Quotes from Sarah Ban Breathnach

Faith is the very first thing you should pack in a hope chest.

Every woman needs a private pin money stash. That is her own personal stash of cash to do with whatever she wants. It gives a woman freedom even if she doesn't spend it - especially if she doesn't spend it.

Money ... it's both the most complicated and the most passionate relationship in our lives.

Solvency feels better than anything you can spend money on.

Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties.

You've got to make a conscious choice every day to shed the old - whatever "the old" means for you.

You develop patience that enables you to wait gracefully and gratefully until the best arrives because you know it will.

Making the absolute best of ourselves is not an easy task. It is a pleasurable pursuit...but it requires patience, persistence, and perseverance.

My philosophy is very simple: when in doubt, take a bath.

Gratitude is the most passionate transformative force in the cosmos. When we offer thanks to God or to another human being, gratitude gifts us with renewal, reflection, reconnection.

you already possess all you need to be genuinely happy.

Never forget that all you have is all you need.

How many of us go through our days parched and empty, thirsting after happiness, when we're really standing knee-deep in the river of abundance?

When you first awaken or before drifting off to sleep, quiet your mind, lift up your heart, muse, mull over, make discoveries. Consider, conceive, create, connect, concede that it all starts within.

Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.

There might be a few things in a woman's life that a romantic interlude won't cure, but I don't know any of them.

Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.

There is really only one way to deal with Misery. Accept her presence. Like most experiences in life, we must acknowledge the passage gracefully and let her move through our lives because she brings with her a hidden gift.

For those of us learning the way to financial serenity and solvency, the envelope system teaches prudence, patience, and perseverance. You can only spend what you have.

Expect to have hope rekindled. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.

Life is not made up of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years, but of moments. You must experience each one before you can appreciate it.

A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved.

Grace is available for each of us every day - our spiritual daily bread - but we've got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow.

Always remember, it's simply not an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons.