Daily Activities Quotes

• Confession should be a daily activity for the Christian, whose entire pilgrimage is characterized by the spirit of repentance.

  R. C. Sproul

  Christian, Spirit, Confession

  R. C. Sproul (1991). “Following Christ”, Tyndale House Pub

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• The divorce of our so-called spiritual life from our daily activities is a fatal dualism.

  Mary Parker Follett

  Spiritual, Divorce, Activity

  Mary Parker Follett, Pauline Graham (1996). “Mary Parker Follett--prophet of management: a celebration of writings from the 1920s”, Harvard Business Press

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• You're faced with creation, you're faced with something very mysterious and very mystical, whether it's looking at the ocean or being alone in a forest, or sometimes looking at the stars. There's really something very powerful about nature that's endlessly mysterious and a reminder of our humanity, our mortality, of more existential things that we usually manage to not get involved with very often because of daily activity.

  Shirin Neshat

  Stars, Powerful, Ocean

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• In terms of any sacrifices at the time [of World War II], I was somewhat protected living on a small farm where there was food, different perhaps from living in a city environment. I know such things as gas rationing did exist, but it wasn't anything that interfered with my daily activity.

  Paul Smith

  War, Sacrifice, Cities

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• In April 1981, at my request, my mother went to a detective agency. She hired them to follow me, to report my daily activities, and to provide photographic evidence of my existence.

  Sophie Calle

  Mother, Agency, Detectives

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• Any daily activity can be used as an opportunity for meditation.

  Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

  Opportunity, Meditation, Used

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• It stands to reason that if we direct all our efforts towards reaching a goal, we stand in grave danger of losing everything on which we have based our daily activities. For when a goal is superimposed on an activity instead of evolving out of it, we often feel cheated when we reach it.

  Viola Spolin

  Losing Everything, Goal, Effort

  Viola Spolin (1999). “Improvisation for the Theater: A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques”, p.12, Northwestern University Press

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• Be sure to incorporate your pooch into your daily activities to make her feel like a true family member. You can do this by signing your dog's name - or her paw print - on birthday cards, by getting 'from our dog to your dog' holiday cards, or by including your dog when asked the number of family members in your household. These small, considerate actions will make you an ideal petowner.

  Joyce Jillson

  Dog, Holiday, Numbers

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• I think in running, to be honest, that even though athletes are very dedicated and are willing to train and do whatever they need to do to prepare, more often than not they're not in a very professional environment where you've got a high performance director and a coach that are really monitoring your daily activities.

  Alberto Salazar

  Running, Athlete, Thinking

  "Coach Salazar talks future of U.S. long distance, training Ritzenhein". Interview with David Epstein, www.si.com. November 5, 2010.

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• Is it too much to ask, to live in a world where our human gifts go toward the benefit of all? Where our daily activities contribute to the healing of the biosphere and the well-being of other people?

  Charles Eisenstein

  Healing, People, Benefits

  Charles Eisenstein (2013). “The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible”, p.12, North Atlantic Books

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• God designed that the living machinery should be in daily activity. For in this activity or motion is its preserving power.... The more we exercise, the better will be the circulation of the blood.

  Ellen G. White

  Exercise, Blood, Machinery

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• Enlightenment, or true happiness, is not a transcendental state. It is a condition of broad wisdom, boundless energy, and good fortune wherein we each shape our own destiny, find fulfillment in daily activities, and come to understand our ultimate purpose in life.

  Josei Toda

  Destiny, Enlightenment, Energy

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• The blues comes right back to a person's feelings, to his daily activities in life. But rich people don't know nothing about the blues, please believe me.

  Jimmy Rushing

  Believe, People, Feelings

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• Zen is just a lifestyle, your everyday life. It is doing your best at your job, relationships, health, hobbies, and other daily activities!

  Mika

  Jobs, Everyday, Hobbies

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• The daily activity that contributes most to happiness is having dinner with friends. The daily activity that detracts most from happiness is commuting. Eat more. Commute less.

  David Brooks

  Inspirational, Graduation, Dinner With Friends

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• . . . I feel we don’t really need scriptures. The entire life is an open book, a scripture. Read it. Learn while digging a pit or chopping some wood or cooking some food. If you can’t learn from your daily activities, how are you going to understand the scriptures? (233)

  Swami Satchidananda

  Book, Cooking, Mindfulness

  Sri Swami Satchidananda (1984). “Integral Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”, Integral Yoga Dist

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