Touched by Love Quotes

“All significant relationships have a price. It’s not that relationships are a sacrifice. After all, who wants a life of sacrifice? It is more a matter of priorities. We can’t do everything in life, and we can’t be with everyone. We automatically make priorities by choosing what we will do and with whom. If something is at the top of our list, then other things have to come second, third, or last.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“Self-oriented people are inclusive only of those they believe will further their own motives and causes. More evolved people understand that inclusivity is the most productive and positive way to be. As such, their endeavours are life-enhancing, successful, and significantly contributory. Truly inclusive people do not gossip, listen to gossip, seek to pull other people down, view competition as a play of personal power, or try to gain benefit from someone else’s suffering. Instead, their eyes, mind, and talents are directed towards whatever is best for everyone in any given situation.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“Love begins with an acceptance of the person as they are. That does not mean we accept bad behaviour or a lazy attitude towards life. Our primary focus is on loving the person, come what may. Part of love is helping them become the best they can be. We want the best for them, but our love is not dependent on it. Life, without any assistance from us, has its teaching methods.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“The price of a successful relationship is devotion. Devotion is, essentially, commitment to something we value. What are we devoted to? Surely not what another person wants. I think most people would agree that being devoted to that would be problematic even with the best of people. So, what exactly are we devoted to? We are devoted to the well-being of another person. And we are devoted to the well-being of the relationship. We honour the other person’s value and the relationship’s worth.
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― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“In spite of any indication to the contrary, you can never be disconnected from the invisible, irrevocable, ever-present connections of Love. You are loved. You are here for a purpose. Your life is unique, important, and irreplaceable.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“When we love another person, it is we who love. The other may ignite our love but it is we who decide to love. We need to magnify our decision to love whether people love us or not.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“A couple that can argue well can also live together well. This does not mean that arguing is valued in and of itself. However, conflict is inevitable when two different people try to share their lives at many different levels. It is very important that neither is scared to speak up. It is vital that each can honestly say how they feel and what they think. Each must know that they are respected, even if disagreed with. Only in this way, can a genuine, open, and deep bond be grown between the two.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

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Although we have goodwill towards everyone, our response to people needs to be appropriate to the situation. Otherwise, we can become foolish, weak, conciliatory or naive. If a gentle word works, wonderful. If not, we may need to be more direct. If that still doesn’t work, spiritually-conscious beings have a great deal of power backing them to use for the purpose of protecting the evolution of all that is genuinely good.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“If we would like a long and productive life, we must take special care of the vehicle God gave us to move around in while we are here. Abuse, neglect, and lack of maintenance will come back to repay us with pain, lethargy, dysfunction, and, of course, a shorter-than-possible lifespan. Further, from a spiritual perspective, it is difficult for us to pay attention to our consciousness-evolution if we are plagued with physical discomfort. When the body is comfortable and silent, we can more easily put our attention on higher pursuits.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“Like everything else in life, we should eat consciously. We should learn to listen to our body about what to eat and how much – not too much, not too little, the foods which will not strain or poison our system. If the channel of communication is clear between our body and mind, it will tell us what we need for our body type, age, and level of activity while taking into account any health issues or changed circumstances which affect our metabolism. We can still treat ourselves with things we love, but we should do so in honest moderation and with awareness. Eating what is right for our individual system keeps our body healthy and active, and our mind awake and alert. ”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“If we are in sync with nature, we will be in sync with ourselves because although we belong to Heaven, we are made from earth.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“If we can see the little things, we can see the entire universe.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“No one has to be a martyr on the spiritual path. On the contrary, everyone should be entirely selfish. Not selfish in the normal sense of the word, but selfish in the way of knowing that the spiritual path means we value everything which adds to our own well-being. When we love, we live with connectedness. When we forgive, we feel stress-free. When we create, we live with inspiration. When we follow our inner direction, we feel alive. Is that even a choice?”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“Be kind to yourself. Pain is not a judgement. It is a path indicator.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“What we could easily tolerate when our consciousness was less developed becomes increasingly intolerable as we evolve.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“A person with an honest intention to love will always be wanted in life. We may not be wanted where we want to be wanted, but Life will unfailingly want us.
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― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“We all want sweetness, beauty, harmony, exhilaration, and happiness in our lives. Don't search for it, endlessly and fruitlessly, in other people and circumstances. Become it yourself. Become it with total commitment and in full force. Your life will flower with tremendous potential.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“When raising children, it is not 'making memories' that matters. It is the making of a home. That home is us—the state of our mind and heart. We are what makes the memory of a child. Who we are, who we become as a parent and a person, and how we respond to them and their needs is the most critical element in setting them up for their venture into life. When raising a child, it is time to make ourselves into something as memorable as possible.
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― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“If you want to know who you can trust, think of who is willing to tell you things about yourself that you don't want to hear. Think of who is willing to say such things to you but still loves you. Their love for you is more than their need for you to like them.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“If we are good but not strong, we must learn that, without courage, other people will destroy our life. Everything we value is open to being taken or destroyed by a stronger person. If we are strong but not good, we must learn that we ruin our own lives.
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― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“The worth of a relationship is not based on ease but on purpose and depth.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“Even though true love is very different to falling in love, we mustn’t stop the fall of falling in love. There’s a certain surrender to falling in love. We must let go of something of ourselves to fall in love with another person. We can reassess our course when it becomes clear that love is not maintainable under the same belief system that made us fall in love. After the fall of falling in love, there is a steep climb back up again, but we can make sure that we are climbing in the right direction. And that makes all the difference.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“The nature of human consciousness is to seek completeness. It’s a good intention, but the nature of human consciousness is also to look for it in the wrong places. We have an instinctive drive that seeks wholeness in every way. At the physical level, it is perceived as joining with another, preferably loved and desired, body. Regardless of the shallow talk and jokes people commonly exchange about sex, most people look for a more profound sense of connection and unity in their sexual relationships. 
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― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“No relationship survives or, more accurately, survives happily without a joint commitment to the genuine happiness of the other person. We do not have to sacrifice our destiny, talents, friendships, or ambitions, but their impact on the other person has to be seriously considered. When times are uncomfortable, challenging, not what we wanted or imagined, or actively distressing, we should not revert to dishonesty, nondisclosure, or manipulation to get our own way. What good is getting our way if that way is destructive to our partner? We will end up suffering anyway from the painful demise of our relationship. A different, new, reformed way can evolve. Some things aren’t that important, and disagreement is of minimal importance. Some things have a huge impact on the life of both people, and some sort of agreement has to be earnestly sought. Compromise is not difficult when the people involved care about the other’s emotional, mental, and physical health.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“We were born as a single entity, we will face death on our own, and we must make our way back to the Divine under our own steam. Never give that right and responsibility away to another person, and never take it from another.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“If we see ourselves primarily from the point of view of our relationships (good, bad, and ugly), we will never be able to reach our full potential. While we deeply love those God gives us along the way, the most important, ongoing relationship we will ever have is with our own Divine being. We were born as a single entity, we will face death on our own, and we must make our way back to the Divine under our own steam. Never give that right and responsibility away to another person, and never take it from another. You will find that the respect and gratitude from those you do this for runs deep.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“The very process of being alive means that we are constantly being inundated with fractious elements which work against our body’s integrity. We need a healthy, quiet body to do whatever it is we have come to do. Connecting with the earth is one of the quickest, most effective ways of helping our body restore itself.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“There is no greater gift than the heart that can transmit peace. By sharing it, we keep it.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“Grace is a gentle thing. Easily destroyed by selfishness, envy, ill will, and fear. Easily invited by kindness, hope, forgiveness, and love.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“When we remember who walks beside us, everything we touch, everything we gaze upon, everything we turn our attention to has the inner light of creation. Nothing we do can fail in that light of love and grace.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love