Are you a spiritual life coach who wants to help clients to succeed on a spiritual journey? Why not quote well-known people who already managed to find their inner selves and helped many others to do so? By quoting spiritual and successful figures, you will convey your message in a stronger way as well as gain credibility in the spiritual field.
These spiritual life quotes of all times will inspire your clients to live in the present moment, connect to themselves and take a step closer towards enlightenment.
Here are the best quotes from the greatest philosophers, scientists, and religious figures, which you can use as a spiritual life coach:
1. “The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you really are.” – Carl Jung
2. “Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it.” – Wilfred Peterson
3. “Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.” – St Teresa of Avila
4. “The best way to get rid of the pain is to feel the pain. And when you feel the pain and go beyond it, you’ll see there’s a very intense love that is wanting to awaken itself.” – Deepak Chopra
5. “The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.” – Abraham Maslow
6. “Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations.” – Samuel Ullman
7. “I understand once again that the greatness of God always reveals itself in the simple things.” – Paulo Coelho
8. “Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.” – Eckhart Tolle
9. “Awakening is not changing who you are, but discarding who you are not.” – Deepak Chopra
10. “You are never alone. You are eternally connected with everyone.” – Amit Ray
11. “One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity. Connect with those around you today. Say, “I love you”, “I’m sorry”, “I appreciate you”, “I’m proud of you”…whatever you’re feeling. Send random texts, write a cute note, embrace your truth and share it…cause a smile today for someone else…and give plenty of hugs.” – Steve Maraboli
12. “Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.” – Brian Weiss
13. “It isn’t until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are – not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within – that you can begin to take control.” – Oprah Winfrey
14. “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.” – Marcus Aurelius
15. “You and your purpose in life are the same thing. Your purpose is to be you.” – George Alexiou
16. “Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, man cannot live without a spiritual life.” – Buddha
17. “It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters.” – Amit Ray
18. “Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don’t know it. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and the acceptance of love.” – Marianne Williamson
19. “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” – The Dalai Lama
20. “There are hundreds of paths up the mountain, all leading to the same place, so it doesn’t matter which path you take. The only person wasting time is the one who runs around the mountain, telling everyone that his or her path is wrong.” – Hindu proverb
21. “Within each of us is a light, awake, encoded in the fibers of our existence. Divine ecstasy is the totality of this marvelous creation experienced in the hearts of humanity.” – Tony Samara
22. “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” – Denis Waitley
23. “When you connect to the silence within you, that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you.“ – Stephen Richards
24. “Anything that makes you weak–physically, intellectually and spiritually–reject it as poison.” – Swami Vivekananda
25. “God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.” – Elbert Hubbard
26. “The next message you need is always right where you are.” – Ram Dass
27. “The further down my spiritual path I go, the less I am able to define. When I turn inward, I find no words. Only light, only love.” – Laura Jaworski
28. “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.” – Swami Vivekananda
29. “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
30. “A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in His love than in your weakness.” – Mother Teresa
31. “You can’t have a physical transformation until you have a spiritual transformation.” – Cory Booker
32. “Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.” – Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
33. “Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.” – Mary Baker Eddy
34. “Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
35. “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is.” – Albert Einstein
36. “We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.” – Neil DeGrasse Tyson
37. “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare
38. “Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.” — Jacques Prevert
39. “You can read books without ever stepping into a library, and practice spirituality without ever going to a temple.” – Anthony de Mello
40. “Friendship has always belonged to the core of my spiritual journey.” – Henri Nouwen
41. “Anybody can thank God for good things. But when you can thank God even in the bad things, your faith grows and your spiritual roots go deeper.” – Rick Warren
42. “Only in quiet waters, things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is the adequate perception of the world.” — Hans Margolius
43. “God is to me that creative force, behind and in the universe, who manifests Himself as energy, as life, as order, as beauty, as thought, as conscience, as love.” – Henry Sloane Coffin
44. “Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings Heaven even in a moment.” – Swami Vivekananda
45. “Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.” – Ludwig van Beethoven
46. “Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.” ― Benjamin Disraeli
47. “Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.” – William Blake
48. “The spiritual life is not a life before, after, or beyond our everyday existence. No, the spiritual life can only be real when it is lived in the midst of the pains and joys of the here and now.” – Henri Nouwen
49. “Disease is, in essence, the result of conflict between soul and mind, and will never be eradicated except by spiritual and mental effort.” – Edward Bach
50. “People who have had little self-reflection live life in a huge reality blind-spot.” – Bryant McGill
51. “If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” – Jack Kornfield
52. “Spirituality means you don’t try to find explanations for your nonsense – you are willing to face it.” – Sadguru
53. “If god is all you have, you have all you need.” – John 14:8
Final Words:
Quotes are great for expressing your values, philosophy, and view of spiritual life. Here we have covered 53 spiritual quotes, that you, as a coach, can use to help your clients find enlightenment. However, quotes should not be the fundamentals of your coaching, and you should ask spiritual coaching questions to truly help clients. And if you want to go the extra mile, you could offer some high-quality spiritual life coaching tools and resources to achieve better results.
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