Let’s face it— some days, we feel totally uninspired, we don’t want to practice and we don’t show up on our mat, even though that is, really, all we needed.
As yogis, being inspired to practice is incredibly important. We get so caught up in everyday life that we forget how important it is to do the little things that bring us joy.
Do you remember when you first started practicing yoga? Although the yoga postures felt rather weird and uncomfortable at that time, you found meaning in them and embraced them fully. Yoga brought you so much joy and you were so excited to practice again.
For whatever reason, you may find yourself, at times, uninspired and unmotivated to do your practice. Other times, however, you may feel filled with passion, you want to learn more, explore, and delve deeper into everything yoga-related.
No matter how you feel, you can use yoga quotes as a tool to help you navigate your emotions surrounding the practice. They are incredibly inspiring, empowering, and do have a positive impact on your journey. If you are struggling with maintaining a consistent yoga practice, reading a few yoga quotes every morning increases the possibility of you showing up on your mat that day.
As a way to bring inspiration into your practice, we thought of yoga quotes! We put together a set of 300 yoga quotes for you, the dedicated yoga practitioner.
YOGA QUOTES to inspire you to keep practicing, to keep showing up on your mat every day, live in alignment with your highest Self, and immerse in the benefits that the practice provides. Whether you practice yoga or not, I’m sure you can benefit from the message that the following quotes transmit.
If you’re interested in starting a yoga practice or you want to help a friend start their own yoga journey, check out the article on how to start yoga.
YOGA QUOTES
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Quotes by B.K.S Iyengar
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Yoga Quote #1
“Yoga is like music. The rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul created the symphony of life.”
B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga Quote #2
“Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.”
B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga Quote #3
Yoga Quote #4
“Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.”
B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga Quote #5
“It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.”
B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga Quote #6
“As animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle.”
B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga Quote #7
“Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.”
B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga Quote #8
“Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.”
B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga Quote #9
“Yoga does not just change the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees.”
B.K.S. Iyengar
Quotes by Sri. K Pattabhi Jois
Buy his book: YOGA MALA
Yoga Quote #10
“Yoga, as a way of life and a philosophy, can be practiced by anyone with inclination to undertake it, for yoga belongs to humanity as a whole. It is not the property of any group or any individual, but can be followed by any and all, in any corner of the globe, regardless of class, creed or religion.”
Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
Yoga Quote #11
“Body is not stiff, mind is stiff.”
Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
Yoga Quote #13
“The whole purpose of Hatha yoga is to purify and control our senses. It is the ultimate science of helping us discover what lies behind the apparent reality of body and mind.“
Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
Yoga Quote #14
“Why fear?“
Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
Yoga Quote #15
“Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory.“
Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
Yoga Quote #16
“Simply be present with your own shifting energies and with the unpredictability of life as it unfolds.“
Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
Yoga Quote #17
“When the breath control is correct, mind control is possible.“
Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
Yoga Quote #18
“Do your practice and all is coming.”
Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
Quotes by Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
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Yoga Quote #19
“No one is wise by birth, for wisdom results from one own’s efforts.”
Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
Yoga Quote #20
“Knowing all objects to be impermanent, let not their contact blind you, resolve again and again to be aware of the Self that is permanent.”
Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
Yoga Quote #21
Yoga Quote #22
“In order to discipline the mind, we need to develop a mental practice that clearly reveals the distinction between the nature of spirit and matter.”
Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
Yoga Quote #23
“How we feel during the action is the quality of the action.”
Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
Yoga Quote #24
“Master your breath, let the Self be in bliss, contemplate on the sublime within you.”
Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
Yoga Quote #25
“Rid your body of its impurities, let your speech be true and sweet, feel friendship for the world, and with humility seek wealth and knowledge.”
Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
Yoga Quote #26
“Breath is indispensable for life, and its absence is death. Hence the necessity to make it longer and accumulate the Prāṇa Śakti. Just as a rich man accumulates money slowly to get wealthy, so also one should practice every day through the proper use of the breath in Āsana to maintain good health.”
Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
Yoga Quote #27
“Where is the delusion when truth is known? Where is the disease when the mind is clear? Where is death when the breath is controlled? Therefore surrender to yoga.“
Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
Quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda
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Yoga Quote #28
“When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.”
Paramahansa Yogananda
Yoga Quote #29
“Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.”
Paramahansa Yogananda
Yoga Quote #30
Yoga Quote #31
“Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.”
