--- title: "10 May Quotes By Guy Finley" description: "10 May quotes by Guy Finley. Plus more from Guy Finley and more May sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/guy-finley-2165_achieve_the-only-world-in-which-defeat-exists-as_2827989.png" --- > [The only world in which "defeat" exists as a reality is the one darkened by the false idea that what may have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/the-only-world-in-which-defeat-exists-as-a-reality-is-the-one/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/guy-finley-2165_achieve_the-only-world-in-which-defeat-exists-as_2827989.png) > [Wasting your time in anxious worry over what you may not have is a good way to waste what you need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/wasting-your-time-in-anxious-worry-over-what-you-may-not-have-is-a/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/guy-finley-2165_anxiety_wasting-your-time-in-anxious-worry-over_1813884.png) > [I am willing to walk toward, and then through, whatever may be seen in the moment as being greater than myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/i-am-willing-to-walk-toward-and-then-through-whatever-may-be-seen-in/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/guy-finley-2165_greater_i-am-willing-to-walk-toward-and-then-thr_3194899.png) > [In spite of how things may appear to us, we are never trapped by where we are. The trap is always who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/in-spite-of-how-things-may-appear-to-us-we-are-never-trapped-by-where/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/guy-finley-2165_appear_in-spite-of-how-things-may-appear-to-us_983383.png) > [What good is any feeling we may have about ourselves, if it only lasts as long as others agree to it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/what-good-is-any-feeling-we-may-have-about-ourselves-if-it-only-lasts/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/guy-finley-2165_agree_what-good-is-any-feeling-we-may-have-abo_2404001.png) > [When you realize no one else on this earth can be like you... that no other soul may know the beauty, sorrow,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/when-you-realize-no-one-else-on-this-earth-can-be-like-you-that-no/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/guy-finley-2165_beauty_when-you-realize-no-one-else-on-this-ear_2381542.png) > [The character of greatness must be measured in two ways, else the measurement is flawed. First, and by far most popular of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/the-character-of-greatness-must-be-measured-in-two-ways-else-the/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/652/guy-finley-2165_ability_the-character-of-greatness-must-be-measu_1119936.jpg) > [Within us - the heart of us, really - is a 'ground' that is to our thoughts and feelings, our relationships with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/within-us-the-heart-of-us-really-is-a-ground-that-is-to-our-thoughts/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/guy-finley-2165_able_within-us-the-heart-of-us-really-is-a-gr_3020765.png) > [Stop Looking for Permission to Be Yourself. The true individual is no more concerned over what others may think of him or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/stop-looking-for-permission-to-be-yourself-the-true-individual-is-no/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/guy-finley-2165_being-yourself_stop-looking-for-permission-to-be-yourse_1395026.png) > [True happiness isn't something that can be made. It isn't the result of anything. Happiness comes to those who understand that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/true-happiness-isn-t-something-that-can-be-made-it-isn-t-the-result/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/guy-finley-2165_air_true-happiness-isn-t-something-that-can_2903771.jpg) ## Other authors on May ## More by Guy Finley > [No truly conscious human being sabotages himself - it's impossible, because it's contrary to Nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/no-truly-conscious-human-being-sabotages-himself-it-s-impossible/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [A crisis is a close encounter of the third kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/a-crisis-is-a-close-encounter-of-the-third-kind/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [Knowledge without Spirit is like finding yourself on a cold night with all the wood in the world and no flame to ignite it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/knowledge-without-spirit-is-like-finding-yourself-on-a-cold-night/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/eventually-we-reach-the-point-where-we-start-to-realize-that-we-are/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [Nothing glows brighter than the heart awakened to the unseen light of love that lives within it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/nothing-glows-brighter-than-the-heart-awakened-to-the-unseen-light-of/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [We are not here on earth to change our destiny, but to fulfill it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/we-are-not-here-on-earth-to-change-our-destiny-but-to-fulfill-it/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [Staying present, living in Presence is the best gift anyone can give to those they love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/staying-present-living-in-presence-is-the-best-gift-anyone-can-give/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [What you don't want to know about yourself wants to be known, which is why it keeps 'showing up' at your door unannounced!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/what-you-don-t-want-to-know-about-yourself-wants-to-be-known-which-is/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [Statistics vary, but in less than seven years there won't be a single cell left in any of our bodies that's the same as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/statistics-vary-but-in-less-than-seven-years-there-won-t-be-a-single/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [Never run from what you don't understand, as it will be waiting for you every time you come to a stop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/never-run-from-what-you-don-t-understand-as-it-will-be-waiting-for/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [Ours is the task of discovering that our true nature has nothing to fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/ours-is-the-task-of-discovering-that-our-true-nature-has-nothing-to/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/no-one-rises-above-who-he-or-she-has-been-without-first-having-fallen/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [You cannot separate the onset of a disturbing moment in life from the appearance of some simultaneous new possibility to know a deeper and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/you-cannot-separate-the-onset-of-a-disturbing-moment-in-life-from-the/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/what-is-the-nature-of-that-place-where-our-original-self-is-one-with/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) > [All created forms are fractal, as is their purpose, use, and allotted time for existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/all-created-forms-are-fractal-as-is-their-purpose-use-and-allotted/) [Guy Finley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-finley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/may/guy-finley/#itemlist", "name": "10 May Quotes By Guy Finley", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Guy Finley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/the-only-world-in-which-defeat-exists-as-a-reality-is-the-one/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/guy-finley-2165_achieve_the-only-world-in-which-defeat-exists-as_2827989.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/guy-finley-2165_achieve_the-only-world-in-which-defeat-exists-as_2827989.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/guy-finley-2165_achieve_the-only-world-in-which-defeat-exists-as_2827989.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The only world in which \"defeat\" exists as a reality is the one darkened by the false idea that what may…” — Guy Finley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Wasting your time in anxious worry over what you may not have is a good way to waste what you need to get it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Guy Finley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/wasting-your-time-in-anxious-worry-over-what-you-may-not-have-is-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/guy-finley-2165_anxiety_wasting-your-time-in-anxious-worry-over_1813884.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/guy-finley-2165_anxiety_wasting-your-time-in-anxious-worry-over_1813884.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/guy-finley-2165_anxiety_wasting-your-time-in-anxious-worry-over_1813884.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Wasting your time in anxious worry over what you may not have is a good way to waste what you need to get it.” — Guy Finley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am willing to walk toward, and then through, whatever may be seen in the moment as being greater than myself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Guy Finley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-finley/i-am-willing-to-walk-toward-and-then-through-whatever-may-be-seen-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/guy-finley-2165_greater_i-am-willing-to-walk-toward-and-then-thr_3194899.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/guy-finley-2165_greater_i-am-willing-to-walk-toward-and-then-thr_3194899.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/guy-finley-2165_greater_i-am-willing-to-walk-toward-and-then-thr_3194899.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am willing to walk toward, and then through, whatever may be seen in the moment as being greater than…” — Guy Finley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In spite of how things may appear to us, we are never trapped by where we are. 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