Moving Closer Quotes

• Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth

  Pema Chodron

  Wise, Wisdom, Fear

  Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.1, Shambhala Publications

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• I think my life has been a long, slow process of trying to move closer and closer to the spirit by moving closer and closer to the heart. The heart is what's important.

  Burl Ives

  Moving, Heart, Thinking

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• This is what happens when you take a step: you are moving closer to what you want.

  Genevieve Valentine

  Moving, Want, Steps

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• If you keep your destiny in mind, every moment in life becomes an opportunity for moving closer to it.

  Arthur Golden

  Moving, Opportunity, Destiny

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• It's not a terrible thing that we feel fear when faced with the unknown. It is a part of being alive, something we all share. We react against the possibility of loneliness, of death, of not having anything to hold on to. Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.

  Pema Chodron

  Loneliness, Moving, Alive

  Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.2, Shambhala Publications

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• Fear is a natural reaction of moving closer to the truth. If we commit ourselves to staying right where we are, then our experience becomes very vivid. Things become very clear when there is nowhere to escape.

  Pema Chodron

  Moving, Vivid, Natural

  Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.2, Shambhala Publications

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• If you are not moving closer to what you want in sales (or in life), you probably aren't doing enough asking.

  Jack Canfield

  Spiritual, Moving, Goal

  FaceBook post by Jack Canfield from Feb 17, 2012

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• Science is moving closer to weaponry, and Art is moving closer to commercialism. And never the twain shall meet.

  Frank Zappa

  Art, Moving, Weaponry

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• Once as I sat painting, I became aware of a man's face hovering near me, moving closer and closer to the panel I was working on. When he spoke he said, 'That is a fantastic brush!

  Robert Genn

  Moving, Men, Hovering

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• think people get scared that they’re not going to be able to do it perfectly - they’re going to be criticized - they’re going to be like, “Well, I’m not totally green.” Well, you know what? At this point we don’t care... Just a shade of green is enough right now. Move a little bit closer towards this. Because the more people start moving closer and closer to it, that’s something that collectively makes a difference.

  Cameron Diaz

  Strong Women, Moving, Thinking

  "Talking Green with Cameron Diaz". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 9, 2008.

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• Affirmations are like screaming that you're okay in order to overcome this whisper that you're not. That's a big contrast to actually uncovering the whisper, realizing that it's a passing memory, and moving closer to all those fears and all those edgy feelings that maybe you're not okay. Well, no big deal. None of us is okay and all of us are fine. It's not just one way. We are walking, talking paradoxes.

  Pema Chodron

  Inspirational, Memories, Moving

  "Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living". Book by Pema Chodron, 1994.

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• For me at this time in my life I recognize that everything is about moving closer to that which is God. And without a full, spiritual center - and I am not talking about religion, I am talking about without understanding the fullness from which you've come you can't really fulfill your supreme moment of destiny.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Spiritual, Moving, Destiny

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• Celia, wait,” Marco says, standing but not moving closer to her. “You are breaking my heart. You told me once that I reminded you of your father. That you never wanted to suffer the way your mother did for him, but you are doing exactly that to me. You keep leaving me. You leave me longing for you again and again when I would give anything for you to stay, and it is killing me.” “It has to kill one of us,” Celia says quietly.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Mother, Father, Moving

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• The point is,” Caine continued, “you and I share something in common, Sam. We were born just three minutes apart.” Sam felt a tingle go up his spine. “Three minutes,” Caine said, moving closer. “You go first. And then me.” “No,” Sam said. “It can’t be.” “It can,” Caine said. “It is. And you are… brother.

  Michael Grant

  Brother, Moving, Three

  Michael Grant (2014). “Gone Series Complete Collection: Gone, Hunger, Lies, Plague, Fear, Light”, p.115, Harper Collins

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• Winter looked at Leven. Leven looked right back at her. Winter's cheeks burned red and her green eyes outshone Leven's. The two of them stared at one another and then, as if they were destined to, thay began to lean into one another, Leven closed his eyes. "What are you doing?" Geth asked concerned. Winter closed his eyes too and leaned close. Both of them looked panicked and out of control, but it didn't stop them from moving closer and kissing each other. Clover's jaw dropped and he pulled something out of his void just so he could let go of it in shock.

  Obert Skye

  Letting Go, Moving, Eye

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• I do genuinely believe that the political system is not linear. When it reaches a tipping point fashioned by a critical mass of opinion, the slow pace of change we're used to will no longer be the norm. I see a lot of signs every day that we're moving closer and closer to that tipping point.

  Al Gore

  Believe, Moving, Political

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