Quotes about Mindfulness
I'd like to learn to meditate with more enthusiasm. I can sit down and get quiet for 20 minutes, but it just has not been a part of my Christianity at all.
— Anne Lamott
Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!
— Joyce Meyer
Listen to your life. All moments are key moments.
— Frederick Buechner
There is treasure buried in the field of every one of our days, even the bleakest or dullest, and it is our business, as we journey, to keep our eyes peeled for it.
— Frederick Buechner
Be merciful to yourself, stop fighting yourself quite so much. Maybe what you are asking of yourself, what you're driving yourself to do or to be, what you put a gun to your own back to make yourself do, is something at this point you needn't have to think about doing. So, think back at the end of the day to the wars you're involved in. How are they going?
— Frederick Buechner
It seems to me almost before the Bible says anything else, it is saying that—how important it is to be alive and to pay attention to being alive, pay attention to each other, pay attention to God as he moves and as he speaks. Pay attention to where life or God has tried to take you.
— Frederick Buechner
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
— Aristotle
Our bodies are truly the result of what we eat, what we think about, and the exercise we receive. If we are not wise, these little things can soon cause major health problems that will limit our success and ability to serve.
— Joseph Wirthlin
Take stock of your thoughts and behavior. Each night ask yourself, when were you negative when you could have been positive? When did you withhold love when you might have given it? When did you play a neurotic game instead of behaving in a powerful way? Use this process to self-correct.
— Marianne Williamson
If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
— Francis de Sales
Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it's a shield.
— Brene Brown