Top 160 Donna Goddard Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “Those we love become our teachers whether we intend it or not.”

— Donna Goddard

102. “In the bedroom, three are present – the two partners and the Divine. Use the openness and vulnerability of the sexual arena to grow closer to God and give that same gift to your loved one.”

— Donna Goddard

103. “Even though we have a body which can thrive and be used for beautiful things, it is the changeless soul which connects.”

— Donna Goddard

104. “In spite of any indication to the contrary, you can never be disconnected from the invisible, irrevocable, ever-present connections of Love. You are loved. You are here for a purpose. Your life is unique, important, and irreplaceable.”

— Donna Goddard

105. “The threads of interconnectedness are complex. They are both fragile and unbreakable. One must be grateful for destiny’s gifts along the way.”

— Donna Goddard

106. “To be creative, first we must be generous. Then we must have a quiet, indomitable belief in our own worth.”

— Donna Goddard

107. “Relationships are valuable no matter who they are between.”

— Donna Goddard

108. “It is only when we are far enough along to realise the sorry state that most people are in that we lose our concern with what other people think.”

— Donna Goddard

109. “That which holds us all together is very delicate.”

— Donna Goddard

110. “Love is its own reward.”

— Donna Goddard

111. “We draw into our life those who will help us to grow. Naturally, we tend to have mixed feelings about those very people but they are marked for us. We have forgotten that we wrote them an invitation some time ago. We look at them as if they are intruders when all along they are our guests.”

— Donna Goddard

112. “We can learn to use the pain in our relationships to transform us thereby turning them into entities which heal not harm.”

— Donna Goddard

113. “We find many friends when we are down and out. People swarm around with proclamations of, ‘Oh, how dreadful. How terrible.’ They may as well be saying, ‘Thank you so much for making me feel better about myself and my life. You have more problems than me and are more pathetic.’ Yet, when we enter the path of healing, there will be few standing there to wish us well, in case we find it.”

— Donna Goddard

114. “Relationships always bring about the dissolution of our delusions.”

— Donna Goddard

115. “The ego is constantly on guard and looking for all the ways it will be betrayed and hurt. If we listen with our fears then almost everything is a threat. If we listen with our spirit then no offence is taken. The voice we listen to changes our perception.”

— Donna Goddard

116. “Be braver. Be more honest. Don’t hold onto what you knew in the past. Artists are meant to express what other people cannot. That is why an artist, of any type, is given a privileged position in society. They are meant to inspire and we are very reliant on inspiration to help us in our lives. You cannot inspire if you are not honest. What is honest for you now will take more courage to carry and hold than it did in the past.”

— Donna Goddard

117. “Beauty is the soul of life. If we learn to see beauty, we are never far from God.”

— Donna Goddard

118. “Be kind to yourself. Pain is not a judgement. It is a path indicator.”

— Donna Goddard

119. “Even if our life circumstances take a while to reflect our inner decisions, once decisions are made, everything in our life will move in the direction of aligning with that.”

— Donna Goddard

120. “It was the moments; the precious moments. The moments when no one was complaining, blaming, thinking about past hurts or the fear of future ones. It was those moments of simply being present to another person. Those moments of being grateful. Gratitude for another being; gratitude for life. Those moments made their relationship.”

— Donna Goddard

121. “We assign roles to all the people in our life in an attempt to master it. The roles can be reasonable or preposterous. Either way, when we realise that others do not agree to the terms of the role we have assigned to them, we get upset. Is it their fault? Surely, they are simply following their own dreams. We mustn’t invent roles for others because we think it will make us happy. Who are we to invent such things?”

— Donna Goddard

122. “We are spiritual beings – indestructible, immaterial and safe.”

— Donna Goddard

123. “The silence is constant. The noise is temporary.”

— Donna Goddard

124. “When we are personally transforming into a whole, healthy, and soulful being, we automatically want to help others to do the same thing as it strengthens and accelerates our own transformation.”

— Donna Goddard

125. “The desire for connection with the Divine and our formless inner self is at the foundation of all desire for human connection.”

