151 Quotes
to
Inspire
the
Wise Well Woman
in
You
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With gratitude,
I share the inspiration of so many great men and women who’s
vision and clarity has guided me.
I know these words will continue
to transform humanity
far into the future.
With love, faith and hope,
all things are possible.
Nanette Saylor
Founder, Wise Well Women, Inc.
Creator, 12 Baby Steps Coaching
November 2011
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A SPIRITUAL CONSPIRACY
On the surface of the world right now there is
war and violence and things seem dark.
But calmly and quietly, at the same time,
something else is happening underground
An inner revolution is taking place
and certain individuals are being called to a higher light.
It is a silent revolution.
From the inside out. From the ground up.
This is a Global operation.
A Spiritual Conspiracy.
There are sleeper cells in every nation on the planet.
You won't see us on the T.V.
You won't read about us in the newspaper
You won't hear about us on the radio
We don't seek any glory
We don't wear any uniform
We come in all shapes and sizes, colors and styles
Most of us work anonymously
We are quietly working behind the scenes
in every country and culture of the world
Cities big and small, mountains and valleys,
in farms and villages, tribes and remote islands
You could pass by one of us on the street
and not even notice
We go undercover
We remain behind the scenes
It is of no concern to us who takes the final credit
But simply that the work gets done
Occasionally we spot each other in the street
We give a quiet nod and continue on our way
During the day many of us pretend we have normal jobs
But behind the false storefront at night
is where the real work takes a place
Some call us the Conscious Army
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We are slowly creating a new world
with the power of our minds and hearts
We follow, with passion and joy
Our orders come from from the Central Spiritual Intelligence
We are dropping soft, secret love bombs when no one is looking
Poems ~ Hugs ~ Music ~ Photography ~ Movies ~ Kind words ~
Smiles ~ Meditation and prayer ~ Dance ~ Social activism ~ Websites
Blogs ~ Random acts of kindness...
We each express ourselves in our own unique ways
with our own unique gifts and talents
Be the change you want to see in the world
That is the motto that fills our hearts
We know it is the only way real transformation takes place
We know that quietly and humbly we have the
power of all the oceans combined
Our work is slow and meticulous
Like the formation of mountains
It is not even visible at first glance
And yet with it entire tectonic plates
shall be moved in the centuries to come
Love is the new religion of the 21st century
You don't have to be a highly educated person
Or have any exceptional knowledge to understand it
It comes from the intelligence of the heart
Embedded in the timeless evolutionary pulse of all human beings
Be the change you want to see in the world
Nobody else can do it for you
We are now recruiting
Perhaps you will join us
Or already have.
All are welcome
The door is open
-Author unknown
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“Each path is only one of a million paths. Therefore, you must always keep in mind that a
path is only a path. If you feel that you must not follow it, you need not stay with it under
any circumstances. Any path is only a path. There is no affront to yourself or others in
dropping it if that is what your heart tells you to do. But your decision to keep on it must be
free of fear and ambition. I warn you: look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as
many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself and yourself alone one question. It is
this: Does this path have a heart? All paths are the same. They lead nowhere. They are
paths going through the brush or into the brush or under the brush. Does this path have a
heart is the only question. If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn't, it is of no use.”
- From the teachings of Don Juan, Carlos Castaneda
"At times you have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your
intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself."
- Alan Alda
"There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."
- Vincent Van Gogh
"BELIEVE WHEN OTHERS MIGHT NOT. Do just once what others say you can't do,
and you will never pay attention to their limitations again."
- Edmund Brown, Jr.
“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never
found these dangers sufficient reasons for remaining ashore.”
-Vincent Van Gogh
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"If you hear a voice within you say, "You cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that
voice will be silenced."
-Vincent Van Gogh
"You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for
twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating."
- Barbara Sher
"We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, but a
small group of determined people can change the course of history."
-Sonia Johnson
"Any path is only a path, and there is no affront to oneself or to others, in dropping it if
that is what your heart tells you."
