Top 180 Sarah Ban Breathnach Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “It is difficult to experience moments of happiness if we are not aware of what it is we genuinely love.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

102. “Authenticity pushes us past our comfort zone – it’s meant to.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

103. “Turning away from the world and toward your own happiness is the path of authenticity.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

104. “Be always ready for the gifts of God, and always for new ones” because “God is a thousand times more ready to give than you are to receive.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

105. “Today, look at the blue sky, hear the grass growing beneath your feet, inhale the scent of spring, let the fruits of the earth linger on your tongue, reach out and embrace those you love. Ask Spirit to awaken your awareness to the sacredness of your sensory perceptions.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

106. “Our friends are the jewels in our crown of contentment.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

107. “It’s hard to tell our bad luck from our good luck sometimes. And most of us have wept copious tears over someone or something when if we’d understood the situation better we might have celebrated our good fortune instead.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

108. “Don’t wish today away. Don’t waste it. Redeem one hour to be grateful. Let your thanksgiving rise above the din of disappointment – opportunities lost, mistakes made, the clamor of all that has not yet come.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

109. “It doesn’t really matter whether we reflect the light through our authentic gifts or whether our authentic calling is to spread it. What matters is that tonight is that the world is dark, cold, and bleak. Your flame burns so brightly. Share your Love and warmth with others. Watch the Light return.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

110. “Conscious choice is creative. Unconscious choice is destructive. That is how we end up living other people’s lives.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

111. “Dare yourself to believe in your creativity, wherever it may lead you. Trust that where it leads, is exactly where you’re supposed to be. Your authentic self knows where you’re headed. Don’t wrestle with Spirit, collaborate with it.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

112. “So burrow in. Snuggle deep. A winter idyll of simple splendor awaits.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

113. “I approach my work with a passionate intensity, acting as if its success depends entirely on me. “But once I’ve done my best, I try to let go as much as possible and have no expectations about how my work will be received by the world.””

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

114. “The simpler we make our lives, the more abundant they become. There is no scarcity except in our souls.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

115. “Trust that through the balm of simplicity your frazzled and weary soul can discover the place where you ought to be. Every day offers us simple gifts when we are willing to search our hearts for the place that’s right for each of us.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

116. “Deliberately seeking solitude-quality time spent away from family and friends-may seem selfish. It is not. Solitude is as necessary for our creative spirits to develop and flourish as are sleep and food for our bodies to survive.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

117. “When we appreciate how much we have, we feel the urge to pare down, get back to basics, and learn what is essential for our happiness. We long to realize what’s really important.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

118. “We are far betting dealing with the big losses-death, divorce, debt, and debilitating illness-than with the daily onslaught of little losses.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

119. “How many of us go through our days parched and empty, thirsting after happiness, when we’re really standing knee-deep in the river of abundance?”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

120. “Grace is available for each of us every day – our spiritual daily bread – but we’ve got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

121. “The seasons of life are not meant to be frenetic, just full. Blessed is the woman who knows her own limits.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

122. “Today is not the day you quit. Nor is it the day you cry. Today you know that you have all the passion and wisdom to find that quiet center of solace, serenity and strength necessary to create and sustain an authentic life.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

123. “Usually, when the distractions of daily life deplete our energy, the first thing we eliminate is the thing we eliminate is the thing we need the most: quiet, reflective time. Time to dream, time to contemplate what’s working and what’s not, so that we can make changes for the better.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

124. “Indifference breeds animosity.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

125. “As the season of believing seems to wind down let me gently remind you that many dreams still wait in the wings. Many authentic sparks must be fanned before passion performs her perfect work in you. Throw another log on the fire.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

126. “Second thoughts have aborted more dreams than all the difficult circumstances, overwhelming obstacles, and dangerous detours fate ever could throw at you.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

127. “Some holiday traditions are sacred. In our house one such tradition is the annual Christmas classic cinema celebration.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

128. “The authentic self is the soul made visable.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

129. “Offer grace for the bounty of goodness. Raise the song of harvest home, the glass of good cheer, the heart overflowing with joy. We have so much for which to be thankful. So much about which to smile, so much to share. So much, that in this season of plenty, we can embrace the season of relinquishment. All we have is all we need.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

130. “We should write an elegy for every day that has slipped through our lives unnoticed and unappreciated. Better still, we should write a song of thanksgiving for all the days that remain-now that we know how to cherish them.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

131. “Faith is the very first thing you should pack in a hope chest.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

132. “Soul-directed events defy logic and ridicule reason.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

133. “Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them. – RUSSELL H. CONWELL.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

134. “Make peace with the knowledge that you can’t have everything you want. Why? Because it’s more important for us to get everything we need.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

135. “Half-truths are the devil’s IOUs.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

136. “There’s no doubt in my mind that sleep deprivation is the hidden number one cause of arguments and cybersex. I’m convinced that countless good relationships end and bad ones begin because of chronic fatigue. Never make a major decision until after you’ve taken a nap.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

137. “My philosophy is very simple: when in doubt, take a bath.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

138. “You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

139. “Sometimes when we awaken from the bad dream of disowning ourselves, we think that the sojourn to self-discovery is a new one. But it is an ancient quest.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

140. “Out of clutter, find simplicity. – ALBERT EINSTEIN After.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

141. “Self-nurturance, or learning to bask in bliss, is an acquired art form.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

142. “No behavior can be changed before it’s acknowledged. And no addiction is beyond the reach of Love.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

143. “The revelation that we have everything we need in life to make us happy but simply lack the conscious awareness to appreciate it can be as refreshing as lemonade on a hot afternoon. Or it can be as startling as cold water being thrown in our face. How many of us go through our days parched and empty, thirsting after happiness, when we’re really standing knee-deep in the river of abundance?”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

144. “Ironically, gratitude’s most powerful mysteries are often revealed when we are struggling in the midst of personal turmoil.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

145. “The key to loving how you live is in knowing what it is you truly love.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

146. “An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

147. “Stressed souls need the reassuring rhythm of self-nurturing rituals.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

148. “This moment is always the best one in which to express your care for others.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

149. “Today you may not be familiar with the happiness habit. But like any new behavior, happiness can be learned.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

150. “Not every one of our desires can be immediately gratified. We’ve got to learn to wait patiently for our dreams to come true, especially on the path we’ve chosen.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach