Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha
“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“Sometimes what you’re most afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free.”
Robert Tew
“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.”
Lao Tzu
“Every day, the world will drag you by the hand, yelling, ‘This is important! And this is important! And this is important! You need to worry about this! And this! And this!’ And each day, it’s up to you to yank your hand back, put it on your heart, and say, ‘No. This is what’s important.’”
Iain Thomas
“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on to a brighter world.”
Dave Pelzer, A Child Called “It”
“Ever tried, ever failed, no matter. Try again, fail again, fail better.”
Samuel Beckett
“When we experience our lives through this lens of personal insufficiency, we are imprisoned in what I call the trance of unworthiness. Trapped in this trance, we are unable to perceive the truth of who we really are.”
Tara Brach
“Inner strengths are the supplies you’ve got in your pack as you make your way down the twisting and often hard road of life.”
Rick Hanson
“The person who lives life fully, glowing with life’s energy, is the person who lives a successful life.”
Daisaku Ikeda
“The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.”
Lao Tzu
“Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.”
Buddha
