Danielle LaPorte Quotes

If it doesn't light you up, you're not the right person for the job.

I am the joy that I've fought for

Gratitude is like love or fresh air - you can't get too much of it.

Gratitude is an astoundingly reliable, immediate way of becoming present.

Launch and learn. Everything is progress.

Your passion is your qualification. It's your leading qualification.

Being your true self is the most effective formula for success there is.

I focus for periods of time on creative work and I'm very insular during those times - not a lot of socializing. I play when I want. That means I can take off on a retreat, catch a matinee, make friends. My core desired feelings are my time management system.

The cosmos doesn't measure sweat and hours for reward. The cosmos deals in the currencies of joy and satisfaction.

Steadily, we are listening more to the intelligence of our hearts - and acting on that wisdom. And that's what spirituality is - an expression of Love.

I want to surrender to the feelings and shapes of words and not stop until I am clearly heard by myself and my God.

Nobody can tell your story the way you can tell your story.

People magazine with a bag of sour cream and onion chips always makes be feel a bit trashy. But good trashy.

Truth is a journey.

When I'm speaking on stage I feel my most empowered and my most vulnerable. So much could go wrong. That tension is such a rush.

Start leaving what you want to leave. Your future is waiting.

I can't help you. Not really. I can only show up with a bright heart and hope that I get you at the right micro-moment with the perfect dose of light that helps you see what you already know.

Your success will be determined by the quality of your relationships with people.

If you trusted that your art was going to support your life, how would you live?

Feel free to change. When you discover something true about yourself, put it in action regardless of who you were yesterday.

Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?

The world reflects back to you how much you value yourself.

You're not going to die. Here's the white-hot truth: if you go bankrupt, you'll still be okay. If you lose the gig, the lover, the house, you'll still be okay. If you sing off-key, get beat by the competition, have your heart shattered, get fired ... it's not going to kill you. Ask anyone who's been through it.

It's not the imbalances of life that will get you down-it's doing meaningless things that aren't taking you where you want to go.

The secret to success: Do what you say you're going to do.

If you don't do what Fear says ... you'll go ahead and speak up, you'll sign up, you'll buy, you'll sell, you'll jump.

Life is full of opportunities to feel exactly the way
you want to feel.

The surest sign that you're working with the life-affirming kind of discipline, rather than the spirit-depressing kind, is that you don't complain very much about doing what it takes.

You don't need to be burned out to go on hiatus.

It's not about the goal, it's about how you want to feel when you get there.

Happiness is like rising bubbles
delightful and inevitably fleeting. Joy is the oxygen
ever present.

Your most valuable currency is what comes most naturally to you. Cash in!

You don't have to be fearless. Just be sincere.

I know how to go, go, go. Stopping, I've learned is the stuff of mastery.

I dream of Morocco and Paris, and a koi pond in the backyard. Making art, supporting art, learning art. Late-night talks with soul sisters who make me feel crazy blessed and motivated. Stage presence. Books and more books. Film. Belly laughs. I dream about communion. My man. Our son. Always. I dream of sitting around a fire with leaders and lovers of progress. Being able to give yeses that open doors and new dimensions for people. I dream of tenderness and innovation. I dream of invitations that humble me, and magical connections with people I recognize on a cellular level. I dream that we band together to leverage change. I dream of feeling more electric and sweet every single day. Mostly, I dream of being amazed. How 'bout you?

The biggest threat to your creativity is the fear that it's already been done, said, created. (So why bother?)
Say it, do it, make it anyway - but tell YOUR story along the way.
The story of how you came to know what you know.
The story of what you want to know more of.
The story of why you do what you do.
The story of how you came to care.
And that's how you create what's never been created before.

...that's what students of life do - they sign up to learn

Consider that you radiate. At all times. Consider that what you're feeling right now is rippling outward into a field of is-ness that anyone can dip their oar into. You are felt. You are heard. You are seen. If you were not here, the world would be different. Because of your presence, the universe is expanding.

Detachment is hard on your heart - and it actually creates blocks to what you want. Non-attachment, on the other hand, is actually nourishing, and much easier to put into practice.

DETACHED is rigid; a bit chilly, a tad cranky; like an uptight intellectual, cut off from his/her heart. And here's the thing, detachment is often a cover up for fear - fear of not getting what you want. Detachment is defending itself against disappointment - which is why it's a bit bitchy.

There's another way of wanting that's both rational and faith-fuelled: Non-attachment.

NON-ATTACHMENT is open and spacious. It can hold your intense longing, and it can hold possibility. Non-attachment knows that some things take time, that you have to meet the universe half way, that free will is the guiding force, and that anything is possible.

