Gratitude Quotes

The miracle of gratitude is it changes your perception to such an extent that it changes the world you see.~Dr. Robert Holden

When in need of a quick attitude adjustment, breathe deeply, and list three things you are truly grateful for--works every time! ~Denna J. Shelton

Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel. ~Author Unknown

Saying thank you is more than good manners.  It is good spirituality.~Alfred Painer

It's not happy people who are grateful, it's grateful people who are happy.~unk

Gratitude is the single most important ingredient to living a successful and fulfilled life.~Jack Canfield

When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.~G.K. Chesterton

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

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.~Thornton Wilder

When you practice gratitude, there is a sense of respect for others.~Dalai Lama

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

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't  likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.~Frank A. Clark.  

Gratitude is an opener of locked-up blessings.~Marianne Williamson



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Courage Quotes

You can choose comfort or you can choose courage, you cannot have both.~Brene Brown


Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.~ John Wayne

Without fear there cannot be courage.~Christopher Paolini

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.~Anais Nin

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.~Robert Ingersoll

Courage is fear hanging on a minute longer.~George Patton

The most courageous act is to still think for yourself.  Aloud.~Coco Channel

Believe you can and you are halfway there.~Theodore Roosevelt

We never feel more alive than when we are being brave.  We cannot be brave unless we are vulnerable.~Brene Brown

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear,-not absence of fear.~Mark Twain

Failure is unimportant.  It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.~Charlie Chaplain

Courage is fire and bullying is smoke.~Benjamin Disraeli

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.~Winston Churchill

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainty.~Erich Fromm

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.~Lao Tzu

The opposite of courage is not cowardice, but conformity.  Even a dead fish can go with the flow.~Jim Hightower

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to to lose sight of the shore.~Andre Gide

The secret to happiness is freedom...And the secret to freedom is courage.~Thucydides

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and  love somebody and have the courage to accept love in return.~ Maya Angelou

Authenticty is the opening of your heart to others; to be real; to show up as 100% you.  This takes courage, but without it life is half lived.  ~Denna J. Shelton

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Sowing Seeds Quotes

"With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see."~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”~unknown

"Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another."~Napoleon Hill

"If you want to rear financial blessings, you have to sow financially"~Joel Osteen

"Sowing is not as difficult as reaping."~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Keep on sowing your seeds, for you never know which will grow--perhaps it all will."~Einstein

"Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them."~Madame de Stael

“Gratitude for the seemingly insignificant—a seed—this plants the giant miracle.” ― Ann Voskamp

"To see things in the seed, that is genius."~Lao Tzu

"The giver gives, but really he is sowing the seed for later, the gift of a rich harvest."~Sri Sathya Sai Baba

"Self-discipline is an act of cultivation.  It requires you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results.  There's a season for sowing, a season for reaping.  Self-discipline helps you now which is which."~Gary Ryan Blair 

"Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love."~Francis of Assisi

"Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap."~Samuel Butter

"I'm no more a wonder than anyone. And that's what makes the world magical. Every baby's a seed of wonder - that gets watered or it doesn't.” ― Dean Kontz

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.~Leo Buscaglia

"If people can't let go to the hatred of their enemies, they risk sowing the seeds of hate among themselves."~Bill Clinton

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Disappointment Quotes

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."~Martin Luther King

"One's best success comes after their greatest disappointments."~Henry Ward Beecher

"Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead."~Les Brown

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try."~Beverly Sills

"Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm."~Murray Gell-Mann

"The more we shelter children from every disappointment, the more devastating future disappointments will be."~Fred G. Gosman

"Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom."~Sir Boyle Roche

"Sometimes, we don't get what we want...But this is a benevolent universe.  And once in a while, we do."~Melody Beattie

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.  So throw off the bowlines.  Sail away from the safe harbor.  Catch the trade winds in your sails.   Explore.  Dream.  Discover."~ Mark Twain

"Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power -- a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment."~Marsha Sinetar

"Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it."~Eliza Tabor

"The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream, and how you handle disappointment along the way."~Rober Kiyosaki

"When you find your path, you must not be afraid.  You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes.  Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way."~Paulo Coelho, Brida

"Man must be disappointed with the lesser things of life before he can comprehend the full value of the greater."~Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Disappointment is part of the human experience. It is not pleasurable--no one enjoys disappointment.   It always brings up the question: Why? It is the 'why,' asked not in victimhood, but in desire to learn and grow that holds the gift in disappointment.   In your disappointment, withdrawal momentarily from your buziness to re-evaluate, re-assess. and re-group. Then charge forth with new insight, wisdom and a grateful heart for the gift in your disappointment: growth and expansion. These lie in every disappointment, if you allow it.  Allowance is key!~Denna J. Shelton




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Worthiness Quotes

"Our stresses, anxieties, pains, and problems arise because we do not see the world, others, or even ourselves as worthy of love."~Prem Prakash

"In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value?  What is my worth?  Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright."~Oprah Winfrey

"Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are."~Malcolm S. Forbes

"It is not a matter of how much pain or suffering one experiences that deems one as worthy.   It is not how productive one is, either."~Lena Lees

