Quotes about Alignment

The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.

It is only in orienting his life to the divine center that a person can secure anything else he desires and yet not be based upon it.

the more completely weekly goals are tied into a wider framework of correct principles and into a personal mission statement, the greater the increase in effectiveness will be.

You might work on your behavior—you could try harder, be more diligent, double your speed. But your efforts would only succeed in getting you to the wrong place faster.

Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way.

By keeping that end clearly in mind, you can make certain that whatever you do on any particular day does not violate the criteria you have defined as supremely important, and that each day of your life contributes in a meaningful way to the vision you have of your life as a whole.

The more closely our maps or paradigms are aligned with these principles or natural laws, the more accurate and functional they will be. Correct maps will infinitely impact our personal and interpersonal effectiveness far more than any amount of effort expended on changing our attitudes and behaviors.

You can't become principle-centered without first being aware of your paradigms and understanding how to shift them and align them with principles.

Writing or reviewing a mission statement changes you because it forces you to think through your priorities deeply, carefully, and to align your behavior with your beliefs. As you do, other people begin to sense that you're not being driven by everything that happens to you. You have a sense of mission about what you're trying to do and you are excited about it.3

And to be effective, that statement has to come from within the bowels of the organization.

Success in any endeavor is always derived from acting in harmony with the principles to which the success is tied.

I do what I love, and I love what I do. I think we all were intended out of a field of energy called love, so you must be love in order to intend.