We hurt ourselves not by what we ask for, but what we settle for. Alan Cohen More Quotes by Alan Cohen More Quotes From Alan Cohen Appreciation empowers not just money transactions, but all interactions. Gratitude is one of the greatest meditations of a lifetime, the fastest attitude uplifter I know. Be grateful for all the good in your life and your good will only increase, along with your happiness. Alan Cohen gratitudeattitudeappreciation Life is about movement, expansion, growth, and actualizing potential. If you stay in a home, relationship, or job beyond the time it is healthy for you, the universe will prod you with thorns as if to say, “It’s time to move to a broader domain.†If you do not heed the message, the thorns will get sharper and at some point you will have no choice but to fly. When you do, you will understand why a once comfortable situation became uncomfortable. Alan Cohen homejobsmoving Upgrade your past by seeing it with appreciation. Alan Cohen seeingappreciationpast The road to enlightenment is paved with authenticity, not imitation. Alan Cohen enlightenmentauthenticitycreativity No matter what has happened, let today be new. Alan Cohen no-matter-whatmattertoday All limits exist only in the mind, and it is only in the mind that they can be overcome. Alan Cohen limitsovercomingmind Optimism may sometimes be delusional, but pessimism is always delusional. Alan Cohen optimismmotivationleadership The only thing more important than being good is being real. Authenticity is kinder than resignation without conviction. Truth leads to good faster than good leads to truth. Ultimately truth is good, but you have to live it from the inside out. Alan Cohen importantrealuplifting Laughter lifts us over high ridges and lights up dark valleys in a way that makes life so much easier. It is a priceless gem, a gift of release and healing direct from Heaven. Alan Cohen laughterhealingdark When we make the choice to care, we set into motion a snowball effect that touches many people, most of whom we will never know about . . . never underestimate the importance of a kind act. Alan Cohen carechoicespeople You weren't born guilty. You were born bold and playful. Then you forgot who you are and what you deserve. When you remember who you were before you learned to apologize for asking, you'll have everything you want. Alan Cohen askingwantlove Do what is healing to your spirit and without effort you will bring the world healing in return. Alan Cohen efforthealthhealing Gratitude, like faith, is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it grows, and the more power you have to use it on your behalf. If you do not practice gratefulness, its benefaction will go unnoticed, and your capacity to draw on its gifts will be diminished. To be grateful is to find blessings in everything, This is the most powerful attitude to adopt, for there are blessings in everything. Alan Cohen gratitudepowerfulattitude Humility is born of the spirit, humiliation of the ego. Alan Cohen egoemotionalhumility There are two kinds of people in the world: those who make excuses and those who get results. An excuse person will find any excuse for why a job was not done, and a results person will find any reason why it can be done. Be a creator, not a reactor. Alan Cohen failureattitudejobs Money is your friend. Your body is your friend. Life is your friend. Alan Cohen wealthbodylife-is Great masters merit emulation, not worship. Alan Cohen emulationmotivationleadership The more you recognize the immense good within you, the more you magnetize immense good around you. Alan Cohen immensewithin-youspiritual If you want to find God, hang out in the space between your thoughts. Alan Cohen meditation-practiceyogagod Use pain as a stepping stone, not a camp ground. Alan Cohen emotionalpainuse