Best 174 quotes of Sarah Ban Breathnach on MyQuotes

After self-nurturance, listening to the whispers of our hearts is probably the hardest task we've ever attempted.

All of us know about learning life's lessons through pain, struggle, and loss. But few of us realize that it is often the gentlest lessons that teach us most. Serendipity can instruct us as much as sorrow.

Always remember, it's simply not an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons.

Always remember that dreams-your creative visualizations-must come before their physical manifestations.

Always remember that striving and struggle precede success even in the dictionary.

A nap is not to be confused with sleeping. We sleep to recharge our bodies. We nap to care for our souls. When we nap, we are resting our eyes while our imaginations soar. Getting ready for the next round. Sorting, sifting, separating the profound from the profane, the possible from the improbable. Rehearsing our acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize, our surprise on receiving the MacArthur genius award. This requires a prone position. If we're lucky, we might drift off, but we won't drift far. Just far enough to ransom our creativity from chaos.

An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer.

And what we can see if we look deep within is that the authentic self is the Soul made visible. Do not try to remake yourself into something you're not. Just try making the best of what God made. The sacred art and craft of nurturing our souls and the souls of those we love is Simple Abundance soulcraft. Begin today by turning on the Light.

A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved.

Any self-prompt that reminds you to focus on flow not ebb, contributes to your greater sense of abundance. (53)

A powerful connection between two people is a potent psychic factor that exists regardless of either person's opinion about the relationship.

As long as you're actively pursuing your dream with a practical plan, you're still achieving, even if it feels as though you're going nowhere fast. Its been my experience that at the very moment I feel like giving up, I'm only one step from a breakthrough. Hang on long enough and circumstances will change, too. Trust in yourself, your dream and spirit.

As we become curators of our own contentment on the Simple Abundance path... we learn to savor the small with a grateful heart.

Authenticity pushes us past our comfort zone - it's meant to.

Authentic success is being so grateful for the many blessings bestowed on you and yours that you can share your portion with others.

Because the truth is - and we know it - we were born to die without regrets. Regret is the only wound from which the soul never recovers.

Become abundant with your compliments to others. We're all so fragile, especially when we put on a brave face. A sincere compliment can penetrate beneath even the most sophisticated masks to soothe troubled souls.

Become aware that you already possess all the inner wisdom, strength, and creativity needed to make your dreams come true.

Before we can change anything in our life, we have to recognize that this is the way it is meant to be right now. For me, acceptance has become what I call the long sigh of the soul. It's the closed eyes in prayer, perhaps even the quiet tears. It's "all right," as in "All right, You lead, I'll follow." And it's "all right" as in "Everything is going to turn out all right." This is simply part of the journey.

Begin today. Declare out loud to the universe that you are willing to let go of struggle and eager to learn through joy.

Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.

Being Grateful. That is the first step on the path to Joy.

Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend.

Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present - love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure - the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on earth.

Celebrate the Sacred in the ordinary.

Change is the essence of life; change is the great challenge, the great constant. Change is the ultimate teller of tales.

Choice is destiny's soul mate.

Conscious choice is creative. Unconscious choice is destructive. That is how we end up living other people's lives.

Consider the track record of your naysayers. How many dreams have they successfully brought into this world?

Dare yourself to believe in your creativity, wherever it may lead you. Trust that where it leads, is exactly where you're supposed to be. Your authentic self knows where you're headed. Don't wrestle with Spirit, collaborate with it.

Deliberately seeking solitude-quality time spent away from family and friends-may seem selfish. It is not. Solitude is as necessary for our creative spirits to develop and flourish as are sleep and food for our bodies to survive.

Despite all the doom and gloom that constantly assaults our senses, there is a way for us to ransom our lives and reclaim our futures: it consists in turning away from the world to recognize what in life makes us truly happy. For each of us, what that is will be different. But once we obtain this inner knowledge, we will possess the ability to transform our outer world. "You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself," the pilot and writer Beryl Markham reminds us. We cannot let this continue to occur.

dogs love us unconditionally and cats are big on redemption. Our sins and shortcomings don't bother them as long as we delight in their presence.

Don't wish today away. Don't waste it. Redeem one hour to be grateful. Let your thanksgiving rise above the din of disappointment - opportunities lost, mistakes made, the clamor of all that has not yet come.

dreams are our spiritual illustrated discovery journals.

Each day offers us the gift of being a special occasion if we can simply learn that as well as giving, it is blessed to receive with grace and a grateful heart.

Everyday epiphanies encourage us to cherish everything. Today a new sun has risen. Everything lives. Everything can speak to your soul passionately if you will be still enough to listen. "You have to count on living every single day in a way YOU believe will make YOU feel good about YOUR life," actress Jane Seymour suggests, "so that if it were over tomorrow, you'd be content.

Every day we’re given chances to embrace the new.

Every morning when we wake up we've been given a wonderful gift-another day of life-so let's make the most of it. No one can do it for us. . . . Genuine happiness can only be realized once we commit to making it a personal priority in our lives. This may be a new behavior for some of us and a bit intimidating. Be gentle with yourself. It will all unfold. Like any new behavior, happiness can be learned.

Every time we remember to say "thank you", we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.

Expect to have hope rekindled. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.

Forgiveness is a form of gratitude. When we forgive others, we show them the mercy that we have often received and been thankful for.

Fortunately for us, life's highway has as many on ramps as it does off ramps.

Grace is available for each of us every day - our spiritual daily bread - but we've got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow.

Gradually as you become curator of your own contentment, you will learn to embrace the gentle yearnings of your heart.

Gratitude is the most passionate transformative force in the cosmos.

Gratitude is the most passionate transformative force in the cosmos. When we offer thanks to God or to another human being, gratitude gifts us with renewal, reflection, reconnection.

Half-truths are the devil's IOUs.

Harmony is the inner cadence of contentment we feel when the melody of life is in tune.

How many of us go through our days parched and empty, thirsting after happiness, when we're really standing knee-deep in the river of abundance?