Awareness Quotes

"When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness of our situation and relax into its dynamic quality, that’s called enlightenment, or awakening to our true nature, to our fundamental goodness."

- Pema Chödrön

"Imagine holding on to a hot burning coal. You would not fear letting go of it. In fact, once you noticed that you were holding on, you would probably drop it quickly. But we often do not recognize how we hold on to suffering. It seems to hold on to us."

- Joseph Goldstein

"Whatever comes, let it come, what stays let stay, what goes let go."

- Papaji

"In examining our own lives, we might be able to spot the heavy weight of yesterday's deeds that we persist in carrying around with us. But continuing to carry harsh and negative feelings from the past can be like picking up a pebble in your shoe while you are out walking. You can stop and remove the pebble, or you can continue to walk and let the pebble irritate your foot and cause pain. The choice is yours."

- John Marks Templeton

"Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open."

- Ralph Marston

"The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room."

- Frank Lucas

"Some of your worst gangsters are very low-key guys."

- Mickey Rourke

"The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground."

- Buddha

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."

- Buddha

"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change."

- Gautama Buddha

"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change."

- Buddha

"A great barber can read his customer like a good book."

- Paul Mitchell

"Everybody’s going to have some degree of health problems, and as we get older I think we’ve gotta maintain."

- Tom Hanks

"People take ownership of sickness and disease by saying things like MY high blood pressure MY diabetes, MY heart disease, MY depression, MY! MY! MY! Don’t own it because it doesn’t belong to you!"

- Stella Payton

"Trying to manage Diabetes is hard because if you don’t, there are consequences you’ll have to deal with later in life."

- Bryan Adams

"Diabetes is not curable. It’s sustainable."

- Alvin Leung

"It's not the days in your life, but the life in your days that counts."

- Brian White

"Just listen to your gut, and on the way down to your gut, check in with your heart. Between those two things, they’ll let you know what’s what."

- Ted Lasso

"Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow."

- Swedish Proverb

"In volleyball, the little things are the big things."

- Courtney Thompson

"What’s wrong with knowing what you know now and not knowing what you don’t know until later?"

- Winnie the Pooh

"If it’s not Here, that means it’s out There."

- Winnie the Pooh

"The trouble is, you think you have time."

"Success is not a matter of circumstance, it's a matter of perspective. It's choosing to see the possibilities, not the limitations."

"Slower traffic keep right."

"It’s rude to count people you pass…out loud."

"Everybody is different and it’s not going to be 100% everyday. Expecting your child to be a certain number everyday, all day, everyday, when it’s not going to be you get stressed out."

"Keep calm and ask about Diabetes."

"If the Internet has taught us anything, it's that sometimes it's easier to speak our minds anonymously."

"Even the scoreboard doesn’t tell the full story of our dedication"