If you are practicing mindfulness, you know that staying mindful is all about daily practice and about doing your best to stay mindful and present each and every day. This is why so many people use little tools and daily reminders ( like mindfulness quotes )  to help them stay focused so that they can continue to make sure mindfulness is continuing to be part of their everyday lives.

One of our favorite little tools to help people stay focused on their mindful practices is a motivating quote. A powerful, mindfulness quote that reminds you of the benefits of living in a more mindful way, and of the best ways to incorporate mindfulness into your everyday activities, no matter how stressful life may get.

44 Powerful Mindfulness Quotes

The quotes below may seem like simple, inspiring blurbs that can help give you a little pick-me-up during the day—but these quotes can actually do so much more. Use these quotes to open your mind to new ideas and to a new mindful way of living, to remind you of how to maintain your mindfulness practice, or to help you feel more energized in your everyday life.

There are thousands of different mindfulness quotes from centuries of inspired individuals living life through a mindfulness lens. However, these are 44 of our favorites and most powerful mindfulness quotes of all time.

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We know that different mindfulness quotes can be used for different purposes—which is why we have categorized these quotes and organized them based on their relevance.

Quotes to Remind You of The Importance of Mindfulness

1. “Living 24 hours with mindfulness is more worthwhile than living 100 years without it.”- The Buddha
2. “Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.”– Sharon Salzberg
3. “The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.”– Jon Kabat-Zinn
4. “Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.” – Mother Teresa
5. “The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
6. “Wherever you are, be there totally.”– Eckhart Tolle
7. “Mindfulness, the Root of Happiness”– Joseph Goldstein

Quotes on Practicing Mindfulness

 

8. “Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn’t more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.” – Sylvia Boorstein
9. “Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future; live the actual moment. Only this moment is life.”- Thich Nhat Hanh
10. “Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as the capacity of your mind to be calm and stable. Without calmness, the mirror of mindfulness will have an agitated and choppy surface and will not be able to reflect things with any accuracy.”– Jon Kabat-Zinn
11. “Do every act of your life as though it were the last act of your life.”– Marcus Aurelius
12. “With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

13. “Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen!”– Jalaluddin Rumi
14. “Each step along the Buddha’s path to happiness requires practising mindfulness until it becomes part of your daily life.”– Henepola Gunaratana
15. “Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”– Thich Nhat Hanh
16. “If you miss the present moment, you miss your appointment with life. That is very serious!”– Thich Nhat Hanh
17. “We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.”– Sharon Salzberg

 

Being Aware in Every Living Moment

 

18. “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking out new landscapes but in having new eyes.”– Marcel Proust
19. “This is the real secret of life — to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.”– Alan Watts
20. “Pure awareness transcends thinking. It allows you to step outside the chattering negative self-talk and your reactive impulses and emotions. It allows you to look at the world once again with open eyes. And when you do so, a sense of wonder and quiet contentment begins to reappear in your life.”– Mark Williams
21. “Somehow I always seem to forget the most powerful tool I have in my parenting arsenal: myself. My presence.”– Carla Naumburg
22. “The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.”– Thich Nhat Hanh
23. “He who has freed himself of the disease of ‘tomorrow’ has a chance to attain what he came here for.” – G.I. Gurdjieff
24. “I’m here to tell you that the path to peace is right there, when you want to get away.”
    – Pema Chödrön
25. “Reality is only an agreement – today is always today.”– Zen Proverb
26. “The significance is hiding in the insignificant. Appreciate everything.”– Eckhart Tolle
27. “Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.”– Mother Teresa

 

Quotes on Meditating and Breathing

28. “Meditate … do not delay, lest you later regret it.”– The Buddha
29. “Stepping out of the busyness, stopping our endless pursuit of getting somewhere else, is perhaps the most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.”– Tara Brach
30. “Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

31. “If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.” -Amit Ray
32. “Awareness is the greatest agent for change.” – Eckhart Tolle
33. “Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.” -Sharon Salzberg
34. “Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.”– Thich Nhat Hanh
35. “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”– Jon Kabat-Zinn
36. “Use every distraction as an object of meditation and they cease to be distractions.”– Mingyur Rinpoche
37. “Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.”– Huang Po

 

Quotes on Overcoming Challenges

38. “We withdraw from our experience of the present moment. We pull away from the raw feelings of fear and shame by incessantly telling ourselves stories about what is happening in our life.”– Tara Brach
39. “If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.”– Amit Ray
40. “We do so much, we run so quickly, the situation is difficult, and many people say, “Don’t just sit there, do something.” But doing more things may make the situation worse. So, you should say, “Don’t just do something, sit there.” Sit there, stop, be yourself first, and begin from there.”– Thich Nhat Hanh
41. “If you aren’t in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.”– Jim Carrey
42. “When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you” -Lao Tzu
43. “Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different than they are.”– Allan Lokos
44. “Guilt, regret, resentment, sadness & all forms of non-forgiveness are caused by too much past & not enough presence.” -Eckhart Tolle

 

Conclusion

These powerful quotes on mindfulness can be used to inspire you, motivate you and help you feel more energized and focused in your everyday endeavors. Whether you want to use these quotes for daily motivation, as a way to help you refocus or as a tool to help you get through challenging times—these quotes can be a major asset in your life moving forward.