- Carlos Castaneda
“Fire”
What makes a fire burn
is space between the logs,
a breathing space.
Too much of a good thing,
too many logs
packed in too tight
can douse the flames
almost as surely
as a pail of water would.
So building fires
requires attention
to the spaces in between,
as much as to the wood.
When we are able to build
open spaces
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in the same way
we have learned
to pile on the logs,
then we can come to see how
it is fuel, and absence of the fuel
together, that make fire possible.
We only need to lay a log
lightly from time to time.
A fire
grows
simply because the space is there,
with openings
in which the flame
that knows just how it wants to burn
can find its way.
- Judy Brown
"You should know now that a man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about
acting, nor by thinking about what he will think when he has finished acting. A man of
knowledge chooses a path with heart and follows it."
- Carlos Castaneda, A Separate Reality
"You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle and to fly to the
sun, over continents."
- Henry Ward Beecher
"Imagination is the beginning of creation. We imagine what we desire, we will what we
imagine; and at last we create what we will."
- George Bernard Shaw
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"Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up.
They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended
to be."
- Charles "Tremendous" Jones
"Learn to tell when your body and soul need to come back to earth. Take time to get
grounded. Then you'll be able to soar."
-Melody Beattie
"When life pokes and prods you, it's not punishment or abuse. You're being pushed out of
the nest. Spread your wings and take flight. See how well you can fly!"
- Melody Beattie, Journey to the Heart.
"Find rituals that help you believe that peace is yours, rituals that connect you to the
Divine in the universe. Ask for peace. Ask in a way that works for you."
- Melody Beattie
"Stay present for each step of your journey. Trust each stage. Many things are possible for
you if you accept that the fastest way is one step at a time."
-Melody Beattie.
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"You may be the answer to someone's prayers. Without you, someone may not be living.
Someone you don't even know exists, loves you and is grateful that you're in the world. "
-Mary Augustine
An Old Irish Blessing --
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
"A friend is someone who knows all about you, and still likes you."
- E. Hubbard
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. "
-Elbert Hubbard
"And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud
was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
-Anais Nin
" If the world is to be healed by human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary
people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear. "
- Joanna Macy
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"Today I give my best to that which I do, knowing that when one experience is complete, I
am led to even more fulfilling and rewarding experiences."
- Louise Hay, Power Thought Cards
Never let anyone steal your dream.
It's YOUR dream, not theirs!
-Dan Zadra
You shall see Him smiling in flowers, then rising and waving His hands in trees."
-Kahlil Gibran
"Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of yourself and everybody else. Don't
let your special character and spirit--the true essence of you-- don't let that get beaten
down."
- Meryl Streep
"Is not religion all deeds and all reflection?
Who can separate his faith from his actions, or his belief from his occupations?
Your daily life is your temple and your religion...
And if you would know God be not therefore a solver of riddles.
Rather look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children.
And look into space; you shall see Him walking in the cloud, outstretching His arms in the
lightning and descending in the rain.
You shall see Him smiling in flowers, then rising and waving His hands in trees."
--Kahlil Gibran
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"The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you
are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the
strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is
a true gift...It is painfully won, and it has been worth more to me than any qualification I
ever earned."
- from J.K. Rowling's 2008 Harvard commencement address
"Wine is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy".
-Ben Franklin
[Wise Well Woman note: when enjoyed in moderation, of course!]
"Very gently and very lovingly I go on and on, reminding you of the things that do matter
in life until eventually they become a part of you, and live and move and have their being in
you."
- Eileen Caddy's guidance
"When I stand on a rolling hill and I look out to the sea
I can feel the force of freedom finding fellowship with me
I can hear a call to courage to be all that I can be
Then I know that I have found .... destiny."
- Miriam Therese Winter
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."
-Maya Angelou
"Let us now live out of our imagination instead of our memory."
-Les Brown
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The more you learn what to do with yourself, and the more you do for others, the more you
will enjoy the abundant life.
