John Ortberg Quotes

A sleeping pill will never take the place of a clear conscience.

Life is too short for mean anxieties.

Worry drains the mind of its power and, sooner or later, it injures the soul

Take it easy, take it easyDon't let the sound of your own wheelsDrive you crazy.

I work extremely hard to stay positive and happy. But I get sad and anxious, too, just like everyone.

Depression and anxiety can't fit in your head if you're cultivating feelings of joy and inspiration.

'The New Black Yoga' originally was born from a film that I had made prior called 'Black Yoga.' And I was living in Berlin at the time, dealing with a lot of anxiety and stress around the project that I was working on, which is not an abnormal thing for me.

I try not to worry about the future - so I take each day just one anxiety attack at a time.

I'm just not in a place in my life where I worry about something unnecessarily.

I go as hard as I can when I'm anxiety-free.

Everyone contacts me with the same questions: how can I be more confident? How can I get over my anxiety? And, without being preachy, I do believe that diet is so key.

As I get older, I think about the quality of my life and a balanced way to enjoy that. That's true wellness - being well from inside out.

Personally, I know how challenging it can be to find free time in today's uber-busy, espresso-chugging world to tend to our spirits, to nourish our souls.

There are things I still criticize myself heavy for. There are days I have to pick myself back up, but that, to me, is success; it's getting to both sides: physical and the spiritual, mental. Just peace. Peace of mind.

I think it's really important to not stress out about anything.

I don't stay in the constant worried and over-thinking zone.

Stress is the result of not listening to your heart. If you ignore it for too long, and surrender your power to someone else, your chest will explode with panic. I take plenty of time for me.

Always remember that, nine times out of ten, you probably aren’t having a full-on nervous breakdown – you just need a cup of tea and a biscuit. You’d be amazed how easily and repeatedly you can confuse the two. Get a big biscuit tin.

To be a light to others you will need a good dose of the spiritual life. Because as my mother used to say, if you are in a good place, then you can help others; but if you're not well, then go look for somebody who is in a good place who can help you.

Such a person needs meditation more than anyone else because they are headed for a crisis. If stress and anxiety are so great that you can't even imagine a calm clear mind, that indicates you are reaching your coping limits, and need to begin something like meditation just for the stress reduction benefits.

Theres nothing more depressing than having everything and still feeling sad. We must learn to water our spiritual garden.

Although anxiety is part of life, never let it control you.

Success is meaningless if you can't sleep at night because of harsh things said, petty secrets sharpened against hard and stony regret, just waiting to be plunged into the soft underbelly of a 'friendship.'

There are a lot of things that I'm allowing myself to be, but it's a conscious effort to experience contentment for me. My brain doesn't do that naturally. I'm very overwhelmed all of the time.

A lot of people have realized that a good spiritual practice and a good meditation practice have real benefit. It’s not just something nice to do to make the universe happy.