Guy Finley
Guy Finley
Guy Finleyis an American self-help writer, philosopher, and spiritual teacher, and former professional songwriter and musician...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth22 February 1949
CountryUnited States of America
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Discouragement is a negative emotion with more than one trick up its darksleeve. It tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling in the very place youwant to leave.
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All we will ever know and share about love, humility, compassion, and sacrifice - the secrets that will reveal and then resolve old sorrows - awaits us within ourselves.
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The more time we spend considering the shortcomings of others, the smaller a person we become.
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Any form of measuring yourself by the unkind action of another towards you is like looking into a badly fractured mirror... and then blaming yourself for the shattered image you see therein.
firsts life-is our-lives
We become what we love. What we put first in our lives is what we receive from life.
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Being fully present is the best guarantee for a bright future.
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Those who dare to try what others only dream of - never fail to discover that real effort is always rewarded.
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All things good come to those for whom the Good is all things.
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The only mistake that we can make as human beings is to be asleep, unaware of ourselves.
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Once something has outlived its usefulness in one area of life, its purpose for being in existence is no longer the same. The leaf that captures a stream of sunlight, and then transfers its energy to the tree, serves one purpose in the spring and summer, and another completely different one through the fall and winter.
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Act on what you love, not from what you fear, and watch how fear fades as love grows.
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You cannot separate the onset of a disturbing moment in life from the appearance of some simultaneous new possibility to know a deeper and more unshakable sense of peace.
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Disappointment, discouragement, and despair are nothing but the bitter fruit of an unfulfilled expectation allowed to live beyond its time.
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If you love getting gifts - and who doesn't - then why not accept, with gratitude, the greatest gift there is: the present moment.