Nothing is Permanent — Learn to Perform Without Motivation. 

-David Goggins

“The poorer we are inwardly, the more we try to enrich ourselves outwardly.”  

-Bruce Lee

"It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not."

Thick Nhat Hanh

“There are many ways to calm a negative energy without suppressing or fighting it. You recognize it, you smile to it, and you invite something nicer to come up and replace it; you read some inspiring words, you listen to a piece of beautiful music, you go somewhere in nature, or you do some walking meditation.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

"All conditioned things are impermanent. When one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering."

-Budda

“People don't realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind.”

Eckhart Tolle

“Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don't struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality.”

Pema  Chödrön

“To be calm is the greatest achievement of the self.”

Zen proverb

“Today I choose calm over chaos, serenity over stress, peace over perfection, grace over grit, faith over fear.”

Mary Davis Author

“Calm the mind, change the world”

Michael Acton Smith 

"Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health."

Dalai Lama

“Be content with what you have;
rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
the whole world belongs to you.

 Lao Tzu

“It’s hard to translate it exactly, but the closest word is chokkshay, which is a very deep and spiritual word that means ‘the knowledge of enough.’ It basically means that right here, right now, everything is perfect as it is, regardless of what you are experiencing outside.”

Dr. Dorji Wangchuk, Himalayas of Eastern Bhutan

“Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“The path begins with cultivating appreciation of our oneness with others through generosity, nonharming, right speech, and right action. Then, on the foundation of these qualities, we purify our minds through the concentration practices of meditation. As we do, we come to experience wisdom through recognizing the truth and become deeply aware of the suffering caused by separation and of the happiness of knowing our connection with all beings.”

Sharon Salzberg

“When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.”

The 14th Dalai Lama (1935)

Head Monk of The Gelugpa Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism

“When you write down a list of “three good things” that happened that day, your brain will be forced to scan the last 24 hours for potential positives –.”

Shawn Achor

The greatness of a man is not how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Bob Marley

When we take time to notice the things that go right - it means we're getting a lot of little rewards throughout the day.

Martin Seligman

"Resilience: The capacity of the body and mind to undergo significant stress arousal and recover from it, returning to a baseline equilibrium so that allostasis is restored.  Each time we experience significant stress and fully recover; we widen our window of tolerance to stress arousal and thereby increase resilience." 

Dr. Elizabeth Stanley