Where You Are Quotes - Page 8

• Right where you are is where you need to be. Don't fight it! Don't run away from it! Stand firm! Take a deep breath. And another. And another. Now, ask yourself: Why is this in my world? What do I need to see?

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Running, Fighting, Needs

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Apr 01, 2016

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• You will never ever be successful until you turn your pain into greatness, until you allow your pain to push you from where you are to push you to where you need to be. Stop running from your pain and embrace your pain. Your pain is going to be a part of your prize, a part of your product. I challenge you to push yourself.

  Eric Thomas

  Running, Pain, Successful

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• Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you are.

  Mother Teresa

  Lonely, Sick, Suffering

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• Ask yourself: Where do I want to go? Recognize where you are now,
  then figure out the steps to get there.

  Marshall Sylver

  Want, Steps, Figures

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• Always take earplugs and an eye mask. It doesn't matter where you are. Even if you're in the best hotel, if there's road works outside, then you're screwed. So I take earplugs and an eye mask with me wherever I go.

  Tamsin Egerton

  Eye, Work Out, Matter

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• All of the religions - with the exception of Tibetan Buddhism, which doesn't believe in a heaven - teach that heaven is a better place. At the end of the program, I say that heaven is a place where you are happy. All of the religions have that in common.

  Barbara Walters

  Believe, Buddhism, Heaven

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• It's proven that how time moves for you depends on where you are in the universe. It's relative to beings and other places. But on the level of being here on earth, if you are aware in a moment, one second can last a year. And if you are unaware, your whole childhood, your whole life can pass by in six seconds. But it’s also such a thing that you can get lost in.

  Jaden Smith

  Moving, Years, Childhood

  "Jaden and Willow Smith on Prana Energy, Time and Why School Is Overrated". Interview with Su Wu, tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com. November 17, 2014.

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• No matter what you do or where you are, you're going to be missing out on something.

  Alan Arkin

  Missing, Matter, No Matter What

  "What I've Learned: Alan Arkin" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. February 25, 2007.

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• Life grows lovely where you are.

  Mathilde Blind

  Lovely, Grows

  Mathilde Blind (2012). “The Ascent of Man”, p.95, The Floating Press

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• Just where you are-that's the place to start!

  Pema Chodron

  Pema Chodron (2001). “Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living”, p.46, Shambhala Publications

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• You can get to where you want to be from wherever you are-but you must stop spending so much time noticing and talking about what you do not like about where you are.

  Esther Hicks

  Talking, Want, Spending

  Esther Hicks, Jerry Hicks (2010). “The Vortex: Where the Law of Attraction Assembles All Cooperative Relationships”, p.126, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy, and make the most of where you are

  Germany Kent

  Care, Might, Miserable

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• One of the most important things is to remind yourself of where you are from and be thankful. I don't for a second take anything for granted. That's a good way to start your day.

  Colin Morgan

  Being Thankful, Important, Way

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• Being Missional means actually doing mission right where you are. Missional means adopting the posture of a missionary, learning and adapting to the culture around you while remaining Biblically sound.

  Ed Stetzer

  Mean, Sound, Missionary

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• Active waiting means present fully to the moment, in the conviction that something is happening where you are and that you want to be present to it.

  Henri Nouwen

  Mean, Waiting, Want

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• If you limit worship to where you are, the minute you leave that place of worship you will leave your attitude of worship behind like a crumpled-up church bulletin.

  Tony Evans

  Attitude, Worship You, Church

  Tony Evans (2008). “Our God is Awesome: Encountering the Greatness of Our God”, p.376, Moody Publishers

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• Are you willing to stay right where you are and let the Lord do great things through you, though no one may seem to notice at all?

  Keith Green

  May, Lord, Great Things

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• There's a time in your life where you're not quite sure where you are. You think everything's perfect, but it's not perfect... Then one day you wake up and you can't quite picture yourself in the situation you're in. But the secret is, if you can picture yourself doing anything in life, you can do it.

  Tom DeLonge

  Thinking, Perfect, Secret

  "Tom Delonge Addresses Blink With A Song At First A&A Show" by Corey Moss, www.mtv.com. April 13, 2006.

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• If you do not step forward you will always remain where you are.

  Nora Roberts

  Steps, Rules Of Life, Ifs

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• The soil in which the meditative mind can begin is the soil of everyday life, the strife, the pain, and the fleeting joy. It must begin there, and bring order, and from there move endlessly. .. You must take a plunge into the water, not knowing how to swim. And the beauty of meditation is that you never know where you are, where you are going, what the end is.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Pain, Moving, Knowing

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• No matter where you are now, whatever you can conceive and believe, you can achieve.

  Napoleon Hill

  Believe, Matter, Achieve

  Napoleon Hill (1997). “Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success”, p.89, Penguin

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• You cannot get to where you are going until you have learned all there is to learn about where you are.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Where You Are Going

  Iyanla Vanzant (2000). “Until Today!: Daily Devotions for Spiritual Growth and Peace of Mind”, Simon and Schuster

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• Do you really need to mentally label every sense perception and experience? Do you really need to have a reactive like/dislike relationship with life where you are in almost continuous conflict with situations and people? Or is that just a deep-seated mental habit that can be broken? Not by doing anything, but by allowing this moment to be as it is.

  Eckhart Tolle

  People, Broken, Perception

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “Stillness Speaks”, p.64, New World Library

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• Instead of being disappointed about where you are, be optimistic about where you are going.

  Jon Gordon

  Optimistic, Being Disappointed, Where You Are Going

  FaceBook post by Jon Gordon from May 16, 2015

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• No matter where you are in your leadership journey, never forget that what got you to where you are won't get you to the next level.

  John C. Maxwell

  Journey, Next Level, Levels

  John C. Maxwell (2011). “The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential”, p.179, Hachette UK

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