-William J. H. Boetcker
"To change one's life:
1. Start immediately
2. Do it flamboyantly
3. No exceptions"
- William James
"With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the
wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity."
-Keshavan Nair
“It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I
suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of
personkind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.”
-Leo F. Buscaglia, 1924-1998
"There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and
there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will
never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not
your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is
your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not
even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to
the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open."
- Martha Graham
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"When you come to the edge of all the light you have known, and are about to step out into
darkness, Faith is knowing one of two things will happen; There will be something to stand
on, or you will be taught to fly."
-Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
"Learn from Yesterday. Live for Today. Hope for Tomorrow."
-Albert Einstein
"Logic will take you from A to B but imagination will take you everywhere."
-Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein's Three Rules of Work:
1. Out of clutter, find simplicity.
2. From discord, make harmony.
3. In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity.
“It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and
when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey.”
-Wendell Berry
"We're all here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to
lead people through the dark."
- Whoopi Goldberg
"On the human chess board, all moves are possible."
- Miriam Schiff, Educator
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"Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have
received--only what you have given: a full heart, enriched honest service, love, sacrifice,
and courage."
- St. Francis of Assisi
"We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is
awaiting us.... The old skin has to be shed before the new one is to come."
-Joseph Campbell
"We learn to do something by doing it. There is no other way."
- John Holt, Educator
When you lose touch with your inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself.
When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.
Your innermost sense of self, of who you are, is inseparable from stillness.
This is the I Am that is deeper than name and form.
Stillness is your essential nature.
What is stillness? The inner space or awareness in which the words on this page are being
perceived and become thoughts.
Without that awareness, there would be no perception, no thoughts, no world.
You are that awareness, disguised as a person.
-As read from Stillness Speaks, Eckhart Tolle
"When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in
the life of another." - Helen Keller
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“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature…. Life is either a daring
adventure or nothing."
-Helen Keller
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what
lies within us."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
From Bobbi Brown:
1. Spread Beauty
2. Do what you love
3. Love what you do
4. Keep it simple
5. Laugh out loud
6. Go with the flow
7. Be real
8. Focus on the positive
9. Do your best
10. Just breathe
The Law Of Intention:
“Our thoughts create our reality - where we put our focus
is the direction we tend to go.”
- Peter McWilliams
"In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until
we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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"Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual, you have an
obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
"Treat yourself as if you already are what you'd like to be."
- Dr. Wayne Dyer
"Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change."
-Wayne Dyer
“You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.”
-Wayne Gretzky
Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It
means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.
-author unknown
"Wisdom has three sources: to believe anything is possbile, to accept all things are
questionable, to know the answer is unknowable."
-author unknown
"Courage...fear that has said it's prayers."
-Dorothy Bernard
"Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover
who you are."
-Bernice Reagon, Historian
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"The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third
memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others."
-Solomon Gabriol
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the
strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
- Harriet Tubman
"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though
you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and
time that the tide will turn."
-Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1811-1896, Writer
PRAYER FOR COURAGE by Nanette
"God, give me the courage to strive for the highest goals, to flee every temptation to be
mediocre. Enable me to open my heart with joy, aspire to greatness, surrendering to your
guidance. Grant me grace, and free me from the fear of failure."
In this New Year, may you find love in your heart, for yourself and all the earth's
creatures. May you know the peace born of faith in a power greater than yourself, and
may your dreams be filled with hope, inspired by belief in limitless possibilities.
-Nanette Saylor, Dec 31, 2010
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"Order and regularity can be the foundation for the serenity that provides me the freedom
to create. Out of simple systematic processes will come the moments of inspiration that are
the new programs of my future."
-Nanette Saylor
"We will be known forever by the tracks we leave."
- Native American Proverb
"May you always have walls for the wind, a roof for the rain, and tea beside the fire;
laughter to cheer you, those you love near you and all your heart may desire."
