah Winfrey -

When you understand your relationship with the Divine,

there will be no fear and "you will be a living grace"

Yogi Bhajan Ph.D

People won't remember what you say or did,

they will remember how you made them feel

- Maya Angelou -

Instead of trying to make the present moment peaceful,

make peace with the present moment

- Judith Hanson Lasater -

Live a great life where you are, and in the daily work you have to do, and greater works will surely find you out. Big things will come to you, asking to be done

- Wallace D Wattles -

Therefore, just as I protect myself from anything unpleasant, however small,

so should I become familiar with a compassionate and caring mind towards others.

Thus, whoever wants to swiftly protect both themselves and others, should practice this holy secret of exchanging self with others

- Shantideva -

Cherish your solitude

Say no whenever you do not want to do something

Say yes if your instincts are strong, even if everyone around you disagrees

Decide whether you want to liked or admired

Decide if fitting in is more important than finding out why you are here

- Eve Ensler -

Do not wait for an opportunity to be all that you want to be; when an opportunity to be more than you are now is presented and you feel impelled toward it, take it.

- Wallace D Wattles -

You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true.

You may have to work for it, however

- Richard Bach -

Gratitude is an attitude that hooks us up to our source of supply. And the more grateful you are, the closer you become to your maker, to the architect of the universe, to the spiritual core of your being. It’s a phenomenal lesson.

- Bob Protor -

On Yoga:

Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and

endure what cannot be cured

- B.K.S. Iyengar -

Yoga Sutra 1.13: The practice of yoga is the commitment to

become established in the state of freedom

- Patanjali -

The greater the emphasis on perfection, the further it recedes

- Haridas Chaudhuri -

Yoga Sutra11.47: Asanas are mastered when all effort is relaxed and the

mind is absorbed in the infinite