25 Quotes to Guide You Through Life

Life can be a tough cookie. But with a little motivation and inspiration, we know we can make it !

1. “No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”

-Gautama Buddha, Sayings Of Buddha

2. “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”

-Rumi

3. "Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else."

-Shunryu Suzuki,Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

4. “This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.”

-Elizabeth Gilbert,Eat, Pray, Love

5. “Dance when you're broken open. Dance if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.”

-Rumi

6. "I am in love with no other than myself, and my very separation is my union…I am my beloved and my lover; I am my knight and my maiden."

-Ibn ‘Arabi

7. “Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.”

― Rumi

8. "This too, shall pass."

9. “You’re wishin’ too much, baby. You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be.”

― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

10. "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so."

-Shakespeare

11. "Step out of the circle of time, and into the circle of love."

-Rumi

12. Happiness depends on what you can give, not on what you can get.

-Swami Chinmayananda

13. “Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.”

-Rumi

14. “Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots.”

-Elizabeth Gilbert,Eat, Pray, Love

15. "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

16. “Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.”

-Rumi

17. “Om Namah Shivaya, meaning, I honor the divinity that resides within me.”

-Elizabeth Gilbert,Eat, Pray, Love

18. "If you don’t get something, it means something bigger is coming your way."

19. “Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.”

-Elizabeth Gilbert,Eat, Pray, Love

20. “Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.”

-Rumi

21. Everything happens for a reason.

22. “At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.”

-Elizabeth Gilbert,Eat, Pray, Love

23. “If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”

-Rumi

24. "This is not the end of the world. You got this."

25. And lastly : “Either give me more wine or leave me alone.”

-Rumi

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