Inspiring Quotes To Refresh Your Mind and Heart

You never know when inspiring quotes will come in handy for yourself or others. When used skillfully, words can heal old wounds, build community, bring comfort to someone in a time of need, and help us in developing a positive attitude.

The power words have to inspire or do harm is truly amazing. It is so interesting how wise we can seem at times, with just the perfect words to support another and then five minutes later say something hurtful or foolish and wish we could scoop those words out of the air and take them back. At other times the greatest gift we can offer is just being present for another and deeply receiving them and listening to what they have to say.

Favorite Inspiring Quotes Are Like Supportive Friends

I have been a student of A Course In Miracles for many years. "The Course" is a spiritual book dedicated to teaching the mind to think in a profoundly different way; to go from living a life that is often fear based, to a life that demonstrates the truth of love. "The Course" states that it is not the only spiritual path (something I certainly believe), that there are many ways to experience and live from our wholeness with kindness and compassion, to be the love that we are, to feel our connection to the whole.

When I'm having a really tough day I have a particular lesson in A Course in Miracles that really supports me. It's lesson 221; there is a lesson for each day of the year. Its heading states, "Peace to my mind, let all my thoughts be still”. Those words might be near the top of my inspiring quotes favorites.

When I read those words, “Peace to my mind, let all my thoughts be still," my breathing gets deeper, my mind gets quieter, and life just seems a lot simpler. Since, I have read these words, and said them to myself, so many times over the years, there's kind of a Pavlov's dog effect to them. I hear the words or see them and I automatically slow down and take a deep breath.

Some of My Favorite Words to Inspire

Here are just a few other inspiring quotes, that I really like for daily inspiration. You will find more inspiring quotes when you click the links below.

Work is love made visible. - Kahlil Gibran

There is more to life than increasing its speed. -- Ghandi

You are not what you do; you are how you do it. - Hugh Prather

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is awaiting us... The old skin has to be shed before the new one is to come. - Joseph Campbell

Check out other words to inspire on my Positive Attitude Quotes and also, Laughter Quotes web pages. More quotes topics will be added. You will see a few comments I've made on some of the quotes in italics. I guess those could be called Spruce Quotes.

I invite you to get playful with this process, and if you like, comment on some of the inspiring quotes or make up some of your own for daily inspiration. Who knows what wonderful and delightful places your words to inspire may take you.

Blessings of peace, joy and inspiration -- Spruce

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