Paramahansa Yogananda
Yoga Quote #32
“The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man’s slavery.“
Paramahansa Yogananda
Yoga Quote #33
“By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.“
Paramahansa Yogananda
Yoga Quote #34
“Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.“
Paramahansa Yogananda
Yoga Quote #35
“It is better to meditate a little bit with depth than to meditate long with the mind running here and there. If you do not make an effort to control the mind it will go on doing as it pleases, no matter how long you sit to meditate.“
Paramahansa Yogananda
Yoga Quote #36
“Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.“
Paramahansa Yogananda
Quotes by Swami Sivananda
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Yoga Quote #37
“Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.”
Swami Sivananda
Yoga Quote #38
“Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation.”
Swami Sivananda
Yoga Quote #39
Yoga Quote #40
“Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.”
Swami Sivananda
Yoga Quote #41
“There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient.“
Swami Sivananda
Yoga Quote #42
“Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret, and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.“
Swami Sivananda
Yoga Quote #43
“Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must.“
Swami Sivananda
Yoga Quote #44
“An evil man is a saint of the future. See good in everything. Destroy the evil-finding quality. Develop the good-finding quality. Rise above good and evil.“
Swami Sivananda
Yoga Quote #45
“Do not store in your brain useless information. Learn to unmind the mind. Unlearn whatever has been of no use to you. Then only can you fill your mind with divine thoughts.“
Swami Sivananda
Quotes by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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Yoga Quote #46
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.”
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Yoga Quote #47
“The kingdom of heaven is like electricity. You don’t see it. It is within you.”
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Yoga Quote #49
“If we think of defeat, that is what we will get. If we are undecided, nothing will happen to us. We must just pick something great to do and do it. Never do we think of failure at all, for as we think now, that is what we will get.”
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Yoga Quote #50
“We must take situations as they are. We must only change our mental attitudes towards them.“
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Yoga Quote #51
“Whatever we put our attention on, will grow stronger in our life.“
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Yoga Quote #52
“What makes one luckier is the good that he has done to others. It comes back to him. A man doesn’t become lucky by doing wrong. He becomes lucky because he has done good to others and that good comes back to him. And now he is lucky.“
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Yoga Quote #53
“Don’t go for what you know you can get. Go for what you really want.“
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Yoga Quote #54
“Life finds its purpose and fulfillment in the expansion of happiness“
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Quotes by Jaggi Vasudev (Sadghuru)
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Yoga Quote #55
“The most beautiful moments in life are moments when you are expressing your joy, not when you are seeking it.”
Jaggi Vasudev
Yoga Quote #56
“If you resist change, you resist life.”
Jaggi Vasudev
Yoga Quote #57
Yoga Quote #58
“If your body goes in search of a relationship, we call this sexuality. If your mind goes in search of relationships, we call this companionship. If your emotion goes in search of relationships, we call this love. If your energies go in search of relationship, we call this yoga”
Jaggi Vasudev
Yoga Quote #59
“Love is your quality. Love is not what you do. Love is what you are.“
Jaggi Vasudev
Yoga Quote #60
“The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.“
Jaggi Vasudev
Yoga Quote #61
“A human is not a being; he is a becoming. He is an ongoing process – a possibility. For this possibility to be made use of, there is a whole system of understanding the mechanics of how this life functions and what we can do with it, which we refer to as yoga.“
Jaggi Vasudev
Yoga Quote #62
“The fear is simply because you are not living with life, you are living in your mind.“
Jaggi Vasudev
Yoga Quote #63
“When pain, misery, or anger happen, it is time to look within you, not around you.“
Jaggi Vasudev
Quotes by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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Yoga Quote #64
“When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.”
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Yoga Quote #65
“Don’t think of anything as difficult. Know that we have an even greater power within and according to that we get tasks to do.”
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Yoga Quote #66
Yoga Quote #67
“Welcome each day with a genuine smile from within.”
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Yoga Quote #68
“If it appears as though you are failing, that failure is only to get you towards higher success. This is for sure.“
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Yoga Quote #69
“Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you but it is not others, it is your own mind.“
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Yoga Quote #70
“Just complaining without looking for a solution is irresponsibility.“
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Yoga Quote #71
“When you wish good for others, good things come back to you. This is the law of nature.“
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Yoga Quote #72
“Recognize and honor your uniqueness“
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Quotes by Kino Macgregor
Yoga Quote #73
“Yoga is a path of liberation from the attachment to both mind and matter. It is a door to the inner world and a life devoted to inner peace.”
Kino Macgregor
Yoga Quote #74
“Luckily, the magic of yoga practice is that it effects transformation by asking you to move your body in new ways over a long period of time. When you do, your mind, being deeply connected to your body’s movement pattern, changes. As you learn to access dormant muscles, tissues, bones, and spaces in your body, you simultaneously learn to access dormant thoughts, emotions, feelings, power, and success.”
