Quotes tagged ‘Self-Direction’

“If you obsess over whether you are making the right decision, you are basically assuming that the universe will reward you for one thing and punish you for another. The universe has no fixed agenda. Once you make any decision, it works around that decision. There is no right or wrong, only a series…”

— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com

“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”

— Jalaluddin Rumi, amazon.com

“There's a point when you go with what you've got. Or you don't go.”

— Joan Didion, theparisreview.org

“It is easier to act your way into a new way of thinking rather than to think your way into a new way of acting.”

— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com

“Though their values are liberal and their methods unconventional, ENFPs are incredibly driven folk who almost always have a clear-cut goal in mind. They don’t want to go wherever the wind blows them – they want to embody the storm. And they’ll take down whatever stands in their way.”

— Heidi Priebe, amazon.com

“You can have all the faith you want in spirits and the afterlife, heaven and hell, but when it comes to the world, don't be an idiot, because you can tell me that you put your faith in God to get through the day but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.”

— Sara B. Cooper, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, amazon.com

“Patient: Times changes everything. House: That's what people say. It's not true. Doing things changes things. Not doing things leaves things exactly as they were.”

— David Shore, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, amazon.com

“Destiny is for losers. It’s just a stupid excuse to wait for things to happen instead of making them happen.”

— Blair Waldorf, amazon.com

“One of the unique things about the human brain is that it can do only what it thinks it can do.”

— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com

“Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never even have imagined. The coincidences or little miracles that happen every day of your life are hints that the universe has much bigger plans for you than you ever dreamed of for yours…”

— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com

“Every great change is preceded by chaos.”

— Deepak Chopra, deepakchopra.com

“Within every desire is the mechanics of its fulfillment.”

— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com

“When the pain of being the same becomes greater than the pain of being different, you change.”

— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com

“To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude, which most people are afraid of, because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions.”

— Deepak Chopra, books.google.com

“When you make a choice, you change the future.”

— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com

“You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.”

— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com

“The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.”

— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com

“I thought it would all fall into place. I’ve changed my mind. Do nothing, and nothing happens. Life is about decisions.”

— Mhairi McFarlane, amazon.com

“The universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with your thoughts - it gives you what you demand with your actions.”

— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com

“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.”

— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com