Sarah Ban Breathnach Quotes

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

“Each life experience leaves a layer of memory like a deposit of sediment: things we’ve loved and moments of contentment we’ve cherished that when recalled, reveal glimmers of our true selves.”

“Every day offers us simple gifts when we are willing to search our hearts for the place that's right for each of us.”

“February arrives cold, wet and gray, her gifts disguised for only the most discerning spirits to see. Gentle is our path.

Gratitude is the thread we weave into the fabric of our daily lives this month, giving thanks for our simply abundant lives and asking for the gift of one thing more: grateful hearts.”

“Has this ever happened to you? You are washing your face, and suddenly you do not recognize the woman staring back at you. “Who is this?” you ask the mirror on the wall. No reply.

She looks vaguely familiar but bears little resemblance to the woman you were expecting to see there. Psychologists call this phenomenon a “displacement of self,” and it usually occurs during times of great stress (which for many of us is an everyday occurrence).”

“I was learning to differentiate between my needs and my wants and this powerful lesson had to be mastered before I could move forward.”

“I’ve got a good feeling that this coming year is going to be your best yet. Heaven knows you deserve it.”

“If it’s not authentically you, live without it.”

“If you want your life to come together, you have to start treating yourself better.”

“Invite Divine Order into your life today and a more serene tomorrow will unfold.”

“Let go of limiting illusions that have held you back from knowing that just to be alive is a grand thing.”

“Never forget that all you have is all you need.”

“Not every one of our desires can be immediately gratified. We’ve got to learn to wait patiently for our dreams to come true, especially on the path we’ve chosen.”

“One can never change the past, only the hold it has on you,” Merle Shain reassures us, “and while nothing in your life is reversible, you can reverse it nevertheless.”

“Realize the past no longer holds you captive. It can only continue to hurt you if you hold on to it. Let the past go. A simply abundant world awaits.”

“Recognize that one of the reasons Christmases past probably didn’t live up to your expectations is that you’ve tried to do too much, too perfectly. Look at that list. Choose to let only what you love best about the holidays remain. Cross out two more “musts.” Now there’s time for gazing out the window at gently falling snow, delighting in the sounds of bells and joyful music, savoring the sweet aromas of hot cider, roast turkey, and gingerbread, sipping hot chocolate and homemade eggnog, reading a holiday story each night at dusk, basking in a fire crackling on the hearth, and re-creating cherished customs that care for your soul as well as the souls of those you love.”

“Simple abundance, 1: an inner journey; 2: a spiritual and practical course in creative living; 3: a tapestry of contentment”

“Sometimes a person has to go back, really back—to have a sense, an understanding of all that’s gone to make them—before they can go forward. —PAULE MARSHALL”

“St. Francis of Assisi explains the creative process this way: the woman who works with her hands only is a laborer; the woman who works with her hands and her head is a craftswoman; the woman who works with her hands, her head, and her heart is an artist.”

“Start thinking of yourself as an artist and your life as a work-in-progress.”

“Take a risk a day—one small or bold stroke that makes you feel great once you have done it.”

“Take another look at your life. Give thanks. Accept your circumstances. Give thanks. Count your blessings. Give thanks.

Show up for each day’s meditation. Be willing to give the basic tools a fair chance. They can help you find your way.”

“The key to loving how you live is in knowing what it is you truly love.”

“The revelation that we have everything we need in life to make us happy but simply lack the conscious awareness to appreciate it can be as refreshing as lemonade on a hot afternoon.

Or it can be as startling as cold water being thrown in our face. 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?”

“This I can report from the front lines: life never calms down long enough for us to wait until tomorrow to start living the lives we deserve.”

“Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday. Realize the past no longer holds you captive.

It can only continue to hurt you if you hold on to it. Let the past go. A simply abundant world awaits.”

“Trust that through the balm of simplicity your frazzled and weary soul can discover the place where you ought to be.

Every day offers us simple gifts when we are willing to search our hearts for the place that’s right for each of us.”

“Turn away from the world this year and begin to listen. Listen to the whispers of your heart. Look within. Your silent companion has lit lanterns of love to illuminate the path to Wholeness.

At long last, the journey you were destined to take has begun.”

“Usually, when the distractions of daily life deplete our energy, the first thing we eliminate is the thing we eliminate is the thing we need the most: quiet, reflective time.

Time to dream, time to contemplate what's working and what's not, so that we can make changes for the better.”

“We can stop waiting for life to become perfect and start working with what we’ve got to make it as satisfying as we can. We can accept, bless, give thanks, and get going.

Today, we can begin to call forth the riches from our everyday life. Today we can move from lack to abundance.”