Self Discovery Quotes

“To live is to express, and to express you have to create. Creation is never merely repetition. To live is to express oneself freely in creation.” ~ Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts

You shouldn’t always do what you’re told.

Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience the world in a way they have been told to. Author: Alan Keightley

“You’re under no obligation to be the same person you were five minutes ago.” ~ Unknown

Do your own thing and work hard.

To know yourself and to accept yourself are the ultimate tasks.

“To live is a constant process of relating, so come on out of that shell of isolation and conclusion, and relate DIRECTLY to what is being said. Bear in mind I seek neither your approval nor to influence you. So do not make up your mind as to “this is this” or “that is that.” I will be more than satisfied if you begin to learn to investigate everything yourself from now on.” ~ Bruce Lee

You are a collective of every experience you have had in your life.

10 Powerful Mountain Climbing Quotes That Explain the Call to Climb

Excerpt: “The mountains are calling and I must go!” It really is like that. These mountain climbing quotes (and meditations) help to explain why.

“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” ~ Edmund Hillary

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” ~ John Muir

“In a sense everything that is exists to climb. All evolution is a climbing towards a higher form. Climbing for life as it reaches towards the consciousness, towards the spirit. We have always honored the high places because we sense them to be the homes of gods. In the mountains there is the promise of… something unexplainable. A higher place of awareness, a spirit that soars. So we climb… and in climbing there is more than a metaphor; there is a means of discovery.” ~ Rob Parker

Even with all of the resources in the world, only YOU can save yourself.

"A book can teach you, a conversation can assure you, a poem can seduce you, a genius can inspire you but only you can save yourself." ~ Anthony Anaxagorou

“Five years from now, you’re the same person except for the people you’ve met and the books you’ve read.” ~ John Wooden

Your day will come too. Be ready.

And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Never forget the astonishing light of your own being.

“The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful, and being generous. Everything else is crap, I promise you. It’s just crap that people try to sell to you to make you feel like less. So don’t buy it. Be smart, be thoughtful and be generous. Everything around us that we call life was made up of people that are no smarter than you. And you can build your own things, you can build your own life that other people can live in. So build a life — don’t just live one, build one.” ~Ashton Kutcher

10 Paulo Coelho Quotes from The Alchemist to Inspire Adventure!

Excerpt: Adventure comes in two forms: outside travel and inside exploration. Our 10 Paulo Coelho quotes from The Alchemist will inspire both! Enjoy!

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.” ~ Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” ~ Joseph Campbell

“There is no shop, book, or person, that gives you confidence; it comes through reconnecting with your true authentic self.” ~ Ralph Smart, infinitewaters.net