- author unknown
"Anything worth doing is worth doing badly."
- Julia Cameron
“Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing,dance,
praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us.”
-Saint Theresa
"Say nothing of my religion. It is known to my God and myself alone. Its evidence before
the world is to be sought in my life; if that has been honest and dutiful to society, the
religion which has regulated it cannot be a bad one."
-Thomas Jefferson
"Where I thought a light went out, now a candle shines."
-Mary Chapin Carpenter
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“The sovereignty you have over your work will inspire far more people than the actual
content ever will. How your own sovereignty inspires other people to find their own
sovereignty, their own sense of freedom and possibility, will give the work far more power
than the work’s objective merits ever will.
Your idea doesn’t have to be big. It just has to be yours alone. The more the idea is yours
alone, the more freedom you have to do something really amazing.
The more amazing, the more people will click with your idea.
The more people click with your idea, the more this little thing of yours will snowball into a
big thing.”
-from Ignore Everybody: And 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod
(@gapingvoid)
AN IRISH FRIENDSHIP WISH
May there always be work for your hands to do; May your purse always hold a coin or
two; May the sun always shine on your windowpane; May a rainbow be certain to follow
each rain; May the hand of a friend always be near you; May God fill your heart with
gladness to cheer you.
May today there be peace within.
May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others.
May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to
you. May you be content with yourself just the way you are.
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"Special" is a word that is used to describe something one-of-a-kind
like a hug
or a sunset
or a person who spreads love with a smile and a kind gesture.
"Special" describes people who act from the heart
and keep in mind the hearts of others.
"Special" applies to something that is admired and precious
and which can never be replaced.
"Special" is the word that best describes you.
-Teri Fernandez
"The most powerful thing you can do -- the thing that will give you much greater leverage
than any action -- is to spend time every day visualizing your life as you want it to be. We
encourage that you go to a quiet and private environment every day where you can imagine
your body, your environment, your relationships, and your life in ways that please you."
-Abraham-Hicks
“The process of spotting fear and refusing to obey it is the source of all true
empowerment.”
-Martha Beck.
"The thoughts we think and the words we speak create our experiences."
-Louise L. Hay
"We may not have it all together, but TOGETHER we have it ALL!"
- Author unknown. Shared by Allyson Lipnack, weallneedinspiration.com
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Advice from a Butterfly:
Let your true colors show
Get out of your cocoon
Take yourself lightly
Look for the sweetness in life
Take time to smell the flowers
Catch a breeze
We can’t all be Monarchs!
-“Advice from Nature” T-shirt at Butterfly World, FLL, http://www.yourtruenature.com/
"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."
- Lao Tzu
"One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes."
-Antoine de Saint Exupery, Little Prince
"The thing is to become a Master and in your old age to acquire the courage to do what
children did when they knew nothing."
-Henry Miller
"The world will be saved by the Western woman,"says the Dalai Lama. "Some people may
call me a feminist. But we need more effort to promote basic human values - human
compassion, human affection. And in that respect, females have more sensitivity for others'
pain and suffering."
- Dalai Lama
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People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
-Often attributed to Mother Theresa, but actually written by someone else...
"What life presents to you is a direct result of what you have presented to your inner self "
-Edwene Gaines
"The New Life you seek is within you; to look for it anywhere else is like trying to enter
your home by going out the front door."
- Guy Finley
"Life isn’t a mountain that has a summit. Nor is it a riddle that has an answer. Nor a game
that has a final score. Life is an endless unfolding, and if we wish it to be, an endless
process of self-discovery."
-John W. Gardner
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"Some people regard discipline as a chore.
For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly."
- Julie Andrews
"Creative minds always have been known to survive any kind of bad training."
- Anna Freud, psychoanalyst 1895-1982
"Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward."
-Achann Chah
"Keeping a journal will absolutely change your life in ways you've never imagined."
