Toni Sorenson Quotes - Page 4

The only way you’re going to be defeated is if you allow your brain to shut down your body. If you stop making progress, you’re damned.

Words can be arrows that inflict wounds. They can also be bandages that heal.

Intuition is a woman’s gift that comes packaged in responsibility. If we don’t change the world for good, who will?

You are not your emotions and they are not who you are, only how you feel at the moment.

A strong woman strengthens women. An empowered woman empowers women. When one woman rises we are all elevated.

Your brain with all its parts, exists to keep you safe, but your mind, with all your memories and intuition, exists to help you soar.

Are you aware of who you really are in relationship to the very God who created the Universe, who scattered the stars and aligned the planets? Only to those who remember and realize that they are literally spirit children of a God who knows and loves them, can the fire of refinement be welcome. Otherwise, pain and adversity are just that, pain and adversity. Fire doesn’t purify; it only burns.

An attitude is much deeper than just our emotions or the thoughts we think. It’s a decision we make based on our core beliefs and values.

Dreams are blueprints and what good are blueprints until a carpenter goes to work? Dream big, and bold and brazen, but then get off your butt and do the work to realize your own dreams.

The springboard for your success is between your ears.

Go for broke, my friends. Straighten your spine when you step to the podium. Trust your own tongue. Believe that your weary legs will hold you until you reach the finish line. And reach it you will if you give it your all. Fall if you must, crawl if you must, but don’t you dare give up or give in until you’ve made it to the end. For at the end is where your great reward will be to begin anew. A new chance. A new life. A new you.

If you hate what you get for Christmas, try to focus on the person who gave the gift to you, not what came in the box.

Never put off repairing a relationship you value. If sorry needs to be said say it now. Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed to any of us.

If you could see into a woman’s heart you’d be shocked at the cracks and chasms of self-doubt, fear, and pain it holds. It’s a wreck and yet it manages to love like it’s never been broken.

Strength comes from struggle. When you learn to see your struggles as opportunities to become stronger, better, wiser, then your thinking shifts from "I can't do this" to "I must do this.

An aware heart is a grateful heart.

No one else will ever see your dream until YOU envision it. See it and they’ll see it too.

No matter where you are along life’s path, your next step is your first step.

When you’re planning the perfect Christmas … the gifts, the lights, the decorations, the paries, the cards, don’t forget the most important item on the list—Christ.

Dreams grow bigger and bolder every time you nourish them.

When the finish line seems too far away, remember how you felt when you were back at the starting line. Regain that motivation to recharge your momentum.

Some of life’s best lessons are learned through our worst mistakes.

Knock. Pound on heaven’s door if you have to, but don’t give up. God hears all sincere prayers.

To understand God we must understand ourselves. If I give you an apple and ask you, “What is that?” you reply, “An apple.”“How do you know it’s an apple?”“Because it just is.”“How did it get to be an apple?”“It came from an apple.”“Exactly. So when I ask you, ‘What are you?’ you can honestly say, ‘I am a child of God because I came from God.

All paths eventually lead home.

We tend to see what we are looking for.

Success does just happen. It happens to those who desire, plan and work for it.

I challenge you to make your life the masterpiece you want to paint, the novel you want to read, the day you want to wake to.

Ever felt like you are more than flesh and bones and blood that decay back into cosmic dirt? You are. Your existence did not begin with your birth and it will not end with your death. Your soul lived before and will live on and on and on...so what you do now matters later. Choose wisely.

The path you do not take today is the path you will regret not taking tomorrow.

Fitness means you “fit” into the life that you desire.

God is not someone you meet when you die. His smiling face will be the first and the most familiar to greet you on the other side of mortality. You’ll recognize Him and know in your heart of hearts that you’re not entering a new sphere, but returning home to the place you’ve always belonged.

We might give God our tithing, our material possessions, even our time and talents, but those are not really ours to begin with. They are gifts on loan. What is ours is the only genuine sacrifice we can lay on the altar—total submission.

Don’t fear experience. Embrace each one as a gift, a teacher, a step to get closer to where you want to be and who you want to become.

If you’re giving to get, all you’ll receive is disappointment. But if you’re giving to give, all you’ll receive is joy.

Forgive yourself when you fall down because we all fall down.

Women can do it all but that doesn’t mean they should have to.

I will never be a loser. Never. Because I will never stop trying to be better.

Do you realize that you have the power to design a life that’s meaningful and even remarkable? You and God are in a family partnership. He has not only blessed you with mortal breath, but with a purpose-filled life. He’s given you power and will to control that life. This is a gift that He will never take from you. But when you humble yourself and give your will back to him, your life will be nothing short of miraculous.

Yes, the same God who created all the universes created you as a one-of-a-kind. He knows you and loves you and commands you to love yourself.

A little thought thought over and over becomes the thought that changes everything. Always choose to believe the best about yourself.

Exercise feels best after it is finished.

Jesus was a hiker. The wilderness was His retreat.

The brain is a material thing, something you can hold in your hands. The mind is an immaterial thing, something only the Universe can hold.

Why are you alive? To discover joy and to share that joy with others.

Sometimes just getting up and moving is victory enough.

Your brain processes a thought while your mind creates and cultivates not only your thoughts, but also the knowledge and experiences you gain.

The answer is in your dreams, the ones you dream while you’re asleep and the ones you dream while you’re awake.

Nothing on this earth will empower you or change you more than knowing without doubt that God loves you.

In some cases abusive or damaged relationships cannot and should not be saved.

Treasures are not found where many feet have trampled. They are found along the paths that no one else has taken...yet.

You are worth the investment so spend the time, money and resources on you. You matter. When you're strong, healthy and happy, those you love most will also benefit.

Friendship, neglected, is like a flower deprived of water and sunlight.

You can't wear your brain out by overusing it.

The only real insurance you have against disease is a healthy body. Invest wisely, generously and often in that policy.

You do not have to be religious to be spiritual and moral.

The Christmas memories you make this year will be the ones you remember in the years to come.

If you leave your dreams on your pillow, you might as well just stay in bed. To make dreams come true you’ve got to get up and take action.

The word surrender has some shadowy connotations. We think it’s weak to surrender, but sometimes it’s the bravest thing we can possibly do. It means to give our will over to another . . . and when that other is Christ, we are surrendering our pride, our self-reliance, our will to do things our way. We trust Him more than we trust ourselves. The origin of the word surrender did not mean to give up, but to give over. We give our will over to God, let Him do what He will with it, and in the process we lose nothing, but gain much.

The world is yours the moment you follow your own dreams.