Inspirational Quotes

Quotes to make you feel good, bring a smile to your face or warm your heart.

Coping with change

posted on 23 February 2010

“When the storm is brewing and the winds are picking up all around you, moving to a different place in yourself is much more important than moving to a different place on the mountain”

Taken from Michael Gerber’s The E-Myth Mastery: The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World-Class Company.

If we consider that our own personal world is like a mountain, then this quote is very apt. Imagine climbing a mountain when the weather suddenly changes; the very first thing that needs to be done at least is to stop and take a decision about whether to continue climbing or not — and if you can’t do that. What is required is an inner shift. From that inner shift, you begin to think different, thoughts, feel (more...)

Rumi’s way of dealing with emotions

posted on 22 January 2010

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.

Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,

Some momentary awareness comes

As an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!

Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,

Who violently sweep your house

Empty of its furniture,

Still, treat each guest honourably.

He may be clearing you out

For some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,

Meet them at the door laughing,

And invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,

Because each has been sent

As a guide from beyond.

(From The Essential Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks; Harper Collins, 1995. P. 104).

Standing on the shoulders of giants in the snow

posted on 7 January 2010
also posted in Jane's Blog

I was just out having a walk in the snow-covered park next door to me, and noticing that it was a lot easier to tread where others had already been, rather than make my own way through pristine, white, untouched snow.

And this led me to remember the saying by Newton ‘if I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants’. I reflected on the fact that I am treading in others’ footsteps as RichThinkers grows and develops, and these footsteps allow me to see further and in a different way than before, and for that I’m very grateful to those going before me.

Not that they even necessarily know more, or can do it better, but just that (more...)

What is fear really?

posted on 4 September 2009

There’s lots of acronyms going around for what fear really means, one of the most common is False Evidence Appearing Real. But the other day I heard of another one, which I loved:

Faith Eradicated, Awaiting Resurrection — it’s so true! And yet again, last night on a teleclass, someone mentioned yet another: Freely Expecting, Allowing and Receiving (this is one for all fans of the Law of Attraction).

I’m collecting these now, so if you have any more, let me know!

Links between purpose and money

posted on 6 August 2009

“Follow your purpose and you don’t have to worry about your purse”

This is a quote from Theolyn Cortens of SoulSchool.co.uk, which I love. It’s true that defiining what your purpose is, and then choosing to follow it, setting up your life so you can do it is hugely important. It wil mean that you are loving what you are doing, how you are expressing yourself in your life, and that is really important for prosperity.

However, I’m not sure I entirely agree you don’t have to worry about your purse! Actually, that’s not true — you don’t have to worry, that’s true — in fact worrying will only get in the way of money coming into your purse. But you do have to be conscious (more...)