Kino Macgregor
Yoga Quote #75
Yoga Quote #76
“When I started practicing yoga I began seeing beauty all around me. The trees, the flowers, the sunsets all seemed to glow with a divine light. Then I started seeing beauty beyond physical form, expressed in compassion, kindness, forgiveness, and love. Finally one day I looked in the mirror and saw beauty within myself.”
Kino Macgregor
Yoga Quote #77
“Whether an act of violence is directed towards yourself or another, it’s the seed of violence that yoga seeks to remove.“
Kino Macgregor
Yoga Quote #78
“The mind says this or that.
Yoga says both.“
Kino Macgregor
Yoga Quote #79
“Yoga practice is a space where failure is welcome. Failure is the only way you can learn from yoga because yoga isn’t about memorizing or perfecting the poses. Yoga is a personal and spiritual journey that strengthens your mental abilities just as much as your physical form.“
Kino Macgregor
Yoga Quote #80
“If you misuse a hammer you can do great damage to yourself and your surroundings. Same with asana. If you don’t know how to properly utilize yoga poses, things can lead you off course. Asana can be used as a gateway to a more subtle inner experience. But if you think asana is the goal, then you’ll cut the experience short of its true depth.“
Kino Macgregor
Yoga Quote #81
“To be a student of yoga means that your mind is open and you yourself are open to inspiration – inspiration to learn, inspiration to practice, inspiration to find stillness and inner peace.“
Kino Macgregor
Quotes by Ramana Maharshi
Yoga Quote #82
“Spiritual practice is not an avoidance of difficulties. It is a return to the remembrance of what you are so wisdom can guide your way.”
Ramana Maharshi
Yoga Quote #83
“The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands, and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within. Pleasure is not to be sought in the external world.”
Ramana Maharshi
Yoga Quote #85
“You can only stop the flow of thoughts by refusing to have any interest in it.”
Ramana Maharshi
Yoga Quote #86
“No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.“
Ramana Maharshi
Yoga Quote #87
“If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural state.“
Ramana Maharshi
Yoga Quote #88
“Your duty is to be and not to be this or that“
Ramana Maharshi
Yoga Quote #89
“Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.“
Ramana Maharshi
Yoga Quote #90
“Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.“
Ramana Maharshi
Quotes by Patanjali
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Yoga Quote #91
“A mind free from all disturbances is yoga.”
Patanjali
Yoga Quote #92
“Asanas bring perfection in body, beauty in form, grace, strength, compactness, and the hardness and brilliance of a diamond.”
Patanjali
Yoga Quote #93
Yoga Quote #94
“It is only when the correct practice is followed for a long time, without interruptions and with a quality of positive attitude and eagerness, that it can succeed.”
Patanjali
Yoga Quote #95
“Success is nearest to those whose efforts are intense and sincere.”
Patanjali
Yoga Quote #96
“Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.”
Patanjali
Yoga Quote #97
“Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.”
Patanjali
Yoga Quote #98
“The cause of suffering is that the unbounded Self is overshadowed by the world.”
Patanjali
Yoga Quote #99
“It is not enough to have intuitions; we must act on them; we must live them.”
Patanjali
Quotes by T.K.V. Desikachar
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Yoga Quote #100
“The success of yoga does not lie in the ability to perform postures but in how it positively changes the way we live our life and our relationships.”
T.K.V. Desikachar
Yoga Quote #101
“The quality of our breath expresses our inner feelings.”
T.K.V. Desikachar
Yoga Quote #103
“The ultimate goal of yoga is to always observe things accurately, and therefore never act in a way that will make us regret our actions later.”
T.K.V. Desikachar
Yoga Quote #104
“The success of yoga must not be measured by how flexible your body becomes, but rather by how much it opens your heart.”
T.K.V. Desikachar
Yoga Quote #105
“Anybody can breathe. Therefore anybody can practice yoga.”
T.K.V. Desikachar
Yoga Quote #106
“In stages, the impossible becomes possible.”
T.K.V. Desikachar
Yoga Quote #107
“Yoga serves the individual, and does so through inviting transformation rather than by giving information.”
T.K.V. Desikachar
Yoga Quote #108
“If we do not pay attention to ourselves in our practice, then we cannot call it yoga.”
T.K.V. Desikachar
Quotes by Rumi
Yoga Quote #109
“What you seek is seeking you.”
Rumi
Yoga Quote #110
“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
Rumi
Yoga Quote #112
“These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.”
Rumi
Yoga Quote #113
“When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.”
Rumi
Yoga Quote #114
“It’s your road, and yours alone, others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.”
Rumi
Yoga Quote #115
“Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?”
