Charles F. Glassman Quotes

You won't find your soul in a textbook, self-help book, or buy it in a store. Sometimes, it's just a matter of looking past the anger, regret, and envy to see its smiling face.

~ Charles F. Glassman

When you don't ask for advice, but get it anyway, it has more to do with the needs and wants of the giver than you the receiver.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Action, not philosophy will get you going. Pick yourself up and move forward. That is the only way you can still enjoy life while you are blessed to be living it.

~ Charles F. Glassman

The only certainty in life is that it is uncertain.

~ Charles F. Glassman

The fear of being alone is a great obstacle to attracting the relationship that is right for you.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Staring at the light of another blinds the view of our own.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Although to our automatic brain, change always means potential danger. In order to calm that brain, it means embracing change so to turn on the light in our mind and open the door to our true potential.

~ Charles F. Glassman

God's image is more than flesh and bones.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Guilt is to your health as a thief is to your wealth.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Take a moment, right now, and consider the enormity of activity going on inside of you – from the billions of cells to the even more billions of microscopic organisms. And in that same moment consider the enormity of activity in the oceans, the forests, the jungles, the earth below your feet, right now. And before you take your next breath, consider what might be going on in the outer regions of the universe. Finally, ask yourself, am I really in a position to discount possibilities beyond the limits of my conscious experience?

~ Charles F. Glassman

The thoughts that creep into our brain about other people tell us less about those people than they do about ourself...Understand that most judgments of others are an attempt to empower ourselves and give a sense of being better than the person we judge...Our primitive nature (automatic brain) helps us believe that this is necessary for protection. Following this natural tendency puts up further obstructions to the law of attraction.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Don't wait for the law of attraction to happen to you; make it happen for you, by taking action. Once you do this, you will experience the law of revelation.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Perhaps the greatest neutralizer of sadness rests with two simple words : thank you.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Sometimes, all it takes to lift the sadness from another is to let them know how much you appreciate them and how grateful you are having them in your life.

~ Charles F. Glassman

True friends are like diamonds. They shine for you even on the darkest days.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Smile, when you don't want to.Give, when you feel you have nothing to give.Go for a walk, when you don't have the energy.Listen, when you feel you can't listen.Play music, when you need to hear the news.Take five, when you don't have the time.

~ Charles F. Glassman

I choose to walkwith gratitude, not envy; with faith, not worry; with confidence, not fear; with kindness, not anger.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Since most of us are just trying to figure it all out, why not be kind and considerate while on the journey?

~ Charles F. Glassman

Happiness can be just one thought away.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Happiness can be as close as your next thought.

~ Charles F. Glassman

What separates courage from fear are the thoughts we choose to believe.

~ Charles F. Glassman

What separates courage from fear our the thoughts we choose to believe.

~ Charles F. Glassman

When we assign ourselves the mission of changing others who show no want or need to change, it blocks our spirit-it drains us-and prevents us from attracting into our lives that which we need to grow.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Habits are familiar and comfortable, putting our reactions on autopilot and often leading us, instead, to great discomfort.

~ Charles F. Glassman

When I remove the layers that say I can’t, I discover a burning ember that says I should, I can, and I will.

~ Charles F. Glassman

It takes a rare person to care the same or more about you than themselves. So, until you find that person, please look after yourself.

~ Charles F. Glassman

We hurt ourselves much more than anyone can hurt us just by believing the stupid thoughts we get sometimes.

~ Charles F. Glassman

True self-confidence never needs to degrade the confidence of others in order to grow and survive. If it does, it’s not confidence at all…it’s ego.

~ Charles F. Glassman

True self-confidence never needs to degrade the confidence of others in order to grow. If it does, it’s not confidence at all…it’s ego.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Before searching for happiness in others, we must first find it in ourselves.

~ Charles F. Glassman

A sure way to go broke is to spend your outer riches before you have saved enough of your inner ones.

~ Charles F. Glassman

As soon as you see the need to change your partner to save the relationship, it is then time to end it.

~ Charles F. Glassman

As you see the need to change your partner to save the relationship, it is then time to end it.

~ Charles F. Glassman

If your comfort zone is misery, it's time to get uncomfortable.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Fear and anxiety many times indicates that we are moving in a positive direction, out of the safe confines of our comfort zone, and in the direction of our true purpose.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Anxiety, and the physical symptoms it causes, is merely fog along the path of independence and discovery.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Opening the door to self-respect is a key of happiness.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Nature does not know of the challenges that face us. No matter what money difficulties we have, the sun will continue to shine. If it is health challenges we face, the grass will continue to grow. If a relationship is causing us grief, the ocean breeze will continue to blow. Taking a breath away from our challenges, and recognizing the nature around us, can help open the door to our Divine nature and allow the healing to begin.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Nature does not know of the challenges that face us. No matter what money difficulties we have, the sun will continue to shine. If it is health challenges we face, the grass will continue to grow. If a relationship is causing us grief, the ocean breeze will continue to blow. Taking a breathe away from our challenges, and recognizing the nature around us, can help open the door to our Divine nature and allow the healing to begin.

~ Charles F. Glassman

It's better to get busy then to stay bitter.

~ Charles F. Glassman