Sarah Ban Breathnach Quotes
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Greet everyone you meet with a warm smile. No matter how busy you are, don't rush encounters with coworkers, family, and friends. Speak softly. Listen attentively. Act as if every conversation you have is the most important thing on your mind today. Look your children and your partner in the eyes when they talk to you. Stroke the cat, caress the dog. Lavish love on every living being you meet. See how different you feel at the end of the day.
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Conscious choice is creative. Unconscious choice is destructive. That is how we end up living other people's lives.
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Not having money to spend doesn’t mean we can’t have well-spent moments every day.
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Choice is destiny's soul mate.
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My philosophy is very simple: when in doubt, take a bath.
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There are several occasions in the course of any woman's day when, without question, screaming is the appropriate response.
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Remember, no matter what life throws at us, we can always bake a cake!
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Today, and everyday, take as your personal mantra: I am what I am and what I am is wonderful.
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Indifference breeds animosity.
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I am grateful for what I call well-spent moments: Making a tuna fish sandwich with the works. Taking at least a half hour to eat it outside. Ironing my vintage tea towels while watching old black-and-white film noir movies and sipping one martini with extra olives - a quirky combination, but it works.
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Observe how gently but surely the natural world renews itself daily.
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If we are to flourish as creative beings, if we are to grow into wholeness, we must bloom wherever we are planted.
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It takes tenacity and daring to travel the darkest interior of one's self.
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Soul-directed events defy logic and ridicule reason.
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Always remember that striving and struggle precede success even in the dictionary.
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I truly believe that regret is the only wound the soul does not recover from, and so I'm trying to live without regrets. ... Each day is another chance to be swept away.
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Stressed souls need the reassuring rhythm of self-nurturing rituals.
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Only when the clamor of the outside world is silenced will you be able to hear the deeper vibration. Listen carefully.
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Any self-prompt that reminds you to focus on flow not ebb, contributes to your greater sense of abundance.
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Human beings, as far as I can tell, seem to be divided into two subspecies - the resigned, who live in quiet desperation, and the exhausted, who exist in restless agitation.
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One of the most important milestones we'll all hit along the way is the moment when we finally own our unique point of view and realize how priceless it is.
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I wish I'd known from the beginning that I was born a strong woman. What a difference it would have made! I wish I'd known that I was born a courageous woman; I've spent so much of my life cowering. How many conversations would I not only have started but finished if I had known I possessed a warrior's heart? I wish I'd known that I'd be born to take on the world; I wouldn't have run from it for so long, but run to it with open arms.
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Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.
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I truly believe that we each have a House of Belonging waiting for us. Waiting to be found, waiting to be built, waiting to be renovated, waiting to be cleaned up. Waiting to rescue us. Waiting for the real thing: a grown-up, romantic, reciprocal relationship.