Rumi
Yoga Quote #116
“As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.”
Rumi
Yoga Quote #117
“I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within.”
Rumi
Quotes by Dharma Mittra
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Yoga Quote #118
“If you open your heart and become like a child, you will always be blissful, always content.”
Dharma Mittra
Yoga Quote #119
“Move your joints every day. You have to find your own tricks. Bury your mind deep in your heart, and watch the body move by itself.”
Dharma Mittra
Yoga Quote #121
“With constant practice, one can improve his physical body and mental attitude rapidly, thereby igniting the higher motives of making one’s Self useful to himself and all mankind.”
Dharma Mittra
Yoga Quote #122
“Always remember that Nature refuses to be rushed. She can only be made to evolve and that takes time, so take heart.”
Dharma Mittra
Yoga Quote #123
“People become depressed when they neglect their spiritual practice.”
Dharma Mittra
Yoga Quote #124
“Yogis love to be alone.”
Dharma Mittra
Yoga Quote #125
“The chakras are very intelligent – they are like the software of the whole computer body.”
Dharma Mittra
Yoga Quote #126
“Animals are our inferior brothers and sisters. They are not meant to be eaten, but must be treated with love.”
Dharma Mittra
Quotes by Dalai Lama
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Yoga Quote #127
“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”
Dalai Lama
Yoga Quote #128
“The body can gain health, but without peace of mind no happiness is possible, not even under the best possible conditions.”
Dalai Lama
Yoga Quote #129
Yoga Quote #130
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
Dalai Lama
Yoga Quote #131
“The way to change others’ minds is with affection and not anger.”
Dalai Lama
Yoga Quote #132
“The point of life is happiness.”
Dalai Lama
Yoga Quote #133
“Blessings don’t come from outside, but from within. Whatever blessings we receive are the result of our own efforts and positive actions.”
Dalai Lama
Yoga Quote #134
“Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to a man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not to die, so do other creatures.”
Dalai Lama
Yoga Quote #135
“When we are angry we are blind to reality. Anger may bring us a temporary burst of energy, but that energy is blind and it blocks the part of our brain that distinguishes right from wrong. ”
Dalai Lama
Quotes by Buddha
Yoga Quote #136
“Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.”
Buddha
Yoga Quote #137
“What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.”
Buddha
Yoga Quote #138
Yoga Quote #139
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
Buddha
Yoga Quote #140
“What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.”
Buddha
Yoga Quote #141
“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”
Buddha
Yoga Quote #142
“If you are quiet enough, you will hear the flow of the universe. You will feel its rhythm. Go with this flow. Happiness lies ahead. Meditation is key.”
Buddha
Yoga Quote #143
“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.”
Buddha
Yoga Quote #144
“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”
Buddha
Quotes by Osho
Yoga Quote #145
“Be a lotus flower. Be in the water, and do not let the water touch you.”
Osho
Yoga Quote #146
“Tomorrow never comes, it is always today.”
Osho
Yoga Quote #148
“The feminine is more powerful than the masculine, the soft is more powerful than the hard, the water is more powerful than the rock.”
Osho
Yoga Quote #149
“Life begins where fear ends.”
Osho
Yoga Quote #150
“To avoid pain, they avoid pleasure. To avoid death, they avoid life.”
Osho
Yoga Quote #151
“Be realistic: Plan for a miracle.”
Osho
Yoga Quote #152
“To be a happy person, one has to drop all comparison. Drop all these stupid ideas of being superior and inferior. You are neither superior nor inferior. You are simply yourself! There exists no one like you, no one with whom you can be compared.”
Osho
Yoga Quote #153
“If you really want peace on earth, create peace in your heart, in your being. That is the right place to begin with and then spread.”
Osho
Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi
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Yoga Quote #154
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Yoga Quote #155
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Yoga Quote #157
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Yoga Quote #158
“You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Yoga Quote #159
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Yoga Quote #160
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Yoga Quote #161
“In doing something, do it with love or never do it at all.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Yoga Quote #162
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Quotes by Eric Schiffmann
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Yoga Quote #163
“Yoga is a way of moving into stillness in order to experience the truth of who you are.”
Eric Schiffmann
Yoga Quote #164
“Your body’s ability to function as a clean and efficient channel is limited by stiffness, lack of strength, and lack of endurance. Your mind’s ability is limited by the way it thinks about itself, by the way you think about you. The process of yoga is one of undoing the obstructions and limitations in your body and mind that inhibit the free flow of creative life force.”
