32 Unusual yoga quotes that jolt me back to center

I like quotes and noticed that lots of them have been overused, so I went on a search for the ones that really do it for me, the ones that give me energy, and I confess, #19 is my favorite by far!

Asana

1.       Body is not stiff, mind is stiff.   Sri K. Pattabhi Jois

2.       You go too fast, don’t do that. Eddie Stern

3.       No coffee no prana. Sharath Rangaswamy

4.       Yoga is learning to never say I can’t. I say that

5.       Anybody can breathe. Therefore anybody can practice yoga. T.K.V. Desikachar

6.       Before you've practiced, the theory is useless. After you've practiced, the theory is obvious. David Williams

7.       Turn on the lights of the pose. Richard Freeman

Life as a yogi

8.       Laughter drives shouting away. Indra Devi

9.       Let your speech be true and sweet. Shri T. Krishnamacharya

10.   Never be in debt. Never reside near enemies. Never trap your body through disease. Never forget the Lord with his consort who resides in the heart. Shri T. Krishnamacharya

11.   Bien predica quien bien vive. Don Quijote de la Mancha (Preaches well who lives well)

Meditation

12.   Meditation results in marvels. Shri T. Krishnamacharya

13.   Don’t just do something, sit there! Unknown

Relationships

14.   If you want to attract the coolest man in the world become the coolest woman in the world.  Marianne Williamson

Age

15.   Yoga is the fountain of youth. You're only as young as your spine is flexible. Bob Harper

16.   As women gather in years aim toward living in ways that are sure to horrify the few and inspire the many - Clarisa Pinkola Estes

17.   Age considers; youth ventures. Rabindranath Tagore

Love

18.   If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete. Jack Kornfield

19.   Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? Marianne Williamson

Strength

20.   No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo

21.   My life is my message. Gandhi

22.   Silence is not silent. Silence speaks. It speaks most eloquently. Silence is not still. Silence leads. It leads most perfectly. Sri Chinmoy

23.   When one experiences truth, the madness of finding fault with others disappears. S.N.Goenka

24.   All that we are is the result of what we have thought. Buddha

25.   You’ve got to work with your mistakes until they look intended. Raymon Carver

Respecting our Gunas  (innate psychological tendencies)

26.   Chancho limpio nunca engorda, (clean pig never gets fat) Spanish proverb unknown author

Adventure

27.   Speak a new language so that the world will be a new world. Rumi

28.   Si de algo soy rico es de perplejidades y no de certezas. Jose Luis Borges

29.   A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. William Shakespeare

Wealth

30.   The first wealth is health. Ralph Waldo Emerson

31.   To one established in non-stealing all wealth comes. Patanjali

Results

32.   Mastery of yoga is really measured by how it influences our day-to-day living, how it enhances our relationships, how it promotes clarity and peace of mind. T.K.V. Desikachar

What quotes would you add?

Have you made up any of your own?

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