As Michael Beckwith said to me, "Detached is, 'I'm not playing anymore. I'm taking my ball and going home.' Whereas non-attached is 'I'm playing full-out, but I'm not attached to an outcome.'" Ya, THAT.

At this point in my life, I am the joy that I've fought for

Pull over to the side of your journey and look how far you've come

If your goals aren't synced with the substance of your heart, then achieving them won't matter much.

Make generosity part of your growth strategy.

You need to be comfortable to make others uncomfortable.

Someone you haven't met yet is already dreaming of adoring you.

NOBODY knows better than you what's right for you. NOBODY. Let me say what I really mean: NOBODY. Advice? Get some. Oracles? Consult them. Friends? Worship them. Actual gurus? Honour them. Final say? YOU. All you. No matter what. No matter how psychic that psychic is, or how rich the business consultant is, or how magical the healer, or bendy the yoga instructor. All that experts offer you is data for you to take into consideration. YOU are the centrifugal force that must filter, interpret, and give meaning to that data.

My friend and coach reminded me this week that there is a moment when the acrobat lets go of one trapeze and is completely suspended in mid-air before she catches the incoming rung. You have to let go to get there.

Your desires will very often be contradictory and so will your strengths. All of our contradictions make us whole.

Own your extraordinariness and Your ordinariness

Somehow I get the idea that being whole is about being perfectly consistent. I'd rather we be perfectly honest.

I'm a seeker who writes about what I find. And maybe, on just the right day, I can help you flatten your learning curve. If I've got anything to say, it's this: you are the authority on you.

But what if we took it one step further and made an effort to actually transform our pain into something beautiful? What if we went full out and made an effort to transform other people's pain into something beautiful?

Admit to your contentment so it can tip over into joy.

Surprise your doubts with action.

There is nothing as easy as being inspired.

Make Money a CENTRAL priority. This has nothing to do with greed and consumption and everything to do with life force and power.

The journey has to feel the way you want the destination to feel.

Give it your all. Give it away. Your desires are being held in the hand of the cosmos with incredibly sturdy care. Life is not testing you. She is rooting for you.

Enthusiasm is a heightened state of consciousness, and it's one of the best feelings there is to feel.

What you stop doing is just as important as the things you start doing.

I needed someone to tell me that I was sane, that I was special, and that I wasn't all that special.

We must have the daring to be nothing but ourselves if we are to know what true power is.

Don't let your want for perfection become procrastination

Almost any decision is better than no decision
just keep moving.

I want to feel good more than I want to check accomplishments off my list.

She was having a hard time managing her feelings at this point, mostly because she hadn't felt them in so long-they confused her... After you've been numbed for a while, disorientation is a natural reaction as you come back around. It's like waking up from anesthesia and not knowing exactly where you are.

Feeling good is the primary intention

Enthusiasm is the DNA of making things happen.

Life balance is a myth. It's an illusion and the very pursuit of it is driving us crazy. For me it's about proportion - it's really a work hard/play hard equation.

The moment you say yes to acting on your desire is the real beginning.

Determination can be a battle or a thrill. Choose to be thrilled.

Love the necessary hard work.

It's a great privilege to dream.

You can only do what ONLY YOU can do. Do that. The universe will configure around your very best efforts. Willingly.

The best place to begin is always with gratitude.

I only want to hit my targets if the aiming and the hitting both feel good.

First. get clear on how you want to feel. Then, do stuff that makes you feel that way.

The mere act of dreaming is a vitalizing, life-affirming endeavor. As it turns out, using your imagination is very, very good for your wellbeing. Einstein believed that imagination was even more important than knowledge itself.

Passion will always move you in the direction of your authentic self.

In my experience, if you steer clear of dogma and muster up more love than you thought you had to give, then your vitality increases, satisfaction sets in, sweetness surfaces. I believe in the creative power of good feelings. I'm convinced that the desire to be real is everyone's divine imperative.

Small, deliberate actions inspired by your true desires create a life you love.

Why are you afraid? This is where you get it out of your system: bankruptcy, unfulfilled potential, trashing your reputation, losing it all. And then (because we just can't stop there), you're going to apply some simple analysis to it.You may have nothing to fear after all.

When you decide to go after a new dream, you need to give less to your current reality and more to your desired reality ... Take your energy out of what you don't want to be doing anymore so you can put it in what you really want to be doing.

Whatever is on your plate got there because you said yes to it.

Prana is more powerful than just about anything - food, exercise, skin creams, and Spanx.

If you're making art, you are not separate from your brand.

Eventually, you have to stop picking a fight with your true nature and decide to seek the joy that underlies it all.