Eric Schiffmann
Yoga Quote #166
“Stillness is not the absence or negation of energy, life, or movement. It is unconflicted movement, life in harmony with itself, skill in action. It can be experienced whenever there is total, uninhibited, unconflicted participation in the moment you are in—when you are wholeheartedly present with whatever you are doing.”
Eric Schiffmann
Yoga Quote #167
“Love is what’s left when you let go of everything you don’t need.”
Eric Schiffmann
Yoga Quote #168
“The purpose of yoga is to facilitate the profound inner relaxation that accompanies fearlessness.”
Eric Schiffmann
Yoga Quote #169
“The release from fear is what finally precipitates the full flowering of love.”
Eric Schiffmann
Yoga Quote #170
“Experience yourself in silence.”
Erich Schiffmann
Yoga Quote #171
“Once you find the truth, no one can hurt you.”
Eric Schiffmann
Quotes by Indra Devi
Yoga Quote #172
“Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice, we can free ourselves from fear, anguish, and loneliness.”
Indra Devi
Yoga Quote #173
“We must keep both our femininity and our strength.”
Indra Devi
Yoga Quote #175
“Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.”
Indra Devi
Yoga Quote #176
“It becomes necessary to learn how to clear the mind of all clouds, to free it of all useless ballast and debris by dismissing the burden of too much concern with material things.”
Indra Devi
Yoga Quote #177
“I do not belong to any religion. Everything is between God and myself.”
Indra Devi
Yoga Quote #178
“Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.”
Indra Devi
Yoga Quote #179
“Freedom is living without chains.”
Indra Devi
Yoga Quote #180
“Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.”
Indra Devi
Quotes by Bikram Choudhury
Yoga Quote #181
“Yoga is the perfect vehicle for change of yourself. First by creating a strong and powerful body and mind. It is a starting point from which you can begin to realize your human spirit.”
Bikram Choudhury
Yoga Quote #182
“The real pleasure, the real peace, the real enlightenment is to give. The more you give the more you get. If you give 10, you get 100.”
Bikram Choudhury
Yoga Quote #184
“Falling out of a posture means you are human; getting back into the posture means you are a yogi.”
Bikram Choudhury
Yoga Quote #185
“Never too old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start from scratch once again.”
Bikram Choudhury
Yoga Quote #186
“Yoga is the only exercise on this planet from which you gain energy instead of burning energy.”
Bikram Choudhury
Yoga Quote #187
“No matter how old or sick or out of shape, you can still stretch and have a new beginning with yoga.”
Bikram Choudhury
Yoga Quote #188
“You have nothing to lose. You had nothing to begin with.”
Bikram Choudhury
Yoga Quote #189
“Until you destroy your body, you don’t learn to appreciate it.”
Bikram Choudhury
Quotes by Geeta Iyengar
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Yoga Quote #190
“In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt.”
Geeta Iyengar
Yoga Quote #191
“Whenever we find stiffness in the body, our mind should be especially supple. It is never the stiffness in our bodies that limits our practice, it is always the stiffness of our mind.”
Geeta Iyengar
Yoga Quote #193
“We are missing the gold if we do asanas as a physical practice only.”
Geeta Iyengar
Yoga Quote #194
“Yoga is the study of the functioning of the body, the mind, and the intellect in the process of attaining freedom.”
Geeta Iyengar
Yoga Quote #195
“In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt. If the mind is wandering while practicing, then one is not fully present, and there can be no union.”
Geeta Iyengar
Yoga Quote #196
“If the body is stiff that is understandable. But if the mind is also stiff then you can’t get anywhere. The mind has to become flexible.”
Geeta Iyengar
Yoga Quote #197
“When this body has been so magnificently and artistically created by God, it is only fitting that we should maintain it in good health and harmony by the most excellent and artistic science of Yoga.”
Geeta Iyengar
Yoga Quote #198
“Gaining maturity in yoga practice involves learning to respect the paths that other people are on and acknowledging their merits, maybe even acknowledging that your own path is lacking in some area where another one excels.”
Geeta Iyengar
Quotes by Chinmayananda Saraswati
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Yoga Quote #199
“Until we discover this spiritual center in ourselves, the God in us, we will be confused, miserable, unsatisfied, and disturbed, an enigma to ourselves and to others.”
Chinmayananda Saraswati
Yoga Quote #200
“Happiness, therefore, is measured by the tranquillity of one’s mind.”
Chinmayananda Saraswati
Yoga Quote #201
Yoga Quote #202
“Silently hear everyone. Accept what is good. Reject and forget what is not. This is intelligent living.”
Chinmayananda Saraswati
Yoga Quote #203
“The real guru is the pure intellect within; and the purified, deeply aspiring mind is the disciple.”