— Donna Goddard

126. “We are all One. The beauty in one person is shared by all. The life path of one individual blesses everyone. The expression of Life neither originates within a single human, belongs to that person, nor remains within the personal boundary. Life is energy and, as such, it belongs to all, reaches all, and blesses all.”

— Donna Goddard

127. “If you must dream a dream, at least, make it a happy dream.”

— Donna Goddard

128. “We are generally not learning the thing we think we are, and even less the thing we want. We should be grateful for what makes us grow, even though it may be a love-hate relationship with the things responsible for that growth.”

— Donna Goddard

129. “There is so much more.”

— Donna Goddard

130. “Healing has a chance in our lives when we have exhausted all our other options.”

— Donna Goddard

131. “Read minds more than minding words.”

— Donna Goddard

132. “Our body is important. It’s the first gift God gives us. We are meant to take care of it for the entire time we have it. We are meant to be grateful for it, use it, enjoy it, and learn from it. At the same time, we are not meant to obsess over it, be vain, be a hypochondriac, or be a pleasure seeker at other people’s expense.”

— Donna Goddard

133. “When you have a castle within, you don’t need one outside. I prefer to keep things simple.”

— Donna Goddard

134. “We may talk lightly but never carelessly. We keep at bay the flow of common, ignorant thought which runs its damaging course through the pathways of ordinary human conversation.”

— Donna Goddard

135. “Good fiction writers have an instinctive understanding of human nature. That’s what makes stories and characters captivating. Good spiritual writers share what they sincerely practice themselves.”

— Donna Goddard

136. “Relationships are valuable for healing and learning how to love.”

— Donna Goddard

137. “Trust the creative process. You are a walking, breathing mass of possibilities and potential.”

— Donna Goddard

138. “We cultivate inner stillness through the practice of contemplation or awareness. Behind the normal goings-on of everyday life, we try to have a consistent wakefulness. We learn to watch what we are thinking, what other people are thinking, and what is the spiritual truth of any given situation. We live in two realms. One is the visible human realm. The other is the invisible spiritual realm. This is not obvious to anyone except those who do the same thing. Then it is instantly recognisable.”

— Donna Goddard

139. “If people could kill without going to jail and, perhaps, without getting their own hands dirty, they often would. Human nature is like that.”

— Donna Goddard

140. “Have no delusions of grandeur or plotting schemes. Have flawless confidence because you are worthy and sacred.”

— Donna Goddard

141. “Life can evolve in a most positive but unexpected manner if we do not resist it and kill its tender beauty with our fears. We all have inner abilities to fulfil, a path to patiently discover, people to connect with who will become pivotal in our life, and a love of certain things which make us feel glad to be alive. Every little step in that direction, every little decision to allow that movement to happen, every brave letting go, and every open embracing will bring us what we need.”

— Donna Goddard

142. “We find love by being loving.”

— Donna Goddard

143. “Students recognise their teachers. Teachers recognise their students.”

— Donna Goddard

144. “Above all, I wish to see.”

— Donna Goddard

145. “It could be said that we become so much a stranger that we disappear and find ourselves reborn in the midst of humanity which is quite a paradox.”

— Donna Goddard

146. “The heart carries the beat of life. It makes existence meaningful and beautiful. The heart bypasses language. It doesn’t lie. Everything moving and powerful has heart.”

— Donna Goddard

147. “We are not trying to understand intention so that we can damn every person who thinks badly of us. We are trying to understand intention so that we are safer, our loved ones are safer, and so that our life projects are not sabotaged. We want to help other people to become a better version of themselves. We are not blaming people for acting and thinking badly. Acting and thinking badly is normal in our world. We want to help it to improve. We want everyone to improve.”

— Donna Goddard

148. “When we love someone, we make it our business to protect them.”

— Donna Goddard

149. “The battle ended because no one fed it.”

— Donna Goddard

150. “Not knowing the DNA we carry in our bodies, hearts, and minds. does not negate it. We are an accumulation of many people, even more so when unaware of it. Once aware, we can choose what to carry and what to relegate to history.”

— Donna Goddard