Tag: Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

Quotes January 23, 2023

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha


 
 
“Our journey is not about changing into the person we want to become. It’s about letting go of all we are not.”
Nikki van Schyndel, Becoming Wild
 
 
 
 
“Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.”
Marcus Aurelius
 
 
 
 
“There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.”
Anthony de Mello
 
 
 
 
“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.”
Oprah Winfrey
 
 
 
 
“Even when we think we have things figured out and everything is going to plan, it can all change in a moment. Inspiration fades. Beliefs transform. Goals shift. Life happens. And that’s the thing. Life is not linear.”
Aly Juma
 
 
 
 
“Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.”
Marianne Williamson
 
 
 
 
“We think we want sex, but it’s not always about sex. It’s intimacy we want. To be touched. Looked at. Admired. Smiled at. Laugh with someone. Feel safe. Feel like someone’s really got you. That’s what we crave.”
Anonymous

Quotes January 10, 2023

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“Sit with it. Sit with it. Sit with it. Sit with it. Even though you want to run. Even when it’s heavy and difficult. Even though you’re not quite sure of the way through. Healing happens by feeling.”
Dr. Rebecca Ray
 
 
 
 
“Don’t mistake being informed by trusting what you hear or read in the news. The most trusted information is what you feel in your gut.”
Charles F Glassman
 
 
 
 
“Being cut off from our own natural self-compassion is one of the greatest impairments we can suffer.”
Gabor Mate
 
 
 
 
“Self-reflection is necessary to dig beneath our own layers and visit the inner crevices of our heart and mind to develop an understanding of life.”
Unknown
 
 

Quotes December 27, 2022

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha


 
 
“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.”
Steve Maraboli
 
 
 
 
“The word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.”
Carl Jung
 
 
 
 
“We eat the way we eat because we are afraid to feel what we feel.”
Geneen Roth
 
 
 
 
“Self-will means believing that you alone have all the answers. Letting go of self-will means becoming willing to hold still, be open, and wait for guidance for yourself.”
Robin Norwood, Author of Women Who Love Too Much
 
 
 
 
20 Powerful Quotes to Help You Deal with Difficult Relationships
 
 

Quotes December 20, 2022

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

 
 
 
 
“It’s okay to want to be alone. It’s okay to take time for yourself.”
Kate Allan
 
 
 
 
“In a world that treats a forty-one-year-old single woman like a teenager who didn’t get asked to prom, I think it’s extremely important to recognize the unique wisdom of a solitary life—a wisdom that develops slowly over many years, that is fundamentally different from that of, say, the person who was between boyfriends for a year when she was twenty-six.”
Sara Eckel
 
 
 
 
“Once you choose hope, anything is possible.”
Christopher Reeve
 
 
 
 
“Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.”
Robert Brault
 
 
 
 
“Literally every person is messed up, so pick your favorite train wreck and roll with it.”
Hannah Marbach
 
 
 
 
“When things change inside you, things change around you.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
“If you don’t love yourself, you’ll always be looking for someone else to fill the void inside you, but no one will ever be able to do it.”
Lori Deschene
 
 
 
 

Quotes December 01, 2022

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha


 
 
“I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.”
Diane Ackerman
 
 
 
 
“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”
Rumi
 
 
 
 
“A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.”
Dave Meurer 
 
 
 
 
“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.”
Steve Maraboli
 
 
 
 
“It’s okay to let go of those who couldn’t love you. Those who didn’t know how to. Those who failed to even try. It’s okay to outgrow them, because that means you filled the empty space in you with self-love instead. You’re outgrowing them because you’re growing into you. And that’s more than okay, that’s something to celebrate.”
Angelica Moone
 
 
 
 
“Trying to change ourselves does not work in the long run because we are resisting our own energy. Self-improvement can have temporary results, but lasting transformation occurs only when we honor ourselves as the source of wisdom and compassion.”
Pema Chodron, The Places That Scare You
 
 
 
 
“I hope you find love, but more importantly, I hope you’re strong enough to walk away from what love isn’t.”
Tiffany Tomiko
 
 
 
 
“Yesterday was heavy—put it down.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
“Sometimes deciding who you are is deciding who you’ll never be again.”
Anonymous

Quotes November 12, 13, 14 & 15, 2022

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha


 
 
“To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life.”
Jill Bolte Taylor
 
 
 
 
“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”
Nathaniel Branden
 
 
 
 
“It is inner stillness that will save and transform the world.”
“Emotion in itself is not unhappiness. Only emotion plus an unhappy story is unhappiness.”
Eckhart Tolle
 
 
 
