Mindfulness Quotes

"The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness."

- Abraham Maslow

"If you want a relaxed body, you can do it by relaxing your mind. If you want a relaxed mind, relax your body."

- Jay Winner

"Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life"

- Eckhart Tolle

"Winter sunset can be a particularly good time for a small daily ritual: making a sunset tea tray, with a hot drink and a little treat, pairs something often seen as negative (the early darkness) with something delightful to reclaim sunset as a time for pleasure."

- Kari Leibowitz

"To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him."

- Buddha

"Smile, breathe, and go slowly."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

"Don’t underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering."

- Winnie the Pooh

"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present."

- Marcus Aurelius

"Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow; it only saps today of its strength."

- A.J. Cronin

"Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything."

- Mary Hemingway

"The psychological condition of fear is divorced from any concrete and true immediate danger. It comes in many forms: unease, worry, anxiety, nervousness, tension, dread, phobia, and so on. This kind of psychological fear is always of something that might happen, not of something that is happening now. You are in the here and now, while your mind is in the future. This creates an anxiety gap. And if you are identified with your mind and have lost touch with the power and simplicity of the Now, that anxiety gap will be your constant companion. You can always cope with the present moment, but you cannot cope with something that is only a mind projection - you cannot cope with the future."

- Eckhart Tolle

"What cannot be known hollows the mind. Fill it not with guesswork."

- Galadriel, LOTR (Rings of Power)

"Reading forces you to be quiet in a world that no longer makes a place for that."

- John Green

"We psyche ourselves up too much. Like, if you try to talk yourself into, 'Oh, this is a big moment, this is a big shot,' you're putting a lot of pressure on yourself. You shot that shot hundreds and thousands of times. Just shoot another one."

- Kobe Bryant

"When we are saying this cannot be accomplished, this cannot be done, then we are short-changing ourselves. My brain—it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I have to sit there and face myself and tell myself ‘You are a failure,’ I think that is almost worse than dying."

- Kobe Bryant

"Exercise is like meditation for me. And I'm giving myself that time . . . I cannot live without it now. When you have such a good workout, it clears everything up mentally, physically, and you just have a better day."

- Minka Kelly

"I never listen to music when I run – I listen to the beat of my heart. I like to feel the blood pumping in my veins. If I’m running for a long time, I take my hydration pack. I like to disappear up a mountain or into the woods and come back two hours later."

- Fred Sirieux

"When you find yourself stressed, ask yourself one question: Will this matter in 5 years from now? If yes, then do something about the situation. If no, then let it go."

- Catherine Pulsifer

"June invites us to slow down, reflect, and savor the simple pleasures of life."

- Grace Greene

"I’m not a dieter. I just don’t eat as much as I’d like to."

- Matthew McConaughey

"Eating is not a simple act of fueling the body, it’s a massive interactive experience that engages the whole body and mind. And it requires skill."

- Alice Waters

"Breathe deep. It's Friday."

"Deep breath. Friday is here."

"Take a deep breath. It's Friday."

"Train your mind, and your body will follow."

"Master your mind, and the rest will follow."

"Cleaning is an act of mindfulness and presence."

- Unknown

"Cleaning and decluttering can be a very meditative experience."

"Breathe."