"Self-worth comes from one thing -- thinking that you are worthy."~Wayne Dyer

"Love is the great miracle cure.  Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives."~Louise L. Hay

"The privlege of a lifetime is being who you are."~Joseph Campbell

"Act as if what you do makes a difference.  It does."~William James

"The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white.  Neither need you do anything but be yourself."~Lao Tzu

"Your problem is you are too busy holding on to your unworthiness."~Ram Dass


'We are each gifted in a unique and important way.  It is our priviledge and our adventure to discover our own special light."~Mary Dunbar

"There is a Divine and Infinite potential within every soul, an intimate access to the mind of God and the passion of the Universe."~K. Allen Kay

"By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before."~Edwin Elliot

"A sene of worthiness is a child's most important need."~Polly Berrien Berends

"Everybody is unique.  Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God's curriculum."~ Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer

"You can't build joy on a feeling of self-loathing"~Ram Dass

"It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes."~Sally Field

"I was once afraid of people saying, "Who does she think she is?"  Now I have the courage to stand and say, "This is who I am."~Oprah Winfrey

"We must transcend the illusion that money or power has any bearing on our worthiness as children of God."~Steven Maraboli

"It's not what you are that holds you back.  It's what you think you're not."~Denis Waitley

You are worthy just because you exist.  Always be gentle with yourself!  When you are gentle and nurtuing to yourself, then you have feelings of worthiness.  Open your arms and heart wide to receive all the bounty that God WANTS to give you.  You ARE worthy--REGARDLESS!  ~Denna J. Shelton

Affirmation/Meditation:  I AM... Worthy!  I AM worthy of Love.  I AM worthy of abundance in all areas of my life.  I AM worthy just because I exist.  I AM gentle and loving towards myself and others.  I AM... Worthy!

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Comfort Zone Quotes

...and the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin


Ninety to ninety-five percent of people will withdraw to the comfort zone when what they try doesn't work. Only that small percentage, 5 or 10 percent, will continually improve themselves; they will continually push themselves out into the zone of discomfort, and these are always the highest performers in every field. ~Brian Tracy

Nobody ever died of discomfort, yet living in the name of comfort has killed more ideas, more opportunities, more actions, and more growth than everything else combined. Comfort kills! ~T. Harv Eker



Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. ~Alan Alda

My friend, leaving one's comfort zone is no small chore! Trust me, I've learned this first hand. I can say that when all is said and done it's worth it! ~Josh Hinds




One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again. ~Abraham Maslow

If we are growing, we will always be out of our comfort zone.~John C. Maxwell

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. ~Seneca

All the concepts about stepping out of your comfort zone mean nothing until you decide that your essential purpose, vision and goals are more important than your self-imposed limitations. ~Robert White

Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new. ~Brian Tracy

Nobody ever died of discomfort, yet living in the name of comfort has killed more ideas, more opportunities, more actions, and more growth than everything else combined. Comfort kills! T. Harv Eker


A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown. ~Denis Waitley


Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. ~Norman Mailer

Progress always involves risk; you can't progress to second base and also keep your foot on first. ~Christie Mason


A ship in a harbor is safe, but that's not what a ship is built for.
~Unknown~

We tend to be held back from our goals by the simplicity of our comfort zones...but just how comfortable are we? Wouldn't we be more content living in our dreams? ~Michelle C. Ustaszeski


If you remain in your comfort zone you will not go any further. ~Catherine Pulsifer


My experience is that you cannot have everything you want but you can anything you really want, you just need to decide what it is and then plan your exit from the comfort zone. ~Jonathan Farrington


If you don't step out of your comfort zone and face your fears, the number of situations that make you uncomfortable will keep growing. ~Theo Pistorius

If you're in a comfort zone, afraid to venture out, remember that all winners were at one time filled with doubt. ~Source Unknown

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Faith Quotes

"Faith is courage; it is creative while despair is always destructive."~David S. Muzzey

"Fear knocked at the door.  Faith answered.  And lo, no one was there."unknown

"Faith is believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe."~Voltaire

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"Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."~Jesus (Hebrews 11:1)

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."~Martin Luther King

"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens."~J.R.R. Tolkien

"Faith can move mountains, but don't be surprised if God hands you a shovel."~Author unknown

"Faith isn't faith until it's all you're holding on to."~unknown

"Faith is believing that the outcome will be what it should be, No matter what it is."~Colette Baron-Reid

You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith."~Mary Manin Morrissey

"Faith is a knowledge within the heart beyond the reach of proof."~Kahlil Gibran

"Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother."~Kahlil Gibran

"To me faith means not worrying."~John Dewey
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"Faith is putting all your eggs in God's basket, then counting your blessings before they hatch."~Ramona C. Carroll

"Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow."~unknown

"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary.  To one without faith, no explanation is possible."~St. Thomas Aquinas

"In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't."~Blaise Pascal

"Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible."~William James

"Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods."~C.S. Lewis

"Weave in faith and God will find the thread."~Author unknown

"Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to."~George Seaton

"The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason."~Benjamin Franklin


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"Faith makes the discords of the present the harmonies of the future."~Robert Collyer

Faith is love's ability to express itself.~Denna J. Shelton




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