Top 167 Quotes & Sayings by Guy Finley - Page 2

Real achievement -- the true measure of how far we have advanced in life -- is not determined by what we have acquired, but rather by the degree to which we have put our fears behind us.

Discouragement is a negative emotion with more than one trick up its dark sleeve. It tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling in the very place you want to leave. Drop all such sorrow permanently by daring to see through this deception of the unconscious mind. You have a destination far beyond where you find yourself standing today

The only reason your mind won't stop its endless chattering is because you won't stop listening to it!

The heart at peace is its own reward, needing nothing outside of itself to be fully content.

We become what we love. What we put first in our lives is what we receive from life.

Trying to change ourselves in order to please others - so that we can feel temporarily whole for having won their approval - is like cutting a flower into pieces so that it will fit into a vase.

You must dare to do the thing you think cannot be done... as this is the only way to discover that there's nothing you can't do.

Real freedom isn't subject to how others estimate our value; it is in realizing that none are free who find their sense of worth wondering how others measure their lives.

Rushing around, hoping to find peace of mind anywhere other than within yourself, is like looking for your heart in someone else's body!

Any form of measuring yourself by the unkind action of another towards you is like looking into a badly fractured mirror... and then blaming yourself for the shattered image you see therein.

Getting stressed and struggling to change the outcome of any past event is like arguing with an echo to make it see your point of view.

The right attitude toward any negative state begins with understanding that its only authority over you is a direct reflection of your attitude towards it.

The Only Power You Need to Be Free of Troublesome People Since what other people do to you is not in your power to change, you need only concern yourself with what you do to yourself, for that is in your power

The only one interested in hearing your sad story is . . . you; and even you wish you didn't have to relive it again!

The nature of what the Divine notices about you is completely different from the nature of what you do to get noticed.

Ours is the task of discovering that our true nature has nothing to fear.

The next time you catch yourself starting to feel bad about anything, immediately stop everything you are doing for a moment and, as simply and as honestly as you can, ask yourself: "Is this what I really want?

On the other side of resistance is the flow of real life.

When you realize no one else on this earth can be like you... that no other soul may know the beauty, sorrow, light and darkness you alone are given to see... then you will, at last, be the fearless individual your Heart of hearts has called you to be.

Every one of us lives in a world that is no larger and no smaller than our understanding.

Until you can love what the truth would teach you about yourself... then your love is incomplete.

There is nothing as certain as silence, stillness, and solitude to introduce you to the secrets of yourself.

Letting go, at its heart, is an act of agreement with Life.

Disappointment, discouragement, and despair are nothing but the bitter fruit of an unfulfilled expectation allowed to live beyond its time.

If you love getting gifts - and who doesn't - then why not accept, with gratitude, the greatest gift there is: the present moment.

No condition outside ourselves can create a rut or trap us in it. It's impossible.

See that any time you feel pained or defeated, it is only because you insist on clinging to what doesn't work. Dare to let go and you won't lose a thing except for a punishing idea.

The only way to cultivate a quiet mind is by planting seeds of silence.

Instead of always asking yourself why so-and-so acts this or that way, learn to ask: "What's inside of me that wants to hurt itself over how anyone else acts?"

Weak thoughts and feelings often feel strong but remember, real strength is never anxious, cruel, or punishing.

Make it your moment-to-moment aim to recognize the difference between being aware of your thoughts, and being carried along by them.

One of the most important rules for me is: Don't ever defend myself. If we could put this one principle into practice, how much more simple life would be.

No one rises above who he or she has been without first having fallen down. The best time - in fact, the only time - to make a real change in your life is in the moment of seeing the need for it. He who hesitates always gets lost in the hundred reasons why tomorrow is a better day to get started.

Any conclusion you reach about yourself has to be an unseen limitation because there's always more to see.

We must do the work to prove our fears groundless, otherwise it is our fears that will gain ground and our lives will be spent in their service.

Discouragement tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling in the very place you want to leave.

The vast majority of our troubles and heartaches would simply vanish from view if only we could remember - before we act - that we are made victims mostly by our own tendencies.

Act on what you love, not from what you fear, and watch how fear fades as love grows.

Psychologically speaking, what is true requires no protection, and never becomes negative when challenged. On the other hand, what is false almost never stops trying to protect itself, which it does by finding fault with whatever or whoever challenges the false image behind which it always hides.

If we only knew how many times our seemingly clever comment cut straight into the heart of the person with whom we have just spoken, it is we who would bleed.

Chasing after a pleasure to ease a pain is like running after a breeze to cool you down.

Learn to be one with who you are in Reality, and the waves of a thousand passing worlds cannot wash you away.

It's a paradox of the true spiritual path, but the more conscious we become of what limits us, the more limitless becomes our life.

It's time to break our ties with anything in us that would rather complain about its situation than go to work to change it.

The belief that you have no choice but to keep suffering through whatever frightens you is like believing you have to hold onto a scalding cup so that you won't spill your coffee!

If I am identified with my relationship, with my house, or with my money, I am doomed to suffer.

We can only begin to change the world around us when we are willing to become a conscious part of all that is changing.

The smallest effort to remember the Divine, or even one of its timeless truths, connects you to a calmness whose power is in that secret strength found in all things deep.

What good is any feeling we may have about ourselves, if it only lasts as long as others agree to it?

Looking to any angry, anxious, or otherwise stressed emotional state to help you sort out the pain you're in is like trying to organize your monthly bills by throwing them into a blender

If any of those times you rushed around madly - trying to get somewhere faster - had ever made any real difference in the quality of your life... don't you think you'd be able to slow down by now?

I am willing to walk toward, and then through, whatever may be seen in the moment as being greater than myself.

Wasting your time in anxious worry over what you may not have is a good way to waste what you need to get it.

Instead of always asking how to get others to approve of you... learn to ask: What do I really want, the applause of the crowds or to quietly have my own life?

We conquer ourselves by learning patience, for she gives to us our longed for victory only in the surrender of self.

To know that every moment — regardless of how it comes wrapped — is a gift greater than you can give yourself, is to be well on your way to a life without fear.

Do the moment-to-moment work of dropping anything that wants to drag you down, and Reality itself will see to it that you rise.

Staying present, living in Presence is the best gift anyone can give to those they love.

Only you can choose the nature of what grows, or what doesn't, within you.

Believing that anxious thoughts and feelings can restore order to your life is like using a chain-saw to fold your laundry.