quotations and passages on abundance

Abundance consists not so much
in material possessions,
but in an uncovetous spirit.

John Selden

There cannot be a sense of abundance or the experience of prosperity
without appreciation. You cannot find beauty unless you appreciate beauty.
You cannot find friendship unless you appreciate others. You cannot find
love unless you appreciate loving and being loved.
If you wish abundance, appreciate life.

William R. Miller

People individually and collectively are entitled to life in all abundance.
El Dorado, a country rich beyond all precedent in gold and jewels, lies
at every person's door. Your bonanza lies under your feet. Your luck is
already at hand. All is within; nothing is without.

Herbert Seibert

Supply is infinite, but there must be receptivity. We can have all the supply we will give. But that is where the barrier is--the unwillingness to give. That is where the lack or limitation is.

Joel Goldsmith

When you have too much month for your paycheck, then what you need to do is realize that there is abundance all around you, and focus on the abundance and not your lack and as night follows day abundance will come to you.

Sidney Madwed

An abundance mentality springs from internal security,
not from external rankings, comparisons,
opinions, possessions, or associations.

Stephen R. Covey

The abundance of God is like a mighty ocean, so vast you cannot possibly
exhaust it or cause a shortage for others. You can go to this inexhaustible
ocean with only a small cup and bring away only that small cup of bounty
and blessing. Or, if you have faith enough, you can take a bucket and bring
away a bucketful. It makes no difference to the ocean.
Nor does it matter how often you go. Abundance is always there.

Henry T. Hamblin

The great universe is filled with an abundance of all things, filled to overflowing. All there is, is in her, waiting only for the touch of the right forces to cast them forth.

Ralph W. Trine

The universe cannot be miserly. It cannot be wanting. It holds nothing but abundance. It is perfect love, and perfect love is absolute, eternal giving.

Emmanuel

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have
more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want
so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse.
You must first be who you really are, then, do what you need to do,
in order to have what you want.

Margaret Young

There are six principles of abundant living which, when woven together,
produce a tapestry of contentment that wraps us in inner peace,
well-being, happiness, and a sense of security. First there is gratitude.
When we do a mental and spiritual inventory of all that we have, we realize
that we are very rich indeed. Gratitude gives way to simplicity--the desire
to clear out, pare down, and realize the essentials of what we need to live
truly well. Simplicity brings with it order, both internally and externally.
A sense of order in our life brings us harmony. Harmony provides us with the
inner peace we need to appreciate the beauty that surrounds us each day,
and beauty opens us to joy. But just as with any beautiful needlepoint
tapestry, it is difficult to see where one stitch ends and another beings.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Abundance is the natural state of the universe--of this there can be
no doubt. Just as the number of stars in the heavens or drops of water
in the ocean is beyond counting, so are the spiritual and material
blessings that have been prepared for us.
The key to tapping into this abundance is to acknowledge God
as your source. It is from the spiritual realm that all good comes to us.
When we seek to connect with that source and act on its instructions, we
automatically draw to us the people, resources, and circumstances that we need.
Just as loving parents wish to provide the best for their offspring, our
loving Creator wishes his children to experience only health, happiness,
success, and prosperity. Open yourself to receive this good
that the universe longs to give you.

Douglas Bloch

Where one sees lack, lack manifests.
Where one sees abundance, abundance is supplied.

Darwin Gross

Think of Divine Abundance as a mighty, refreshing rain. Whatever
receptacle you have at hand will receive it. If you hold up a tin cup,
you will receive only that quantity. If you hold up a bowl, that will
be filled. What kind of receptacle are you holding up to Divine Abundance?

Paramahansa Yogananda

You can take as much water from the ocean as you are
capable of carrying, but if you don't bother to go down
to the shore with a pot you get nothing at all.

Annamalai Swami

Giving is the secret of abundance.

Sivananda

Abundance is knowing that everything you need has already been supplied.

Shantidasa

Abundance is of God; pour into it and it cannot be filled, pour out of it and it cannot be emptied.

There is enough in the world for everyone's need; there is not enough for everyone's greed.

Mohandas Gandhi

Those who live in the realization of their oneness with the
Infinite Power become magnets to attract to themselves a
continual supply of whatever things they desire. Those who
are truly wise and who use the forces and powers with which
they are endowed--to them the great universe
always opens her treasure house.

Ralph Waldo Trine

When you realize there is nothing lacking,
the whole world belongs to you.

Lao-Tzu

If you approach the ocean with a cup, you can only take away a cupful; if you approach it with a bucket you can take away a bucketful.

Ramana Maharshi

Too often we visit the well of divine abundance with a teacup instead of a bucket.

Elinor MacDonald

Abundance can be had simply by consciously receiving
what already has been given.

Sufi saying

To be healthy, wealthy, happy and successful in any and all areas of your life
you need to be aware that you need to think healthy, wealthy, and happy and
successful thoughts twenty-four hours a day and cancel all negative,
destructive, fearful and unhappy thoughts. These two types of thought cannot
coexist if you want to share in the abundance that surrounds us all.

Sydney Madwed

We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to
remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy, and doubt,
that peace and abundance may manifest for all.

Dorothy Day

When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives
but are grateful for the abundance that's present--love, health,
family, friends, work, the joys of nature, and personal pursuits that
bring us pleasure--the wasteland of illusion falls away
and we experience heaven on earth.

Sarah Ban Breathnach