Bryant McGill Quotes

Life moves forward. The old leaves wither, die and fall away, and the new growth extends forward into the light.

You have put yourself at risk to activate your instinctual genius.

Learning your lesson from a mistake is healthy, but living forever in the emotions of your past mistakes is toxic and debilitating.

It is easy to know your purpose in life, because you choose your purpose in life.

When you keep explaining and rehashing you just keep your mistake alive. Learn your lesson and adjust your behavior and move forward.

Our value is mirrored back to us through success only when we share the treasure we already are.

Because we are always growing, life compounds and magnifies what is already in us.

Do not wallow in your mistakes. Do not grovel and prostrate yourself in hopes of forgiveness. We all make mistakes. Apologize and move forward. Do not replay the event in your head. Do not continue to beat yourself up. Do not profusely explain, defend yourself, make excuses or blame. After you apologize, do no more explaining; never explain more than once — ever.

Peace adores above everything free discussion and expression without intimidation.

In a world of sleepwalkers an awakened mind is a teacher and a catalyst for new awakenings, whether they want to be or not.

Creativity flourishes where there is freedom.

All ideas in a truly free society should always be open for discussion.

We must reject the artificial and embrace what is real and true: truth in food, community, relationships and self.

The truth is now as it was yesterday, and as it always will be, that the world is-as we are.

The storm is out there and every one of us must eventually face the storm. When the storm comes, pray that it will shake you to your roots and break you wide-open. Being broken open by the storm is your only hope. When you are broken open you get to discover for the first time what is inside you. Some people never get to see what is inside them; what beauty, what strength, what truth and love. They were never broken open by the storm. So, don't run from your pain — run into your pain. Let life's storm shatter you.

If you can begin to believe in your own beauty, you can then begin to believe in the beauty of others.

When you demand perfection within yourself, you become more fallible.

Every soul is beautiful and precious; is worthy of dignity and respect, and deserving of peace, joy and love.

In reverent pauses, when we slow down and think about the gift of life, we may briefly touch humility.

Hopefully and devoutly focus on your greater possibilities.

Your past is like a bag of bricks; set it down and walk away. Quit collecting every painful word, memory and mistake. Collect hope.

In your serenity there is a clarity, strength and correctness that is beyond the petty scuffles of the moment — a greater truth. It is the truth of who you are; beautiful, calm, secure, open, willing and safe.

Every woman was once a little girl with big dreams. Believe in yourself and never quit dreaming!

Run, leap and celebrate for you are alive today!

Laugh and make the best of every situation. Understand that life is not perfect.

You are responsible for doing what good you can with what you have, and any good is better than none.

Do not despair. Have faith. It is going to work out and you will be delivered.

We can change the world one thought at a time, one child at a time, one family at a time, one community at a time, one city, one state and one country at a time.

The joy and smile of even one child is worth more than the prancing intellects of a thousand men, for we are, that we might have joy, and be free.

No one can set your level of worthiness except you.

Mindfulness is that space where you are in touch with life-experience and you are brightly aware.

When we oppose oppression, we lift our hands from the collective reins that empower such oppression.

Being told you are wrong or insulted, gives you an opportunity to practice decency and having a non-response internally.

If you have had a bad day, remember that tomorrow is a wonderful gift and a new chance to try again.

When you truly face your pain you will only see yourself. Your fear was always you.

The success of a civil order should not be judged by its most affluent members, but by the standard of living of its poor.

Governments are committed to preserving the myth of their monopoly on violence. Violence belongs to everyone.

If you are rude, cynical, habitually-sarcastic or pessimistic, your life options are going to be very limited.

Persistence is the most traveled path to success.

When we hold-on to someone's imperfections we become emotionally pair-bonded to their maladies.

The dark war consciousness and pride have seized upon the weak, with great cynicisms and glib, soulless intellects, that grind away like robotic gears at what they despise and can never understand.

Respect is the lifeblood of progress, and the safe harbor of humanity's great aspirations.

Pain is like a healing emotional fever.

When you are speaking to someone else you are really speaking only to yourself.

There is no such thing as a non-subjective world to a subjective mind.

Taking advice is fine; by all means, be open-minded, but not to the point of allowing others to obliterate your uniqueness.

A person at peace can immediately recognize a consciousness in crisis, whereas those in crisis cannot fully understand themselves or others.

All your troubles, struggles, pains and suffering is worth one good thing.

Immediate gratification is a dream killer.

A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.

Your suffering needs to be respected. Don't try to ignore the hurt, because it is real. Just let the hurt soften you instead of hardening you. Let the hurt open you instead of closing you. Let the hurt send you looking for those who will accept you instead of hiding from those who reject you.

Pain is a horribly wonderful gift.

When you release the illusion of control, you begin an effortless free-fall toward a grand reunion with your original self.

We all make mistakes, but one of our biggest mistakes is continually revisiting the past.

A society that has destroyed freedom and beauty must itself be destroyed.

Negativity is a natural part of your perfect self.

All success comes through other people.

If you are unhappy with your life and the state of the world, the best place to start changing things is within yourself.

Start thinking of your guilt as being selfish, because guilt blocks opportunities from arriving for those you care about and for you.

Through TV people turn their family living rooms into meditative dens of death and violence worship.