Gratitude for Life

We return thanks to our mother,
the earth, which sustains us.
We return thanks to the rivers and streams
which supply us with water.
We return thanks to all herbs, which furnish medicines
for the cure of our diseases.
We return thanks to the corn, and to her sisters,
the beans and squashes, which give us life. ...
We return thanks to the sun,
that he has looked upon the earth with a beneficent eye.
Lastly, we return thanks to the Great Spirit,
in whom is embodied all goodness,
and who directs all things for the good of his children.
- Iroquois traditional

Believe in the goodness of life.
Believe in the power of time to heal and to renew.
Believe in the power of forgiveness and gratitude.
Believe in the gift of rainbows and butterflies.
Believe in the laughter of children.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Zero-Based Gratitude

Celebrating Rainbows and Butterflies - the Small Miracles of Our Life

A List of Gratitudes

Comparisons are Odious

Gratitude Quotes

Quotes about Life

Quotes about Wealth

Quotes about Nature

Quotes about Clarity

Appreciate Yourself

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Be gentle first with yourself.
- Lama Yeshe

Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
- Anonymous

Believe in yourself, and trust your own wisdom
rather than being swayed by the opinions of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: How to Feel Good About Yourself

How to Stay Positive

How to Move On and Let Go

more Self Esteem Articles

Quotes about Being Yourself

Self Esteem Quotes

Quotes about Thoughts

New Day Quotes

Quotes about Experience

Focus

The Main Thing is to Keep
The Main Thing The Main Thing.
- Stephen Covey

We can always choose to perceive things differently.
You can focus on what's wrong in your life,
or you can focus on what's right.
- Marianne Williamson

Almost nothing you worry about today
will matter in a hundred years.
Think carefully about what you can focus on today.
Choose tasks that will actually make a positive difference
to your great-grandchildren.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Time, Like Life Itself, Has No Inherent Meaning

The Jump is So Frightening - Mary Anne Radmacher

Pay It Forward

Plant Trees For Your Grandchildren

Quotes about Focus

Quotes about Meaning

Quotes about Generations

Quotes about the World

Quotes about The Future

Discovery

Who never walks save where he sees
men's tracks, makes no discoveries.
- J. G. Holland

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
- James Joyce

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes
but in having new eyes.
- Marcel Proust

I release the familiar that I may better discover my inspiring future.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: How to Move On and Let Go

Abundance or Scarcity? Love or Fear?

How to Be Yourself

Quotes about Discovery

Know Thyself

Moving On Quotes

Philosophical Quotes

Quotes to Live By

Zen Koans

Aspire

Our aspirations are our possibilities.
- Robert Browning

Follow what you are genuinely passionate about
and let that guide you to your destination.
- Diane Sawyer

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations.
For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
- Henry David Thoreau

As we come to the closing of this year, and the birth of a new year, reexamine that to which you aspire. Do you need different goals? Or perhaps the same destination, but a better way to get there?

Further reading: How to Choose Your Life Purpose

Success Tip: Drive Change

Daily Journaling - How to Begin a Rewarding Journaling Practice

Quotes about Goals

Life Purpose Quotes

Quotes about Aspirations

New Beginning Quotes

Quotes about Courage