Nhat Hanh Quotes About Opportunity

Quotes about: Opportunity

• We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.

  Nhat Hanh

  Life, Opportunity, Realizing

• Our notions about happiness entrap us. We forget that they are just ideas. Our idea of happiness can prevent us from actually being happy. We fail to see the opportunity for joy that is right in front of us when we are caught in a belief that happiness should take a particular form.

  Nhat Hanh

  Life, Opportunity, Ideas

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Teachings on Love: Easyread Edition”, p.54, ReadHowYouWant.com

• Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy, and happiness to ourselves and others.

  Nhat Hanh

  Happiness, Peace, Morning

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.11, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

• Each minute we spend worrying about the future and regretting the past is a minute we miss in our appointment with life - a missed opportunity to engage life and to see that each moment gives us the chance to change for the better, to experience peace and joy.

  Nhat Hanh

  Motivational, Regret, Past

  Thich Nhat Hanh, Lilian Cheung (2010). “Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life”, p.2, Harper Collins

• Dealing with our overweight - or with any of our life's difficulties, for that matter - is not a battle to be fought. Instead, we must learn how to make friends with our hardships and challenges. They are there to help us; they are natural opportunities for deeper understanding and transformation, brining us more joy and peace as we learn to work with them.

  Nhat Hanh

  Motivational, Opportunity, Joy

  Thich Nhat Hanh, Lilian Cheung (2010). “Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life”, p.3, Harper Collins

• In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the practice of spirituality, then you are somehow left in the realm of darkness.

  Nhat Hanh

  Buddhist, Opportunity, Offering

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