Danielle laporte quotes

You will always be too much of something for someone: too big, too loud, too soft, too edgy. If you round out your edges, you lose your edge. Apologize for mistakes. Apologize for unintentionally hurting someone - profusely. But don't apologize for being who you are.

You're not going to die. Here's the white-hot truth: if you go bankrupt, you'll still be okay. If you lose the gig, the lover, the house, you'll still be okay. If you sing off-key, get beat by the competition, have your heart shattered, get fired...it's not going to kill you. Ask anyone who's been through it.

It's not about the goal, it's about how you want to feel when you get there.

The journey has to feel the way you want the destination to feel.

You don’t need to be burned out to go on hiatus.

I focus for periods of time on creative work and I'm very insular during those times - not a lot of socializing. I play when I want. That means I can take off on a retreat, catch a matinee, make friends. My core desired feelings are my time management system.

The cosmos deals in the currency of emotion. When we feel good, goodness flows.

Knowing how you actually want to feel is the most potent form of clarity that you can have.

You always have access to your truth. You always have access to the divine feminine.

Make generosity part of your growth strategy.

Passionately protest mediocrity.

Life balance is a myth. It's an illusion and the very pursuit of it is driving us crazy. For me it's about proportion - it's really a work hard/play hard equation.

You can only do what ONLY YOU can do. Do that. The universe will configure around your very best efforts. Willingly.

The biggest threat to your creativity is the fear that it's already been done, said, created. (So why bother?) Say it, do it, make it anyway - but tell YOUR story along the way. The story of how you came to know what you know. The story of what you want to know more of. The story of why you do what you do. The story of how you came to care. And that's how you create what's never been created before.

Enthusiasm is a heightened state of consciousness, and it's one of the best feelings there is to feel.

Laying on the floor and listening to music might be all the therapy that you need.

Nobody can tell your story the way you can tell your story.

The old saying of work hard, play hard really works for me. For me it's all about focus. To get the Fire Starter Sessions digital book out it was about three months of intense focus. I let my friends know that I probably wouldn't be hanging out of returning their phone calls. It wasn't about doing the dishes, I ordered a lot of pizza, and I just completely put myself in the creative bubble.

Surprise your doubts with action.

It’s a great privilege to dream.

In my experience, if you steer clear of dogma and muster up more love than you thought you had to give, then your vitality increases, satisfaction sets in, sweetness surfaces. I believe in the creative power of good feelings. I'm convinced that the desire to be real is everyone's divine imperative.

Joy is the most Magnetic Force in the Universe!

Don't let your want for perfection become procrastination

First. get clear on how you want to feel. Then, do stuff that makes you feel that way.

If you're making art, you are not separate from your brand.

Make Money a CENTRAL priority. This has nothing to do with greed and consumption and everything to do with life force and power.

I know how to go, go, go. Stopping, I've learned is the stuff of mastery.

The gratitude you receive from others is a reflection of your genius.

Enthusiasm is the DNA of making things happen.

Why are you afraid? This is where you get it out of your system: bankruptcy, unfulfilled potential, trashing your reputation, losing it all. And then (because we just can't stop there), you're going to apply some simple analysis to it.You may have nothing to fear after all.

Going with the flow is responding to cues from the universe. When you go with the flow, you’re surfing Life force. It’s about wakeful trust and total collaboration with what’s showing up for you.

Shift your energy from protecting yourself from failure to squeezing the life out of life.

Admit to your contentment so it can tip over into joy.

If knowledge is power, then curiosity is the muscle.

Passion will always move you in the direction of your authentic self.

Determination can be a battle or a thrill. Choose to be thrilled.

I want to surrender to the feelings and shapes of words and not stop until I am clearly heard by myself and my God.

I can't help you. Not really. I can only show up with a bright heart and hope that I get you at the right micro-moment with the perfect dose of light that helps you see what you already know.

Love the necessary hard work.

Gratitude is like love or fresh air - you can't get too much of it.

Don't let perfection become procrastination . Do it now.

Your success is directly proportional to the quality of the relationships in your life.

The secret to success: Do what you say you're going to do.

Forget about being impressive and commit to being real.

Speak the truth. Affirm your desire. Declare your intentions. Recall your successes. Your psyche will believe you. Your body will feel you. Your Soul will thank you for the straight-up communication.

We must have the daring to be nothing but ourselves if we are to know what true power is.

Your desires will very often be contradictory and so will your strengths. All of our contradictions make us whole.

Words can make you sick. Or healed. - Words create worlds because the universe is always listening... and so are your cells, your psyche, and your children, your team, and the apples

There’s a time and purpose for being lost. If you don’t judge the being lost you get through it sooner.

I only want to hit my targets if the aiming and the hitting both feel good.

Value inner attunement as much as you value outer attainment.

Happiness is like rising bubbles -- delightful and inevitably fleeting. Joy is the oxygen -- ever present.

The moment you say yes to acting on your desire is the real beginning.

But what if we took it one step further and made an effort to actually transform our pain into something beautiful? What if we went full out and made an effort to transform other people’s pain into something beautiful?