Chinmayananda Saraswati
Yoga Quote #204
“Expose yourself to aloneness. When a person is left alone, he starts thinking of higher reality – about death, life, soul, God, and the mystery of all.”
Chinmayananda Saraswati
Yoga Quote #205
“The future is carved out of the present moment. Tomorrow’s harvest depends upon today’s ploughing and sowing.”
Chinmayananda Saraswati
Yoga Quote #206
“The really poor man is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks the joy of the heart.”
Chinmayananda Saraswati
Yoga Quote #207
“Prayer, in its truest sense, is an attempt to invoke the mightier potential that is already in us, through mental integration.”
Chinmayananda Saraswati
Quotes by John Friend
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Yoga Quote #208
“Just because the earth turns away from the sun and night occurs doesn’t mean that the sun isn’t always shining. It might be hard to see sometimes, but goodness and divine beauty can always be found if you adjust your vision just right.”
John Friend
Yoga Quote #209
“Yoga is about awakening. Yoga is about creating a life that brings more beauty and more love into the world.”
John Friend
Yoga Quote #211
“Releasing masks and veils allows the other to see you in your authenticity. Guards are dropped, and we can be seen for who we really are: the uniqueness of our personality, the beauty of our soul, our pure spirit.”
John Friend
Yoga Quote #212
“It is in this sharing of the deepest parts of ourselves with another that true intimacy in the relationship is cultivated.”
John Friend
Yoga Quote #213
“Be fresh and new when perceiving the other. Always look for the highest first, look for the intrinsic beauty and goodness, for the essence of spirit in your partner.”
John Friend
Yoga Quote #214
“Be passionate. Generate the magnetic power of eros through sensual, mental, and spiritual delight.”
John Friend
Yoga Quote #215
“It is through our deepest intimate relationships that we can gain some of our soul’s most powerful spiritual advancements.”
John Friend
Yoga Quote #216
“Creatively express your love through your life. Love is expressed through our hearts, minds, and bodies.”
John Friend
Quotes by Sogyal Rinpoche
Yoga Quote #217
“What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones.”
Sogyal Rinpoche
Yoga Quote #218
“If you want to know your past life, look into your present condition; if you want to know your future life, look at your present actions.”
Sogyal Rinpoche
Yoga Quote #219
Yoga Quote #220
“Death is a mirror in which the entire meaning of life is reflected.”
Sogyal Rinpoche
Yoga Quote #221
“Without our familiar props, we are faced with just ourselves, a person we do not know, an unnerving stranger with whom we have been living all the time but we never really wanted to meet. Isn’t that why we have tried to fill every moment of time with noise and activity, however boring or trivial, to ensure that we are never left in silence with this stranger on our own?”
Sogyal Rinpoche
Yoga Quote #222
“Two people have been living in you all your life. One is the ego, garrulous, demanding, hysterical, calculating; the other is the hidden spiritual being, whose still voice of wisdom you have only rarely heard or attended to.”
Sogyal Rinpoche
Yoga Quote #223
“The act of meditation is being spacious.”
Sogyal Rinpoche
Yoga Quote #224
“What bitterness! He lives for what is always out of reach! His thirst for survival in the future makes him incapable of living in the present.”
Sogyal Rinpoche
Yoga Quote #225
“Spiritual truth is not something elaborate and esoteric, it is, in fact, profound common sense. When you realize the nature of mind, layers of confusion peel away”
Sogyal Rinpoche
Quotes by Eckhart Tolle
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Yoga Quote #226
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.”
Eckhart Tolle
Yoga Quote #227
“To love is to recognize yourself in another.”
Eckhart Tolle
Yoga Quote #229
“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.”
Eckhart Tolle
Yoga Quote #230
“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but thought about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking. Separate them from the situation, which is always neutral. It is as it is.”
Eckhart Tolle
Yoga Quote #231
“Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness.”
Eckhart Tolle
Yoga Quote #232
“It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.”
Eckhart Tolle
Yoga Quote #233
“Life is the dancer and you are the dance.”
Eckhart Tolle
Yoga Quote #234
“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.”
Eckhart Tolle
Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Yoga Quote #235
“The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Yoga Quote #236
“The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end – you don’t come to an achievement, you don’t come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Yoga Quote #238
“If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Yoga Quote #239
“Follow the wandering, the distraction, find out why the mind has wandered; pursue it, go into it fully. When the distraction is completely understood, then that particular distraction is gone. When another comes, pursue it also.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Yoga Quote #240
“Do you want to know what my secret is? I don’t mind what happens.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Yoga Quote #241
“If you lose touch with nature you lose touch with humanity. If there’s no relationship with nature then you become a killer; then you kill baby seals, whales, dolphins, and man either for gain, for sport, for food, or for knowledge. Then nature is frightened of you, withdrawing its beauty. You may take long walks in the woods or camp in lovely places but you are a killer and so lose their friendship.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Yoga Quote #242
“The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Yoga Quote #243
“Passion is a rather frightening thing because if you have passion you don’t know where it will take you.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Quotes by Yogi Bhajan
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Yoga Quote #244
“When you don’t go within, you go without.”