 
“Slow, soulful living is all about coming back to your truth, the only guidance you’ll ever need. When you rush, you have the tendency to follow others. When you bring in mindfulness, you have the power to align with yourself.”
Kris Franken
 
 
 
 
“Your body does not need to be fixed, because your body is not a problem. Your body is a person.”
Jamie Lee Finch
 
 
 
 
“Caring for your body, mind, and spirit is your greatest and grandest responsibility. It’s about listening to the needs of your soul and then honoring them.”
Kristi Ling
 
 
 
 
“Life is a balance between what we can control and what we cannot. I am learning to live between effort and surrender.”
Danielle Orner
 
 
 
 
“I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.”
Brené Brown
 
 
 
 
“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.”
Jack Canfield
 
 
 
 
“Embodiment is living within, being present within the internal space of the body.”
Judith Blackstone
 
 
 
 
“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.”
Ray Bradbury
 
 
 
 
“Don’t worry if someone does not like you. Most people are struggling to like themselves.”
Unknown

Quotes October 20, 2022

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha


 
 
“Play is the foundation of learning, creativity, self-expression, and constructive problem-solving. It’s how children wrestle with life to make it meaningful.”
Susan Linn, Psychiatrist
 
 
 
 
“When you’ve reached rock bottom, there’s only one way to go, and that’s up!”
Buster Moon, from the movie Sing
 
 
 
 
“When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated.”
Brené Brown
 
 
 
 
“Our words create our world.”
Rich Litvin
 
 
 
 
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
 
 
 
“If you feel like you’re losing everything, remember that trees lose their leaves every year and they still stand tall and wait for better days to come.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
“It’s up to us to break generational curses. When they say, ‘It runs in the family,’ you tell them, ‘This is where it runs out.’”
Unknown

Quotes October 04, 2022

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.”
Sharon Salzberg
 
 
 
 
“Loving ourselves through the process of owning our story is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.”
Brené Brown
 
 
 
 
“Dharma actually means the life you should be living—in other words, an ideal life awaits you if you are aligned with your Dharma. What is the ideal life? It consists of living as your true self.”
Deepak Chopra
 
 
 
 
“Not to arrive at a clear understanding of one’s own values is a tragic waste. You have missed the whole point of what life is for.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
 
 
 
 
“If your heart hurts a little after letting go of someone or something, that’s okay. It just means that your feelings were genuine. No one likes ends. And no one likes pain. But sometimes we have to put things that were once good to an end after they turn toxic to our well-being. Not every new beginning is meant to last forever. And not every person who walks into your life is meant to stay.”
Najwa Zebian
 
 
 
 
“Don’t let others tell you what you can’t do. Don’t let the limitations of others limit your vision. If you can remove your self-doubt and believe in yourself, you can achieve what you never thought possible.”
Roy T. Bennett

 
 
 
 

Quotes September 22, 2022

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha


 
 
“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man’s-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again. ”
Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart
 
 
 
 
“Nothing is more revealing than movement.”
Martha Graham
 
 
 
 
“When we allow ourselves to be vulnerable, we are not pretending, we are not hiding—we are simply present with whatever is going on inside us. Ironically, it is this very feeling of authenticity that draws people to us, not the brittle effort of perfectionism.”
Maureen Cooper
 
 
 
 
“These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb.”
Najwa Zebian
 
 
 
 
“Staying sober really was the most important thing in my life now and had given me direction when I thought I had none.”
Bradley Cooper
 
 
 
 
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
Rumi
 
 
 
 
“When you can’t look on the bright side, I will sit with you in the dark.”
Unknown

Quotes September 12, 2022

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”
Lao Tzu
 
 
 
 
The truth is, other people’s opinions of us are none of our business. Their opinions have nothing to do with us and everything to do with them, their past, their judgments, their expectations, their likes, and their dislikes.
Sandy Woznicki
 
 
 
 
“Don’t let this silly world trick you into starving your soul for material things. Cause someday you’re gonna be sitting out under the sun and realize how little you actually need to be truly happy.”
Brooke Hampton
 
 
 
 
“Mrs. Miniver suddenly understood why she was enjoying the forties so much better than she had enjoyed the thirties: it was the difference between August and October, between the heaviness of late summer and the sparkle of early autumn, between the ending of an old phase and the beginning of a fresh one.”
Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver
 
 
 
 
“Some people are going to reject you simply because you shine too bright for them. That’s okay. Keep shining.”
Mandy Hale
 
 
 
 
“The purpose of fear is to raise your awareness, not to stop your progress.”
Steve Maraboli
 
 
 
 
“Nothing is more revealing than movement.”
Martha Graham