“Nurture great thoughts for you will never go higher than your thoughts.”
— Benjamin Disraeli
“We tell ourselves so many lies and half-truths … We listen and are duly impressed by these inner voices that turn into unseen judges that nag at us. We give each of these judges a seat of honor in our minds, all the while hating their guts and their never-ending supply of judgements … We give the judges permission to accompany us on each journey of life, never daring to realize that we can park them, at least momentarily.”
— Eloise Ristad
“The Inner Critic makes each of us a child. As we become the child in our relationships, we lose our sense of self. We are no longer self-contained, self- respecting adults. We look to others for validation. Our self-worth is based upon their opinion of us. Thus, everyone around us becomes a mother or a father whose support and approval is desperately needed to protect us from the constant criticism of the Inner Critic.”
— Hal and Sidra Stone
“Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans: it’s lovely to be silly at the right moment.”
— Horace
“We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life.”
— Martha Graham
“God is alive and well and living in your heart. He’s as present today, right now, as he has ever been.”
— John-Roger
“As we become positive creators, we start creating balance around us. As we see things in perfection within our minds, we can create that perfection around us.”
— John-Roger
“We think we have to do something to be grateful for or something has to be done in order for us to be grateful when gratitude is a state of being.”
— Iyanla Vanzant