Barbara De Angelis > Quotes

“Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.”
― Barbara De Angelis

“The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.”
― Barbara De Angelis

“You never lose by loving, you lose by holding back.”
― Barbara De Angelis, Chicken Soup for the Couple's Soul

“You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.”
― Barbara De Angelis

“Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.”
― Barbara De Angelis

“The journey in between what you once were and who you are now becoming is where the dance of life takes place.”
― Barbara De Angelis

“Love is a choice you make from moment to moment.”
― Barbara De Angelis

“I believe tears are holy, because they show us that the ice of our heart is melting.”
― Barbara de Angelis

“No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change”
― Barbara De Angelis

“If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.”
― Barbara De Angelis

“Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.”
― Barbara DeAngelis

“The obstacles in our path are not blocking us-they are redirecting us. Their purpose is not to interfere with our happiness; it is to point us toward new routes to our happiness, new possibilities, new doorways.”
― Barbara De Angelis, How Did I Get Here?: Finding Your Way to Renewed Hope and Happiness When Life and Love Take Unexpected Turns

“The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.”
― Barbara De Angelis

“No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.”
― Barbara De Angelis

“If you look around you at the physical universe, you will see that it's nature is growth. Everything from the cells in your body to the planets orbiting the sun are constantly growing, constantly changing, constantly evolving. Nothing stays still. Nothing remains the same. So think about it - why would your life be the exception? Why would you be the only thing that exists in all of creation whose purpose isn't to grow?”
― Barbara De Angelis, Secrets About Life Every Woman Should Know: Ten Principles for Total Emotional and Spiritual Fulfillment

“It is not our difficulties or our suffering alone that makes us wise. It is what we add to them--patience, perseverance, compassion, courage, love. From this combination, our priceless pearls of wisdom grow.”
― Barbara De Angelis, How Did I Get Here?: Finding Your Way to Renewed Hope and Happiness When Life and Love Take Unexpected Turns

“When you make a commitment to a relationship, you invest your attention and energy in it more profoundly because you now experience ownership of that relationship”
― Barbara De Angelis

“The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place”
― Barbara De Angelis

“The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.”
― Barbara De Angelis

“man equate their self-esteem with accomplishment”
― Barbara De Angelis, Secrets About Men Every Woman Should Know

“Marriage is not a noun; it’s a verb. It isn’t something you get. It’s something you do. It’s the way you love your partner every day.”
― Barbara De Angelis

“Love's the greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.”
― Barbara De Angelis

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” — Mahatma Gandhi”
― Barbara De Angelis, Soul Shifts: Transformative Wisdom for Creating a Life of Authentic Awakening, Emotional Freedom & Practical Spirituality

“When will you know you have enough, and what will you do then?”
― Barbara De Angelis

“THE “GOING HOME” SYNDROME As human beings, we gravitate toward the familiar. We like to sleep on the same side of the bed each night, to park in the same space at work, to go back to our favorite vacation spot. Returning to the familiar is a basic instinct that gives our lives a sense of continuity and safety in a chaotic and changing universe.”
― Barbara De Angelis, Are You the One for Me?: Knowing Who's Right and Avoiding Who's Wrong

“Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.”
― Barbara De Angelis, Soul Shifts: Transformative Wisdom for Creating a Life of Authentic Awakening, Emotional Freedom & Practical Spirituality

“Mostly, however, I am a mystic. A mystic is someone who understands, contacts, and maps the invisible roads inside of us. Since I was a child, I’ve always felt as comfortable navigating these inner highways as I have moving on the external plane of existence. It seems that I show up in people’s lives when they’re ready to cross a threshold into more consciousness, healing, and awakening.”
― Barbara De Angelis, Soul Shifts: Transformative Wisdom for Creating a Life of Authentic Awakening, Emotional Freedom & Practical Spirituality

“Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.”
― Barbara de Angelis

“It is not the easy or convenient life for which I search, but life lived to the edge of all that I may be.” — Mary Anne Radmacher”
― Barbara De Angelis, Soul Shifts: Transformative Wisdom for Creating a Life of Authentic Awakening, Emotional Freedom & Practical Spirituality

“TODAY I AM GOING TO SEE WHAT THERE IS TO SEE,
TO FEEL WHAT THERE IS TO FEEL,
AND TO KNOW WHAT THERE IS TO KNOW.”
― Barbara De Angelis, Soul Shifts: Transformative Wisdom for Creating a Life of Authentic Awakening, Emotional Freedom & Practical Spirituality