Daily Inspiration

We spend so much wasted energy trying to be as impressive as those we admire, failing to grasp how impressive we already are to those who quietly admire us. ― Richelle E. Goodrich Mantra: When I choose to love myself, I accept quiet admiration.

All children should be taught to unconditionally accept, approve, admire, appreciate, forgive, trust, and ultimately, love their own person. ― Asa Don Brown Mantra: When I choose to admire who I am, I deepen self-love.

Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate. ― William Arthur Ward Mantra: When I choose to be humble and confident, I treat all people with respect.

People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. ― Theodore Roosevelt Mantra: When I choose to show people I care, I know I make a difference.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. ― Oscar Wilde Mantra: When I choose to open to knowledge within myself, I experience expansive wisdom.

When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense. ― Kahlil Gibrán Mantra: When I choose to open to what I sense, I deepen my knowledge.

To know that you do not know is the best. To think you know when you do not is a disease. Recognizing this disease as a disease is to be free of it. ― Lao Tzu Mantra: When I choose to accept what I don’t know, I open to vulnerability and humility.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. ― Socrates Mantra: When I choose to accept what I don’t know, I open to learning.

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. ― Henry Clay Mantra: When I choose to do small gestures of courtesy, I experience openness and gratitude.