Barbara De Angelis Quotes

The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

When you live with constant gratitude, your life will become a living prayer.

Happiness is not an acquisition - it is a skill. We do not experience happiness because of what we get. We experience happiness because of how we live each moment.

All relationships are your mirrors and all people are your teachers.

It takes a lot of courage to be the same person on the outside that you are on the inside.

The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.

Living with integrity means...not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships; asking for what you want and need from others; speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension; behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values; making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.

Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.

Love is the magician of the universe. It creates everything out of nothing.

If you don't develop your skill at enjoying what you have, you won't be any happier when you get more.

There has never been, and never again will be a human being like you. There is nothing ordinary about you. If you feel ordinary, it is because you have chosen to hide the extraordinary parts of yourself from the world.

The obstacles in our path are not blocking us-they are redirecting us. Their purpose is not to interfere with our happiness; it is to point us toward new routes to our happiness, new possibilities, new doorways.

Women need real moments of solitude and self reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.

You can't ask for what you want unless you know what it is. A lot of people don't know what they want or they want much less than they deserve. First you have figure out what you want. Second, you have to decide that you deserve it. Third, you have to believe you can get it. And, fourth, you have to have the guts to ask for it

To succeed, you have to do something and be very bad at it for a while. You have to look bad before you can look really good.

Your passion is your true power. The more you discover and express your passion for life, the more irresistible you will become to others.

Living with integrity means... behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values.

Love makes every space sacred and every moment meaningful . . .

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.

Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.

At the end of our time on earth, if we have lived fully, we will not be able to say, 'I was always happy.' Hopefully, we will be able to say, 'I have experienced a lifetime of real moments, and many of them were happy moments.'

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make on your wedding day, and over and over again and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband.

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.

If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.