If there is one constant in life, it’s change. Some shifts are more subtle, nuanced, slower to perceive. This could be the growth of your hair and fingernails. Or it might be the increasing strength gained through your yoga practice Other changes are bold and dramatic. These are the life-altering experiences that shift the trajectory of your life. This could be the birth of a child, career change, or death of a loved one. These inspiring quotes for changes in life are designed to keep you calm, confident and clear-minded as you undergo any kind of transition in life.
These can be read at the start of your day to get you ready for the unknown ahead. They’re also a great point of focus during a meditation practice. You can also read one or two at the end of a yoga class, if you’re a yoga professional. Maybe you print out the list and put a meaningful quote up on the refrigerator for you as inspiration to thrive amidst the changes you’re experiencing.
The one I have on my freezer door right now reads, “We evolve with every thought and action throughout the day. Choose wisely.”
I’m reminded that in these latest experiences that incremental change is a really good thing, especially when I’m awake and aware in the process.
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INSPIRING QUOTES ABOUT OUR INNER POWER
“All power is from within, and therefore, under our control.” —Robert Collier
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment” —Ralph Waldo Emmerson
“When we attend, we’re making a choice about how to spend our energy. We’re shifting limited neuronal resources toward a single source, filtering out the world in service of a question. Attention is an inquiry. Are you important? If that answer is yes, the automatic result is learning.” —Steven Kotler, The Art of Impossible
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” —Elisabeth Kübler Ross, Death: The Final Stage of Growth
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INSPIRING QUOTES ABOUT THE HEART
“Every act of love is an act of peace, no matter how small.” —Mother Teresa
“There is a light that shines beyond all things on earth, beyond us all, beyond the heavens, beyond the highest, the very highest of heavens this is the light that shines in our hearts.” —Chandogya Upanishad
“Attention is our currency of love.” —Sierra Wilde
“Mans ideal shows the height of his heart. Man’s understanding shows the depth of his heart. Man’s perception shows the length of his heart. Man’s sympathy shows the breadth of his heart. But the fifth dimension of a man’s heart is seen by all that it contains within itself.” —Hazrat Inayat Kahn
“Joy is not in the stillness waiting at the end of difficult feelings but the sea of Being that holds all feelings, from which thousands of moods we undergo surface like waves to engage us in the world.” —Mark Nepo, Things that Join the Sea and Sky
“Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as to think.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
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INSPIRING QUOTES ABOUT OUR CREATIVITY
“We spend our whole lives projecting a dream, stepping into it, and believing the dream is real. See yourself as the one who is doing all three, and suddenly the world of [angels] becomes as real as the world of solid things.” —Deepak Chopra, Life After Death
“By saying you delight in your work, you will draw inspiration near. Inspiration will be grateful to hear those words coming out of your mouth, because inspiration—like all of us—appreciates being appreciated. Inspiration will overhear your pleasure, and it will send ideas to your door as a reward for your enthusiasm and loyalty. More ideas than you could ever use. Enough ideas for ten lifetimes.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic
“Be content with what you have rejoice in the way things are when you realize that nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you” —Lao-Tzu
“Joy is what matters. Life is eternal.” —Abraham Hicks
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INSPIRING QUOTES ABOUT THE MIND
“We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather around us to see their own images, and so live for a moment with a clearer, perhaps even fiercer life because of our silence” —William Butler Yeats
“Consciousness with thoughts is the mind. Consciousness without thoughts is God.” —Yoga Vasisha
“Stillness does not mean the elimination of disturbances as much as a different way of viewing them.” —Mark Epstein, MD, Going to Pieces without Falling Apart
“Silence is, in truth, the attribute of God, and those who seek him from that side invariably learn that meditation is not a dream, but the reality of life; not its illusions, but its truth; not its weakness, but its strength.” — James Martineau
“In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” —Eric Hoffer, The True Believer
INSPIRING QUOTES ABOUT CHANGE
“Hold to the desires that mean the most to you treasure them, visualize them, nourish them. Let the trivial ones come and go, and reflect on the many aspects of you as you progress.” — Unknown
“A happy life is a string of happy moments, but most people don’t allow happy moments because they’re too busy trying to get a happy life.” —Abraham-Hicks
“Every calling is great when greatly pursued.” —Oliver Holmes, Jr.
“Knowledge is making the right choice with all the information. Wisdom is making the right choice without all the information.” —James Clear, author of Atomic Habits
“Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, no trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things, and still be calm in your heart.” —Unknown
“Joy is the happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.” —Brother David Steindl-Rast
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PUTTING IT TOGETHER
Changes, both big and small, lead to an unknown future. That can be scary. It can cause us to retreat or shrink back from our full potential. Yet if we lean into those changes with an open heart, clear mind, and empowered spirit, we can embody the expanded version of ourselves in the best ways possible. These inspiring quotes might just be the nugget you need to do just that.
Take Action Now:
- Download these quotes to use in your class.
- Start a meditation practice to amplify your strengths through the power of focus.
- Uplift someone else this week by sharing one of these great quotes with them!
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