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title: "2 Bleak Quotes By Sarah Ban Breathnach"
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> [“It’s easy to be pessimistic about tomorrow when today seems so bleak.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/it-s-easy-to-be-pessimistic-about-tomorrow-when-today-seems-so-bleak/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

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> [It doesn't really matter whether we reflect the light through our authentic gifts or whether our authentic calling is to spread it. What matters is that tonight is that the world is dark, cold, and bleak. Your flame burns so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/it-doesn-t-really-matter-whether-we-reflect-the-light-through-our/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

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## More by Sarah Ban Breathnach

> [The greatest secret to living a happy, fulfilled life is the realization that everything is created in our minds before it manifests itself in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/the-greatest-secret-to-living-a-happy-fulfilled-life-is-the/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

> [I learned a priceless lesson and one that everyone can use today - it's never the amount of money we have or haven't; it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/i-learned-a-priceless-lesson-and-one-that-everyone-can-use-today-it-s/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

> [“Always remember that striving and struggling precede success, even in the dictionary.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/always-remember-that-striving-and-struggling-precede-success-even-in/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

> [ “The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of \[woman\]. —JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/the-thirst-after-happiness-is-never-extinguished-in-the-heart-of/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

> [Every time we remember to say "thank you", we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/every-time-we-remember-to-say-thank-you-we-experience-nothing-less/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

> [...start thinking of yourself as an artist and your life as a work-in-progress. Works-in-progress are never perfect. But changes can be made...Art evolves. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/start-thinking-of-yourself-as-an-artist-and-your-life-as-a-work-in/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

> [“We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us. —WINSTON CHURCHILL The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/we-shape-our-dwellings-and-afterwards-our-dwellings-shape-us-winston/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

> [“start thinking of yourself as an artist and your life as a work-in-progress.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/start-thinking-of-yourself-as-an-artist-and-your-life-as-a-work-in-2/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

> [Harmony is the inner cadence of contentment we feel when the melody of life is in tune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/harmony-is-the-inner-cadence-of-contentment-we-feel-when-the-melody/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

> [“Realize the past no longer holds you captive. It can only continue to hurt you if you hold on to it. Let the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/realize-the-past-no-longer-holds-you-captive-it-can-only-continue-to/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

> [“Beguile us in the way you know,” poet Robert Frost”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/beguile-us-in-the-way-you-know-poet-robert-frost/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

> [“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line,” Lucille Ball advised. “You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/love-yourself-first-and-everything-else-falls-into-line-lucille-ball/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

> [Once you accept and rejoice in your authenticity, you begin to see things as YOU are. You begin to see the authentic self is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/once-you-accept-and-rejoice-in-your-authenticity-you-begin-to-see/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

> [“Out of clutter, find simplicity. —ALBERT EINSTEIN After”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/out-of-clutter-find-simplicity-albert-einstein-after/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

> [Today you may not be familiar with the happiness habit. But like any new behavior, happiness can be learned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/today-you-may-not-be-familiar-with-the-happiness-habit-but-like-any/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

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