Yogi Bhajan
Yoga Quote #245
“To conquer the unknown you must trust.”
Yogi Bhajan
Yoga Quote #247
“Hope is not a prediction of the future, it’s a declaration of what is possible.”
Yogi Bhajan
Yoga Quote #248
“There is nothing outside of us. It’s all in us.”
Yogi Bhajan
Yoga Quote #249
“It’s not life that matters, it’s the courage you bring to it.”
Yogi Bhajan
Yoga Quote #250
“What is meditation? When you empty yourself and let the universe come in you.”
Yogi Bhajan
Yoga Quote #251
“The attitude of gratitude is the highest yoga.”
Yogi Bhajan
Yoga Quote #252
“The greatest progress in life is when you know your limitations, and then you have the courage to drop them.”
Yogi Bhajan
Quotes by Sri Chinmoy
Yoga Quote #253
“I shall try again and again, and I am bound to succeed. There will be obstacles, but I have to defy the obstacles.”
Sri Chinmoy
Yoga Quote #254
“Do you want to make progress? If so, then take each problem not as a challenging rival, but as an encouraging friend of yours, who is helping you to arrive at your ultimate destination.”
Sri Chinmoy
Yoga Quote #255
Yoga Quote #256
“Our mind thinks of death.
Our heart thinks of life.
Our soul thinks of immortality.”
Sri Chinmoy
Yoga Quote #257
“True humility means giving joy to others.”
Sri Chinmoy
Yoga Quote #258
“The word “impossible” is only in the mind and not in the heart. If we can remain in the heart, there will be no end to our progress.”
Sri Chinmoy
Yoga Quote #259
“I meditate so that I can inundate my entire being with the omnipotent power of peace.”
Sri Chinmoy
Yoga Quote #260
“Meditation is silence, energizing, and fulfilling. Silent is the eloquent expression of the inexpressible.”
Sri Chinmoy
Yoga Quote #261
“To follow the crowd is to miss the destination.”
Sri Chinmoy
Quotes by Sathya Sai Baba
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Yoga Quote #262
“Learn to speak what you feel, and act what you speak.”
Sathya Sai Baba
Yoga Quote #263
“Silence is the speech of the spiritual seeker.”
Sathya Sai Baba
Yoga Quote #264
Yoga Quote #265
“Man will realize his mission on earth when he knows himself as divine and reveres others as divine.”
Sathya Sai Baba
Yoga Quote #266
“The wise are those who know the Self.”
Sathya Sai Baba
Yoga Quote #267
“Patience is all the strength that man needs.”
Sathya Sai Baba
Yoga Quote #268
“Real happiness lies within you.”
Sathya Sai Baba
Yoga Quote #269
“Take failure and victory cooly.”
Sathya Sai Baba
Yoga Quote #270
“By eating flesh one develops violent tendencies and animal diseases.”
Sathya Sai Baba
Special Inspiring Yoga Quotes
Yoga Quote #271
“The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being.”
Sri Aurobindo
Yoga Quote #272
“Yoga is not to be performed; yoga is to be lived. Yoga doesn’t care about what you have been; yoga cares about the person you are becoming. Yoga is designed for a vast and profound purpose, and for it to be truly called yoga, its essence must be embodied.”
Aadil Palkhivala
Yoga Quote #273
“Yoga is not just repetition of few postures – it is more about the exploration and discovery of the subtle energies of life.”
Amit Ray
Yoga Quote #274
“Most people have no idea how good their body is designed to feel.”
Kevin Trudeau
Yoga Quote #275
“When you listen to yourself, everything comes naturally. It comes from inside, like a kind of will to do something. Try to be sensitive. That is yoga.”
Petri Räisänen
Yoga Quote #276
“Yoga begins right where I am – not where I was yesterday or where I long to be.”
Linda Sparrowe
Yoga Quote #277
“You are the sky, everything else is just the weather.”
Pema Chodron
Yoga Quote #278
“Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.”
The Bhagavad Gita
Yoga Quote #279
“Yoga is a dance between control and surrender – between pushing and letting go – and when to push and when to let go becomes part of the creative process, part of the open-ended exploration of your being.”
