Sarah Ban Breathnach Quotes - Page 4

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• Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties.

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  Life, Motivational, Happiness

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (2012). “Simple Abundance”, Random House

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• Your life at this exact moment is a direct result of choices you made once upon a time. Thirty minutes or 30 year ago.

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  Years, Choices, Once Upon A Time

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (2006). “Moving on: Creating Your House of Belonging with Simple Abundance”, p.99, Meredith Books

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• My philosophy is very simple: when in doubt, take a bath.

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  Philosophy, Simple, Doubt

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• Spiritual beings do not sweat life's small stuff. They also know that most of what drives us crazy in life is small stuff. The only thing that isn't small stuff is the reason you're on earth in the first place: to find that portion of the world's lost heart that only you can ransom with your love and authentic gifts and then return it, so that all of us can experience Wholeness.

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  Spiritual, Crazy, Heart

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• Too often we elevate the inconsequential into the influential... by reacting without reflecting.

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  Influential, Reacting, Contemplating

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• 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.

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  Doom And Gloom, People, Perspective

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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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  Two, Agitation, Exhausted

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (1999). “Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self”, G K Hall & Company

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• There's no doubt in my mind that sleep deprivation is the hidden number one cause of arguments and cybersex. I'm convinced that countless good relationships end and bad ones begin because of chronic fatigue. Never make a major decision until after you've taken a nap.

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  Taken, Sleep, Naps

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (1999). “Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self”, G K Hall & Company

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• 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.

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  Dog, Cat, Long

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• It takes tenacity and daring to travel the darkest interior of one's self.

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  Self, Tenacity, Daring

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (2008). “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy”, p.52, Hachette UK

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• 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.

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  Inspirational, Hurt, Past

  "Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy". Book by Sarah Ban Breathnach, 1995.

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• Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing.

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  New Year, Believe, Years

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• Indifference breeds animosity.

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  Indifference, Animosity

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (2009). “Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self”, p.86, Hachette UK

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• Sometimes the tasks we take on seem virtually impossible. But amazingly, when we harness the incredible power of the subconscious in our lives, we can accomplish whatever we set out to do, no matter what obstacles we have to overcome.

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  Inspirational, Overcoming, Tasks

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• Whatever you are waiting for-peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of Simple Abundance-it will surely come, but only when you are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.

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  Gratitude, Grateful, Heart

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

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  Success, Struggle, Inspiration

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (2012). “Simple Abundance”, Random House

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• 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.

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  Selfish, Sleep, Creative

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (2008). “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy”, p.234, Hachette UK

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• 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.

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  Happiness, Morning, Priorities

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• What if you began to expect the best from any situation? Isn't it possible that you could write new chapters in your life with happy endings? Suspend your disbelief? Take a leap of faith? After all, what have you got to lose but misery and lack?

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  Inspirational, Women, Writing

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• Observe how gently but surely the natural world renews itself daily.

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  World, Natural, Natural World

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• This moment is your life. It is the process of living, the journey, that is life itself, and we often wish away our lives by focusing only on what tomorrow could, should, would bring.

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  Journey, Wish, Tomorrow

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• When I looked at my life’s ledger I realized I was a very rich woman. What I was experiencing was merely a temporary cash-flow problem. Finally, I came to an inner awareness that my personal net worth couldn’t possibly be determined by the size of my checking account balance. Neither can yours.

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  Cash Flow, Balance, Size

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• the more naps you take, the more awakenings you experience.

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  Sleep, Naps, Awakening

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

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  Healing, Heart, Contentment

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• Making it look easy is the hardest thing in the world to do.

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  Friendship, Best Friend, Real Friends

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (1999). “Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self”, G K Hall & Company

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