- Oprah Winfrey
"Dance is the fastest, most direct route to the truth -- not some big truth that belongs to
everybody, but the get down and personal kind, the what's-happening-in-me-right-now
kind of truth. We dance to reclaim our brilliant ability to disappear in something bigger,
something safe, a space without a critic or a judge or an analyst."
- Gabrielle Roth, 5Rhythms Dance Founder
"With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the
wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity."
- Keshavan Nair
"We cannot escape fear. We can only transform it into a companion that accompanies us
on all our exciting adventures...Take a risk a day- one small or bold stroke that will make
you feel great once you have done it."
-Susan Jeffers
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"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you
are a leader."
-John Quincy Adams
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
-Leonardo da Vinci
"No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made
known silently."
- Agnes de Mille
"Cherish your visions and your dreams, they are the children of your soul and the
blueprints of your ultimate achievements."
-Napolean Hill
Consume Less. Waste Nothing. Recycle What's Left.
-author unknown
"Let go of the idea that gentle, relaxed people can't be super-achievers."
- Richard Carlson, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff.
"Life is a test. It is only a test. Had this been a real life you would have been instructed
where to go and what to do."
-Quoted in Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, by Richard Carlson.
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All we did was sow some seeds and worked and wrought to make this work, so that we and
others could live. In Peace, in Freedom and in Love
- Jimmy Kinnon
"We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that
things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart."
- Pema Chödrön
"Nothing is impossible. The word itself says "I'm possible".
- Audrey Hepburn
"There's the gift, there's the spirit, and there's the work-- all three have to come together.
If one of those things is off, it can stop you from becoming who you were meant to be."
-Jay Z
“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by
dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of
others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to
follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to
become. Everything else is secondary.”
- Steve Jobs
“Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. “
-Rumi
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"No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of
your knowledge. The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers,
gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. If he is indeed wise he
does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of
your own mind."
- Rumi
"Beingness, doingness, and havingness are like a triangle where each side supports the
others. They are not in conflict with each other. They all exist simultaneously.
You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do,
in order to have what you want.
The purpose of creative visualization is:
To connect us with our beingness
To help us focus and facilitate our doingness
To increase and expand our havingness"
- Shakti Gawain
"If ever the world sees a time when women shall come together purely and simply for the
benefit of humanity, it will be a power such as the world has never known."
- Matthew Arnold (1822-1888, British Poet)
Creative thinking is much more than using your imagination to crank out lots of new ideas.
Creative thinking is a lifestyle, a personality trait, a way of perceiving the world, a way of
interacting with other people, and a way of living and growing.
-Gary Davis
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“Remember to delight yourself first, then others will be truly delighted.”
- SARK
"Remember, every defeat, every disappointment, and every adversity carries with it the
seed of an equivalent or greater benefit."
- Napoleon Hill
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
-Picasso
"When you're ready to quit you're closer than you think."
-Bob Parsons
"The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon
you can be is an instrument of peace."
- Carlos Santana
"I believe in blogging with purpose. It might be to change the world. Or it might be to
change yourself. Hopefully a little bit of both."
-Matthew Warner
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“To sum it all up, if you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime
fool that God ever turned out and sent rambling.
You must write every single day of your life.
You must read dreadful dumb books and glorious books, and let them wrestle in beautiful
fights inside your head, vulgar one moment, brilliant the next.
You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes
and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads.
I wish for you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime.
I wish craziness and foolishness and madness upon you.
May you live with hysteria, and out of it make fine stories—science fiction or otherwise.
Which finally means, may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days.
And out of that love, remake a world.”
-Ray Bradbury
"But if you have nothing at all to create, then perhaps you create yourself."
- Carl Jung
"Love is the spirit that motivates the artist's journey. The love may be sublime, raw,
obsessive, passionate, awful, or thrilling, but whatever it's quality, it's a powerful motive in
the artist's life."
- Eric Maisel
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by
the ones you did do."
- Mark Twain
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"Simplify everything, eliminate some things and celebrate what remains!"
- http://www.hanuiloa.com/
“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.”
-William Somerset Maugham
"Trust your own unique way of doing things."
- SARK
"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
- Lewis Carroll
"The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas."
-Linus Pauling
“Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? We are determined to be starved
before we are hungry.”
- Henry David Thoreau
"Peace is a general feeling of ease and effortlessness within you.
It empowers you to enjoy each moment, live with ease and create anything you desire
in a harmonious, resistance free, enjoyable manner. Peace occurs when you let go
of wanting to change what is."
-Rishan B
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"First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my
mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it...We
do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand."
-C. Day Lewis
“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your
greatest treasures.”
-Lao Tzu
“Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.”
- Plato
“Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.”
-Yogananda
“A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks, he becomes.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
"Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious
commitment to the unimportant."
- Steven Covey
"To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop
something."
- Lao Tzu
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Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
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it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
- written by Max Ehrmann in the 1920s [Not "Found in Old St. Paul's Church"]
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"Every word a woman writes changes the story of the world, revises the official version."
- Carolyn See
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful
beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves,
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing
enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all
meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is
within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we
unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our
own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
-from A Return to Love, by Marianne Williamson.
"We are the searchers. The silent music makers. The followers of dreams. Often we are
unaware of the strength and courage within the human spirit and we can never know just
what sweet miracles may come. It is not necessary to understand how the heart is able to
find new beginnings, but all through life's journey the heart always finds its way."
- Flavia
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Love Them Anyway
(A favorite of the beloved Mother Teresa)
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do may be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honest and frankness can make you vulnerable.
Be honest anyway.
The biggest people with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest people with the
smallest ideas.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow top dogs.
Fight for the underdogs anyway.
What you spent years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People who need help may attack you if you help them.
Help them anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you may get kicked in the teeth.
Give your best anyway.
- Kent Keith
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PROMISE YOURSELF
Promise yourself to be so strong
That nothing can disturb your peace of mind
To talk health, happiness and prosperity
To every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel
That there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything
And to make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best,
To work only for the best
And expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
As you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past
And press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times
And give every living creature you meet a smile,
That you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry,
To noble for anger, too strong for fear
And too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
- Author unknown.
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BE...
Lost! on a painted sky.
Where the clouds are hung, for the poets eye.
You may find him. If you may find him.
There! on a distant shore.
By the wings of dreams through an open door.
You may know him. If you may.
BE!
There's a page that aches for a word which speaks on a theme that is timeless.
While the sun God will make for your day.
Sing!
There's a song in search of a voice that is silent.
And the one God will make for your way.
-Neil Diamond, music and lyrics for Jonathan Livingston Seagull
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Becoming a Wise Well Woman…
I am Nanette Saylor, Founder of Wise Well Women, Inc. and the creator of the 12
Baby Steps Coaching Program. I am an ex-hospitality executive turned creativity
coach. I am passionate about creating a business and life I love and supporting other
women to do the same. I believe no woman, young or old, should live a life defined and
limited by her history or created to fit someone else’s rules or values.
It is my sincere desire that you will find these quotes, messages and expressions to be as
inspiring to you as they have been to me..
It is my hope that you will learn to know and love yourself, transforming your days from
chaos to calm. Beginning today, you can take your life back. As you take “baby steps”
toward walking your true path, and creating a self-care practice that connects you to
your inner guidance, I believe you will connect to the “Wise Well Woman” inside of you.
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I realized one day that my path of self-discovery was leading me toward becoming a
woman who presents her authentic self to the world each and every day, with joy and
pride, and encourages others to do the same.
I was sharing my truth with courage, openly and honestly. With passion, I made
peace with living life on life’s terms.
I began to consciously choose each moment to step bravely in the direction of my
higher purpose, extending love to all.
And, guided by a deep faith in the God of my choosing, I began carrying a
message of hope to all those in need.
This is my creed- The Wise Well Woman’s Creed; it is my calling.
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