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Work Quotes by Pema Chodron
- As we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others - what and whom we can work with, and how -…
- For one day, or for one day for a week, refrain from something you habitually do to run away, to escape. Pick something concrete, such…
- Remember that this is not something we do just once or twice. Interrupting our destructive habits and awakening our heart is the work of a…
- Not causing harm requires staying awake. Part of being awake is slowing down enough to notice what we say and do. The more we witness…
- Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. It is all we ever have, so we night as well work with it rather…
- Hold the sadness and pain of samsara [suffering, confusion] in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern…
- Trying to change ourselves doesn't work in the long run because we're resisting our own energy. Self-improvemen t can have temporary results, but lasting transformation…
- If you work with your mind, instead of trying to change everything on the outside... that's how your temper will cool down.
- Just pausing for two to three breaths is a perfect way to stay present. This is a good use of our life. Indeed, it is…
- If we begin to get in touch with whatever we feel with some kind of kindness, our protective shells will melt, and we'll find that…
- Life's work is to wake up, to let the things that enter your life wake you up rather than put you to sleep.
- The more we witness our emotional reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain.
- We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.
More Work Quotes
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Successful people don't relax on a chair. They feel relaxed with their work. They sleep with their dreams and wake up with… — Ritu Ghatourey
- Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and… — Lance Armstrong
- Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to… — Kevin Bacon
- Whom God legally saves, He experimentally saves; whom He justifies, them He also sanctifies. Where the righteousness of Christ is imputed to… — Arthur W. Pink