51 Best Intentional Living Quotes
Are you in need of some inspiring quotes that will help you live more intentionally? I have gathered 51 quotes that will surely set you off on a new foot!
I believe that the most important thing in our lives is to be intentional with our own choices. Too often, we blame others' choices for where we are in life. So what does it mean to be intentional? Intentional means consciously making deliberate decisions about something or having a goal. Suppose we can learn how to make intentional choices in all aspects of our lives. In that case, we will have greater success and happiness than if we go with the flow and let things happen by accident. So whether we're in the middle of good days or bad days, let's be sure that they are intentional days so that we stay headed in the right direction.
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Motivational Quotes
1."And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking." Nora Roberts
2. "If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito." Dalai Lama
3. "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." Oscar Wilde
4. "Your life is far too valuable to be wasted on the life that everyone else is choosing." Joshua Becker
5. "Most people think it takes a long time to change. It doesn't. Change is immediate! Instantaneous! It may take a long time to decide to change…but change happens in a heartbeat!" Andy Andrews
6. "There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period." Brene Brown
7. "If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?" T. S. Eliot
8. "Be the change you wish to see in the world." Mahatma Gandhi
9. "I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it" Art Williams
10. "There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
11. "You cannot solve a problem with the same level of thinking that created it." Albert Einstein.
12. "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."
13. "Don't worry about failure; you only have to be right once."
Positive Thinking Quotes
14. "To escape fear, you have to go through it, not around." Richie Norton
15. "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." Wayne Dyer
16. "The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes." William James
17. "Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." Roald Dahl
18. "We are what we believe we are." C.S. Lewis
19. "Believing in negative thoughts is the single greatest obstruction to success." Charles F. Glassman MD
20. "Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year." Ralph Waldo Emerson"
21. “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it."
22. "You are more powerful than you think. But sometimes it doesn't seem that way because your mind gets stuck on what everyone else thinks, or on old stories that have nothing to do with who you really are."
23. "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." Maya Angelou
24. "I'm always amused at how we spend our lives building structures that then turn into prisons for us simply because we're afraid to face what's possible outside them."
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Living on Purpose Daily Quotes
25. "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." Henry David Thoreau
26. "Consistency is better than perfection. We can all be consistent. Perfection is impossible." Michael Hyatt
27. "The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities." Steven Covey
28. "If you don't monitor your life, you will regret it. If you don't measure your life, you will regret it." Sunday Adelaja
29. "Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment." Oprah Winfrey
30. "Intentionality fuels the master's journey. Every master is a master of vision." George Leonard
31. "I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do." Steve Jobs
32. "When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier." Roy E. Disney
33. "Saying no to one thing is saying yes to the possibility of another." Ellie Roscher
34. "What we take for granted ends up becoming the most important thing in life."
35. "It is by our choices that we decide who and what we want to be, and it is by our words that others know us too" J.K. Rowling.
36. "Doing what matters most produces meaning,"
37. "When you're not intentional, life gets out of control. When you are intentional, life becomes manageable."
38. "Intentional living is the deliberate effort to live with direction and meaning. It means making choices about how we use our time, energy, talents, and money." John C. Maxwell
39. "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow."
40. "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
41. "It's supposed to be hard. If it were easy, everyone would do it. Hard things take time, effort, and patience. Nothing good in life comes without sacrifice."
42. "There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results."
43. "A life spends more time alive than dead, so make sure your life's worth living."
44. "The best way to begin is by beginning, but don't let that fool you into thinking that beginnings are easy."
45. "Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."
46. "Do what you can, where you are with what you have" John Wooden.
47. "You cannot solve a problem with the same level of thinking that created it." Albert Einstein.
48. "It's a shame that the only answer you can give for being slothful and getting nowhere in life is because of your parents."
49. "The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
50. "To do something with intention means to do it on purpose, deliberately, willingly, and consciously. Most things we engage in are done without intention--we just happen to bump into them as if by accident."
51. "I have found that people who push themselves harder than anyone else—those who practice long hours at their sport or art form—invariably start out being unwilling but eventually come around to desire."
If you're not intentional about what you do, the likelihood of success is low. You may think that being a little lazy or just going with the flow will get you by, but it won't. To be successful in life and business, we have to be committed and deliberate in our actions. It doesn't happen on accident—it happens because someone made a conscious decision to make something happen.
Bullet Journaling is an excellent example of this in my life. It gives me a place to intentionally track my habits, my calendar, and my goals. However, it's led to so much more in my life. Starting this blog never would have happened without intentional direction and making intentional decisions to keep going.
If you have dreams and goals that have been sitting on the shelf, I encourage you to pick them back up again! Write the quotes down that inspired you and place them where you will see them every day. Write them down in your journal or keep them on your phone screen. Whatever you need to do to keep motivation and intention in your day, I encourage you to do it. Your future self will thank you for it. I hope this blog post is an inspiration in your journey!
Have a blessed and joy-filled day!
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