When I'm speaking on stage I feel my most empowered and my most vulnerable. So much could go wrong. That tension is such a rush.

Set out to do three or four things this year with gusto and excellence, rather than doing a dozen things just sufficiently. Trust me on this.

Whatever is on your plate got there because you said yes to it.

The world reflects back to you how much you value yourself.

Give it your all. Give it away. Your desires are being held in the hand of the cosmos with incredibly sturdy care. Life is not testing you. She is rooting for you.

When you decide to go after a new dream, you need to give less to your current reality and more to your desired reality... Take your energy out of what you don’t want to be doing anymore so you can put it in what you really want to be doing.

Consider that you radiate. At all times. Consider that what you’re feeling right now is rippling outward into a field of is-ness that anyone can dip their oar into. You are felt. You are heard. You are seen. If you were not here, the world would be different. Because of your presence, the universe is expanding.

Sometimes, you need to stop taking your medicine to let your body heal itself. Sometimes, you need to pause so you can move forward. Sometimes, you need to turn away from something so you can see why you fell in love in the first place.

Your curiosity is your growth point. Always.

Start leaving what you want to leave. Your future is waiting.

Prana is more powerful than just about anything - food, exercise, skin creams, and Spanx.

Launch and learn. Everything is progress.

Knowing how you actually want to feel is the most potent form of clarity that you can have. Generating those feelings is the most powerfully creative thing you can do with your life. And not only do we have to put our feelings at the heart of our ambitions, we have to pursue our desires in a way that is life-affirming, rather than soul-depleting. Rigid goal-chasing is burning us out. Soul-anchored intentions are the way to get home.

What you stop doing is just as important as the things you start doing.

What if desire wasn't an urge to be tamed, but a beacon of truth to be followed?

Your passion is your qualification. It's your leading qualification.

Almost any decision is better than no decision -- just keep moving.

It's not the imbalances of life that will get you down-it's doing meaningless things that aren't taking you where you want to go.

If you don't do what Fear says...you'll go ahead and speak up, you'll sign up, you'll buy, you'll sell, you'll jump.

Life is full of opportunities to feel exactly the way you want to feel.

The best place to begin is always with gratitude.

Small, deliberate actions inspired by your true desires create a life you love.

Your life unfolds in proportion to your courage.

You don't have to be fearless. Just be sincere.

There is nothing as easy as being inspired.

Feel free to change. When you discover something true about yourself, put it in action regardless of who you were yesterday.

Decide to get over it. You know, just let it go. It can be that simple.

Feeling good is the primary intention

Sometimes even feeling bad feels good. Negative emotions can feel so familiar (especially if they mimic our past) as to actually be comforting. Awareness is realizing that our life could always be better. Growth is doing what it takes to make it better.

Someone you haven't met yet is already dreaming of adoring you.

Pull over to the side of your journey and look how far you've come

The surest sign that you're working with the life-affirming kind of discipline, rather than the spirit-depressing kind, is that you don't complain very much about doing what it takes.

All communication begins with an intention, and your intention determines the quality of your life.

If your goals aren’t synced with the substance of your heart, then achieving them won’t matter much.

Being your true self is the most effective formula for success there is.

You need to be comfortable to make others uncomfortable.

Eventually, you have to stop picking a fight with your true nature and decide to seek the joy that underlies it all.

Your most valuable currency is what comes most naturally to you. Cash in!

Gratitude puts everything into perspective.

I would rather get out of the game than stay in the game to change the game.

Joy is the clearest indicator of deep wellness.

People magazine with a bag of sour cream and onion chips always makes be feel a bit trashy. But good trashy.

If it doesn't light you up, you're not the right person for the job.

My friend and coach reminded me this week that there is a moment when the acrobat lets go of one trapeze and is completely suspended in mid-air before she catches the incoming rung. You have to let go to get there.

Make space in your life for the inevitable arrival of what you want.

Apologizing makes me feel vulnerable. And strong. Expressing gratitude makes me feel vulnerable. And strong. Maybe there's something to this vulnerability/strength connection, eh?

When you put your preferences on the altar of your life and say: THIS. THIS is what compels me. The real you emerges.

If you round out your edges, you lose your edge.

Gratitude is an astoundingly reliable, immediate way of becoming present.

The foundation of a good relationship with intentions & goals is keeping in mind that the primary aim of setting and working toward them is to feel the way you want to feel.

You will fail. At some point. More than once. Guaranteed. Proceed anyway.

If you trusted that your art was going to support your life, how would you live?

The cosmos doesn’t measure sweat and hours for reward. The cosmos deals in the currencies of joy and satisfaction.

If you try to keep your most sacred ambitions off of your weekly calendar and your most genuine traits off of your resume, then you're missing out on the power of real integrity.

Your success will be determined by the quality of your relationships with people.

Self-criticism is not "love," and it is certainly not indifferent. It's a form of hatred. And when I name that, when I see it for what it is (raw and uncomfortable and saddening), when I refuse to sugar-coat self criticism, judgment, agitation, and constantly trying to improve myself, then I'm one quantum leap closer to freedom.