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Mindfulness Techniques Quotes About Living In The Present Moment

The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.
Thich Nhat Hanh

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Buddha

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the now the primary focus of your life.
Eckhart Tolle

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
Abraham Maslow

The present moment is a powerful goddess.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.
Thich Nhat Hanh

The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.
Thich Nhat Hanh

The present moment is a precious gift to be cherished.
Unknown

The present moment is the intersection of time and eternity.
A.W. Tozer

The present moment is the only moment that matters.
Unknown

Mindfulness Techniques Quotes About Embracing Imperfection

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we're all in this together.
Brené Brown

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Nelson Mandela

Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth.
Brené Brown

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
Steve Jobs

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates

The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working. One is tempted to stop and listen to it. The only thing is to turn away and go on working.
Albert Einstein

Mindfulness Techniques Quotes About Letting Go Of Negative Thoughts

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
William James

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
Jon Kabat-Zinn

If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.
Amit Ray

The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live.
Buddha

The only way to get rid of the pain is to feel the pain. And when you feel the pain and go beyond it, you'll see there's a very intense love that is wanting to awaken itself.
Deepak Chopra

The mind is just like a muscle - the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets and the more it can expand.
Idowu Koyenikan

Mindfulness Techniques Quotes About Finding Inner Peace

The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
Tara Brach

In today's rush, we all think too much — seek too much — want too much — and forget about the joy of just being.
Eckhart Tolle

The goal of meditation isn't to control your thoughts, it's to stop letting them control you.
Anonymous

The mind is like water. When it's turbulent, it's difficult to see. When it's calm, everything becomes clear.
Prasad Mahes

The practice of mindfulness begins in the small, remote cave of your unconscious mind and blossoms with the sunlight of your conscious life, reaching far beyond the people and places you can see.
Earon Davis

Mindfulness Techniques Quotes About Developing Compassion

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
Pema Chödrön

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Dalai Lama

Compassion is the basis of all morality.
Arthur Schopenhauer

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
Albert Schweitzer

Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.
Thomas Merton

Compassion is the ultimate and most meaningful embodiment of emotional maturity.
Arthur Jersild

Compassion is not a sentiment but is an ethical principle that requires action.
Maria Pilar Aquino

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.
Eric Hoffer

Compassion is the key to living outside the confines of our ego and connecting with others.
Sharon Salzberg

Compassion is not just feeling with someone, but seeking to change the situation. Frequently people think compassion and love are merely sentimental. No! They are very demanding. If you are going to be compassionate, be prepared for action!
Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Mindfulness Techniques Quotes About Building Resilience

Resilience is not what happens to you. It's how you react to, respond to, and recover from what happens to you.
Jeffrey Gitomer

The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.
Robert Jordan

Resilience is knowing that you are the only one that has the power and the responsibility to pick yourself up.
Mary Holloway

Resilience is not about being able to bounce back like nothing has happened. It's about being able to acknowledge the pain, learn from it, and move forward.
Unknown

Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.
Yasmin Mogahed

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you've lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that's good.
Elizabeth Edwards

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.
Jodi Picoult

Mindfulness Techniques Quotes About Fostering Positive Relationships

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.
Peter Drucker

The greatest gift you can give someone is your undivided attention.
Unknown

When you listen to another person, you should give up all your preconceived ideas and your subjective opinions; you should just listen to him, just observe what his way is.
Shunryu Suzuki

The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.
Rachel Naomi Remen

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Carl Jung

The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.
Stephen Covey

The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships.
Tony Robbins

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
Ernest Hemingway

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
Thich Nhat Hanh

Mindfulness Techniques Quotes About Overcoming Fear

The only way to overcome fear is to face it head on.
Unknown

Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.
Japanese Proverb

The greatest weapon against fear is mindfulness.
Unknown

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.
Pema Chödrön

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.
Winston Churchill

The more you know yourself, the less you fear.
Unknown

Fear is a choice. Courage is a decision.
Unknown

The only true limitation is that which you set for yourself.
Unknown

The only way to conquer fear is to face it with love.
Unknown

Mindfulness Techniques Quotes About Cultivating Self-Awareness

Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience.
Jon Kabat-Zinn

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
Ram Dass

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan Watts

The mind is everything. What you think you become.
Buddha

The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end.
Jiddu Krishnamurti

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
William James

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
Nathaniel Branden

The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.
Pema Chödrön

The more you observe your thoughts, the more you will be able to see the patterns they create in your life.
Akiroq Brost

Mindfulness Techniques Quotes About Practicing Gratitude

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Melody Beattie

Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.
Amy Collette

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie

Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.
Zig Ziglar

Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.
Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Henry Ward Beecher

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
Henry Van Dyke

Gratitude is a powerful force. It can turn negative energy into positive energy. It can change how you feel about yourself and others. It can help you focus on what’s important and find joy in the little things.
Unknown

Gratitude is the antidote to negative emotions, a neutralizer of envy, hostility, worry, and irritation. It is savoring; it is not taking things for granted; it is present-oriented.
Sonja Lyubomirsky

Mindfulness Techniques Quotes About Reducing Stress And Anxiety

The more you know yourself, the less you rely on others to tell you who you are.
Kristin A. Sherry

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
Sharon Salzberg

Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t).
James Baraz

Mindfulness Techniques Quotes About Improving Focus And Concentration

The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business--or almost anywhere else for that matter.
Lee Iacocca

Concentration is the root of all the higher abilities in man.
Bruce Lee

The first step in crafting the life you want is to get rid of everything you don't.
Joshua Becker

The more you focus on the task at hand, the more your mind will be able to concentrate on the task at hand.
Stephen Richards

The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.
Arnold Palmer

The mind is like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.
Idowu Koyenikan

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Plutarch

The power of concentration is the only key to the treasure-house of knowledge.
Swami Vivekananda

Mindfulness Techniques Quotes About Enhancing Creativity

The mind is like a parachute. It works best when it's open.
Dalai Lama

Creativity is intelligence having fun.
Albert Einstein

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.
Linus Pauling

The most important thing is to be in a good relationship with yourself.
Pema Chödrön

The creative adult is the child who survived.
Ursula K. Le Guin

Mindfulness Techniques Quotes About Accepting Change

The art of life is a constant readjustment to our surroundings.
Kakuzo Okakura

Mindfulness Techniques Quotes About Finding Balance In Life

The best way to find balance in life is to embrace the present moment and live mindfully.
Rasheed Ogunlaru

Mindfulness is the key to unlocking the door to balance in your life.
Akiroq Brost

Balance is not something you find, it's something you create.
Jana Kingsford

Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.
Thich Nhat Hanh

Balance is not about better time management, it's about making better choices.
M. Herald

Mindfulness is the awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally.
Jon Kabat-Zinn

Balance is not something you achieve, it's something you maintain.
Unknown

Mindfulness is the secret to balance in life.
Unknown

Balance is not about juggling everything in your life. It's about doing what you love and being present for it.
Unknown

Mindfulness is the key to finding balance in life. It allows you to be present in the moment and make conscious choices.
Unknown

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