When life hands me lemons, I’ve learned not to make lemonade, but a chef-inspired lemon chiffon pie complete with homemade lemon curd and candied lemon slices!
When life hands me lemons, I’ve learned not to make lemonade, but a chef-inspired lemon chiffon pie complete with homemade lemon curd and candied lemon slices!
When life hands me lemons, I’ve learned not to make lemonade, but a chef-inspired lemon chiffon pie complete with homemade lemon curd and candied lemon slices!
When life hands me lemons, I’ve learned not to make lemonade, but a chef-inspired lemon chiffon pie complete with homemade lemon curd and candied lemon slices!
It’s hard to easily take the spring out of my step or the will out of my own forward motion when I have set my mind to great things.
When life decides to hand you lemons, or when you feel like lingering in the kitchen to make your own unforgettable lemon chiffon pie to get back at life’s sometimes not-so-funny sense of humor, use these quotes to inspire you.
To encourage you.
To keep yourself pressing forward.
I want to share 31 of my favorites with you to pay forward the words that have changed and shaped my life over the years.
(I’m sure I’ll do a “Part 2” to this list sometime in the future.)
Feel free to use these to be a part of the positive change.
Email them to your loved ones.
Text them to your friends.
Jot down the ones that resonate with you.
(Just remember to credit the authors!)
Ready?
Here we go…
31 Encouraging Mindful Quotes
-1-
“Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.”
– Bethany Hamilton
-2-
“We cannot become what we want by remaining what we are.”
– Max Depree
-3-
“It’s okay to look back at the past. Just don’t stare.”
– Benjamin Dover
-4-
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
– Maya Angelou
-5-
“Take full responsibility for your life.””
– Les Brown
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“When you’re no longer willing to tolerate something, that’s when your life changes.”
– Tony Robbins
-7-
“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it isn’t open.”
– Frank Zappa
-8-
“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”
– Epictetus
-9-
“The graveyard is the richest place on Earth because it is here that you’ll find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared, the cures that were never discovered, all because someone was too afraid to take that first step, keep with the problem, or determined to carry out their dream.”
– Les Brown
-10-
“What changes people is when their shoulds become musts.”
– Tony Robbins
-11-
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes. Including you.”
– Anne Lamott
-12-
“If you want your life to be different, you have to be willing to do something different first.”
– Hal Elrod
-13-
“I have seen the bottom. Now I’m ready for the top.”
– Samer Tawk
-14-
“You control your own life. Your own will is extremely powerful.”
– J.K. Rowling
-15-
“You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.”
– Les Brown
-16-
“Life’s too short to not do what you love every day. Live life fully.”
– Alice Park
-17-
“The expert at anything was once a beginner.”
– Helen Hayes
-18-
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”
– Steve Jobs
-19-
“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.”
– Les Brown
-20-
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.”
– Dolly Parton
-21-
“Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become a reality.”
– Les Brown
-22-
“The two most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you figure out why.”
– Mark Twain
-23-
“She believed she could, so she did.”
– R.S. Grey
-24-
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”
– Alice Walker
-25-
“When you have a dream, you have to grab it and never let go.”
– Carol Burnett
-26-
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”
– Ayn Rand
-27-
“The way to get started is to stop talking and begin doing.”
– Walt Disney
-28-
“By changing nothing, nothing changes.”
– Tony Robbins
-29-
“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.”
– Wayne Dyer
-30-
“Everything you’ve ever wanted is sitting on the other side of fear.”
– George Addair
-31-
“You are one decision away from a completely different life.”
– Mel Robbins
I’ve taken these quotes to heart throughout my life.
I keep a copy of them in my personal journal and I look at them every day.
They inspire.
They encourage.
They offer hope.
Thanks to all of the above credited authors for prompting light and drive into my life!
MY MINDFUL REQUEST:
Let me know what you are doing to change YOUR life with small steps to help improve it!