Debbie Ford Quotes

Live in the knowledge that you are a gift to the world.

It isn't what happens to us in life that creates our joy, but rather how we respond to what happens in our lives.

If we want a new future that does not look like our past, we must make new choices in the present.

Like the lotus flower that is born out of mud, we must honor the darkest parts of ourselves and the most painful of our life’s experiences, because they are what allow us to birth our most beautiful self.

Your life will be transformed when you make peace with your shadow. The caterpillar will become a breathtakingly beautiful butterfly. You will no longer have to pretend to be someone you're not. You will no longer have to prove you're good enough. When you embrace your shadow you will no longer have to life in fear. Find the gifts of your shadow and you will finally revel in all the glory of your true self. Then you will have the freedom to create the life you have always desired.

When you make peace with yourself, the world will mirror back that same level of peace.

Embracing our dark side gives us a new found freedom to be with the darkness in others. For when I can love all of me, I will love all of you.

If you admire greatness in another human being, it is your own greatness you are seeing.

Fear keeps us rooted in the past. Fear of the unknown, fear of abandonment, fear of rejection, fear of not having enough, fear of not being enough, fear of the future-all these fears and more keep us trapped, repeating the same old patterns and making the same choices over and over again. Fear prevents us from moving outside the comfort-or even the familiar discomfort-of what we know. It's nearly impossible to achieve our highest vision for our lives as long as we are being guided by our fears.

The greatest act of courage is to be and to ownall of who you are - without apology, without excuses, without masks to cover the truth of who you are.

When you invoke the agent of change called acceptance, you must accept all that you are, all that you've been and all that you will be in the future.

Right now, there is a stronger, more vibrant, more inspired version of you that is wanting and waiting to emerge.

Challenge the person you think you are in order to unveil the person you are capable of becoming

It is time to search out your uniqueness, applaud and acknowledge yourself, and let your own light shine.

Unforgiveness is the poison you drink every day hoping that the other person will die.

The world mirrors yourself back to you. If you love, nourish, and appreciate yourself internally it will show up in your external life. If you want more love, give more love to yourself. If you want acceptance, accept yourself.

When you learn that you can trust life, life will deliver treasures beyond your imagination.

There is nothing more beautiful than a warrior woman standing in her power, courage, and confidence. From this place of strength, she is capable of loving the world in a way that transforms pain into promise…and hell into heaven.

Before you begin your day: Take a moment of silence and meditation, and give yourself permission to have all that you desire.

All of our suffering in life is from saying we want one thing and doing another.

To live in the light of a new day and an unimaginable and unpredictable future, you must become fully present to a deeper truth - not a truth from you head but a truth from your heart; not a truth from your ego but a truth from the highest source. You have to be willing to be deeply honest with yourself about the shape your life is in each day.

Remember, all the answers you need are inside of you; you only have to become quiet enough to hear them.

Standing in our power requires us to let go of the need to make others like us & instead stand committed to honoring ourselves.

In order to find peace, we must expose the masks we use to hide behind.

All real change requires risk. You must take risks every day of your life. You must get up each morning and ask...: What can I do that is different?