Joel Kramer
Yoga Quote #280
“The very heart of yoga practice is abhyasa – steady effort in the direction you want to go.”
Sally Kempton
Yoga Quote #281
“Yoga is not about touching your toes, it’s about what you learn on the way down.”
Jigar Gor
Yoga Quote #282
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.”
Helen Keller
Yoga Quote #283
“The nature of yoga is to shine the light of awareness into the darkest corners of the body.”
Jason Crandell
Yoga Quote #284
“I think it’s interesting that the opposite of being active in yoga is not being passive. It’s being receptive.”
Cyndi Lee
Yoga Quote #285
“Learning to be present with yourself and to abide in that which is steady and comfortable does not allow space for self-judgment. When you live this way, you are practicing yoga: you are living fully.”
Judith Hanson Lasater
Yoga Quote #286
“Yoga is the perfect opportunity to be curious about who you are.”
Jason Crandell
Yoga Quote #287
“That’s exactly how it is in yoga. The places where you have the most resistance are actually the places that are going to be the areas of the greatest liberation.”
Rodney Yee
Yoga Quote #288
“The yoga pose is not the goal. Becoming flexible is not the goal. Standing on your hands is not the goal. The goal is serenity. Balance. Truly finding peace in your own skin.”
Rachel Brathen
Yoga Quote #289
“Yoga is not about self-improvement. It’s about self-acceptance.”
Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Yoga Quote #290
“Yoga does not remove us from the reality or responsibilities of everyday life but rather places our feet firmly and resolutely in the practical ground of experience. We don’t transcend our lives; we return to the life we left behind in the hopes of something better.”
Donna Farhi
Yoga Quote #291
“True meditation is about being fully present with everything that is including discomfort and challenges. It is not an escape from life.”
Craig Hamilton
Yoga Quote #292
“The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness.”
Sakyong Mipham
Yoga Quote #293
“Yoga reveals to you the beauty of mindfulness and takes you into the essence of an endless present moment.”
Debasish Mridha
Yoga Quote #294
“Yoga is invigoration in relaxation, freedom in routine, confidence through self-control, energy within, and energy without.”
Ymber Delecto
Yoga Quote #295
“Yoga is the science of reality.”
Sushil Singh
Yoga Quote #296
“You may not be able to control the whole world, but you may learn to control your inner world through yoga.”
Debasish Mridha
Yoga Quote #297
“Let your practice be a celebration of life.”
Seido Lee de Barros
Yoga Quote #298
“To perform every action artfully is yoga.”
Swami Kripalu
Yoga Quote #299
“Yoga is not about what you do. It is about how you do it.”
Adriene Mishler
Yoga Quote #300
“Breathe in. Breathe out. Yoga is life itself.”
Andrei Dragomir
A substantial set of yoga quotes! Hopefully, this inspires you as much as it inspires me. To spread inspiration even further, I invite you to share the article with your friends on your social media platform!
What were your favorite quotes? Would love to hear your thoughts in the comments below!
Loved the quotes! I can see a great amount of work put into this article. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
Happy you enjoyed the quotes! All the best! 🙂
This is amazing 🙂
Glad you liked it. 🙂
Love it! What a great list, thank you 🙏
Thank you for taking the time to comment!
Wow – what an extensive list! Some excellent inspiration for Yoga practice, health & well-being. Have bookmarked for future reference and will pass on to family members who practice yoga & meditation daily. 🙂
Thank you, Robert!
Wow, you put so much work into this post! There are so many great ones here. Thank you for sharing!
I sure did! Thanks for tuning in! 🙂
Wow… Great work.
One for each day I guess.
Thank you! Exactly! 🙂
Thank you so much for this absolutely inspirational quotes certainly almost one for each day I’m gonna try pin it
Thank you so much for taking the time to read!
Wow! Such an inspirational post. Love the quotes. I will definitely pass it onto my friends. Thank you for sharing ❤️
Thank you so much! 🙂
Such a good list! Definitely motivates me 🙂
Happy to hear that!
This is an amazing blog post of quotes for a yoga enthusiast like me. I have been doing yoga for the last 20 years and it really helps me keep calm. Your quote #34 is really true to the word!
Thank you! Yoga quote #34 is indeed one of the best. 😉
Wow! This is excellent! Thanks so much for your effort in making this post and I’m sure a lot of us will benefit from it. I already have a few quotes in mind that I’ll be putting on my vision board! Loved this post 🙂
Thank you a lot!
Truly inspirational, thank you for gathering all of them together! 🙂
Thank you!
We have gathered a list of 104 yoga quotes with images to keep you motivated and inspired along your yoga journey. Enjoy!