Teresa of Avila on affirmation
Teresa of Avila124 quotes“Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.”
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila Love turns work into rest.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila After you die, you wear what you are.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila One always goes on as one begins.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
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God is not in a hurry to fix us. Our behavior is not his first priority. We are his first priority. Loving us, knowing us, affirming us, protecting us. That is his top goal and his main concern.
Judah SmithJudah Smith I think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim “”Do not get others to do what you can do yourself.”” My motto on the other hand is; “”Do not do that which others can do as well.
Booker T. WashingtonBooker T. Washington I never want to lose touch with reality. I won’t push $100 candles just because. I realized that I could create a hub of positivity and affirmation.
Meghan MarkleMeghan Markle An affirmation opens the door. It’s a beginning point on the path to change.
Louise HayLouise Hay Speak the truth. Affirm your desire. Declare your intentions. Recall your successes. Your psyche will believe you. Your body will feel you. Your Soul will thank you for the straight-up communication.
Danielle LaPorteDanielle LaPorte We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham You are way too powerful to keep doubting yourself.
Lisa RoseLisa Rose You don’t see the changes in your life right now doesn’t mean you aren’t getting better.
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