Best Guy Finley Quotes & Sayings

If you love getting gifts - and who doesn't - then why not accept, with gratitude, the greatest gift there is: the present moment. — Guy Finley

Act on what you love, not from what you fear, and watch how fear fades as love grows. — Guy Finley

Each moment of life is only as precious as is our ability to attend to it. — Guy Finley

No one rises above who he or she has been without first having fallen down. The best time - in fact, the only time - to make a real change in your life is in the moment of seeing the need for it. He who hesitates always gets lost in the hundred reasons why tomorrow is a better day to get started. — Guy Finley

The only way to cultivate a quiet mind is by planting seeds of silence. — Guy Finley

We are not here on earth to change our destiny but to fulfill it. — Guy Finley

What is the nature of that place where our original self is one with its longing to explore its own deepest possibilities, and where discovering the treasures waiting there is the same as fulfilling our purpose for being? — Guy Finley

If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining — Guy Finley

The character of greatness must be measured in two ways, else the measurement is flawed. First, and by far most popular of all, is by one's ability to succeed in times of trial where others may fail. But of no less importance, and perhaps foundational to any form of greatness, is one's willingness to start over in spite of failure, when success seems farthest away. — Guy Finley

One way to prevent yourself from going through a considerable amount of useless pain is to see the truth of the following and then to act upon your discovery accordingly: judging others doesn't change how much they disturb you; it serves only to distract you from seeing just how little it actually takes to set you off. — Guy Finley

Spend everyday casual, but industrious Every moment alert, but relaxed. — Guy Finley

See that any time you feel pained or defeated, it is only because you insist on clinging to what doesn't work. Dare to let go and you won't lose a thing except for a punishing idea. — Guy Finley

Don't believe what the spiritual sharks and clever carnival hustlers tell you about fearless living - they lie. — Guy Finley

Rushing around, hoping to find peace of mind anywhere other than within yourself, is like looking for your heart in someone else's body! — Guy Finley

Being fully present is the best guarantee for a bright future. — Guy Finley

Being anxious, or in a painful rush of any kind, kills the possibility of meeting anyone with compassion — Guy Finley

Trying to "fix" the people in your life that cause you pain is like massaging your shoes because your feet ache. — Guy Finley

It only seems that there is something more important for you to do than to just quietly be yourself. — Guy Finley

The more time we spend considering the shortcomings of others, the smaller a person we become. — Guy Finley

What is true never fears investigation; what is false ... fears everything. — Guy Finley

Staying present, living in Presence is the best gift anyone can give to those they love. — Guy Finley

Every one of us lives in a world that is no larger and no smaller than our understanding. — Guy Finley

A whole new kind of spiritual happiness dawns in us as we realize that dark clouds do not ruin sunny skies ... they merely pass through them to help us remember our love of the light. — Guy Finley

Chasing after a pleasure to ease a pain is like running after a breeze to cool you down. — Guy Finley

My thing is, I want to play basketball, I would enjoy playing in the D-League, but at the same time I don't want to take an opportunity away from a young guy to get exposure. I'm still thinking about it. — Michael Finley

The only world in which "defeat" exists as a reality is the one darkened by the false idea that what may have happened to us a moment ago is the same as what's possible for us to achieve now. — Guy Finley

From the movie, The Boy Who Could Fly Somewhere, deep inside, we can all fly. — Guy Finley

The next time you catch yourself starting to feel bad about anything, immediately stop everything you are doing for a moment and, as simply and as honestly as you can, ask yourself: Is this what I really want? — Guy Finley

Listening to your own mind gives you "good reasons" why you should be fearful over unexpected events is just like being friends with someone who thinks it's funny to find new ways to hurt you! — Guy Finley

Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us. — Guy Finley

Our greatest strength isn't our ability to imagine brighter days ahead, it is that we are empowered-in every present moment-to effortlessly dismiss any dark thought or feeling that, left unattended, diminishes our happiness. — Guy Finley

Love is effortless attention. — Guy Finley

To be more aware, we need only listen for and let go of the thoughts which steal our attention. — Guy Finley

Learn to be one with who you are in Reality, and the waves of a thousand passing worlds cannot wash you away. — Guy Finley

All things good come to those for whom the Good is all things. — Guy Finley

The strength of any weakness within us is the degree to which it is feared. — Guy Finley