Mindfulness Quotes

"Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone."

- Alan Watts

"Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment."

- Alan Watts

"Please, don’t worry so much. Because in the end none of us have very long on this earth. Life is fleeting. And if you’re ever distressed, cast your eyes to the summer sky."

- Robin Williams

"If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing."

- Ernest Hemingway

"Forget the past and live in the present hour."

- Sarah Knowles Bolton

"If you dwell on the past or future, you will miss the moment."

- Rumi

"This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play."

- Alan Wilson Watts

"If you don’t pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves."

- David Allen

"The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem."

- Pirates of the Caribbean

"We become what we think about most of the time, and that's the strangest secret."

- Earl Nightingale

"Wake up early. Take a shower. Grab a coffee. And open your heart to Nature's ultimate sign of life."

- Luigi Di Freitas

"The secret to a good morning is to watch the sunrise with an open heart."

- Anthony T. Hincks

"Cultivate calm and stillness."

- Brené Brown

"Don’t Let Yesterday Take Up Too Much of Today."

- Will Rogers

"Focus on the journey, not on arriving at a certain destination."

- Chris Hadfield

"“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.”"

- Will Rogers

"“Life is 10% what you experience and 90% how you respond to it.”"

- Dorothy M. Neddermeyer

"Be still, and know that I am God."

- Psalm 46:10

"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

- Matthew 6:34

"When I’m just waking up I like to keep a space for my own thoughts and ideas. Checking my phone is not a priority of mine."

- Andre D. Wagner

"Waking up this morning, I smile. 24 brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

"I’ve found that the first thirty minutes of my day have the biggest impact on how I feel for the rest of my waking hours."

- Molli Sullivan

"The most important thing I do each morning is steady myself by not allowing a sense of urgency to penetrate."

- Matthew Weatherley-White

"In one minute, you can change your attitude, and in that minute, you can change your entire day."

- Spencer Johnson

"Ask yourself a simple question: How do I wake up every morning? By that, I mean, what do those first few moments of consciousness feel like?"

- Shawn Wells

"Your first ritual that you do during the day is the highest leveraged ritual, by far, because it has the effect of setting your mind, and setting the context, for the rest of your day."

- Eben Pagan

"Your morning sets up the success of your day. So many people wake up and immediately check text messages, emails, and social media. I use my first hour awake for my morning routine of breakfast and meditation to prepare myself."

- Caroline Ghosn

"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep."

- Rumi

"When thinking about life, remember this: no amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of anxiety can change the future."

"Enjoy every moment, Mama, they grow up before you know it."