Sarah Ban Breathnach Pain is part of the past. There isn’t one of us who doesn’t still carry childhood wounds. Some are more horrific than others, but no matter how painful your young memories are, there were also glorious moments that kept you alive, or you would not be here today. – Sarah Ban Breathnach
Sarah Ban Breathnach When we talk about Something More, it isn’t wanting a fancier car, a bigger house, or a designer dress. Something More is what we need to fill our spiritual hunger. – Sarah Ban Breathnach
Sarah Ban Breathnach While the past asks only to be remembered, a woman’s memory alters on her behalf and in her best interests. Memory – the vain old biddy – cannot resist penciling a few slight, cosmetic revisions in the margins of the past. – Sarah Ban Breathnach
Sarah Ban Breathnach Tell a woman it’s going to rain, and she’ll get out the umbrellas. Well, in the matter of money, there’s always the chance of rain ahead. – Sarah Ban Breathnach
Sarah Ban Breathnach Always protect yourself. Every woman, no matter what her age, romantic or marital status, should have a bank account in her own name. – Sarah Ban Breathnach
Sarah Ban Breathnach For the last couple of years, as the economic ground beneath all I’ve accomplished and cherished has shifted so profoundly in a life-shattering reversal of fortune, I’ve trained myself to stay alert when the roar and the rumbling of what could be catastrophic change begins. – Sarah Ban Breathnach
Sarah Ban Breathnach There is really only one way to deal with Misery. Accept her presence. Like most experiences in life, we must acknowledge the passage gracefully and let her move through our lives because she brings with her a hidden gift. – Sarah Ban Breathnach
Sarah Ban Breathnach I learned a priceless lesson and one that everyone can use today – it’s never the amount of money we have or haven’t; it’s always the amount of fear we have to wrestle with to make it through the day. – Sarah Ban Breathnach
Sarah Ban Breathnach Misery is, by her own nature, a passing phase of sorrow, one that does not linger uninvited. Her sojourns seem to be part of life’s required curriculum, perhaps because Misery endows us with compassion and empathy. – Sarah Ban Breathnach
Sarah Ban Breathnach The amount of money currently in your bank account is a fact. The amount you spend today is a choice. And the way you reconcile both is through clarity. – Sarah Ban Breathnach
Sarah Ban Breathnach Each day offers us the gift of being a special occasion if we can simply learn that as well as giving, it is blessed to receive with grace and a grateful heart. – Sarah Ban Breathnach
Sarah Ban Breathnach Grace is available for each of us every day – our spiritual daily bread – but we’ve got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow. – Sarah Ban Breathnach