03UndatedThe lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the mud. In order to grow and gain wisdom, first you must have the mud --- the obstacles of life and its suffering. ... The mud speaks of the common ground that humans share, no matter what our stations in life. ... Whether we have it all or we have nothing, we are all faced with the same obstacles: sadness, loss, illness, dying and death. If we are to strive as human beings to gain more wisdom, more kindness and more compassion, we must have the intention to grow as a lotus and open each petal one by one.Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
04UndatedIf we can just let go and trust that things will work out they way they're supposed to, without trying to control the outcome, then we can begin to enjoy the moment more fully. The joy of the freedom it brings becomes more pleasurable than the experience itself.Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
05UndatedLetting go of someone we love is the hardest thing we will ever do. Some people never surrender to love for the fear of being hurt. But to not have loved, to not have felt the immense joy it brings, would have been a far worse kind of death.Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
06UndatedSo, you know that feeling just before you're gonna laugh? That thing when you get all bubbled up and there's this beautiful sort of... it's like a bubble of laughter but it hasn't come out yet? I said, that's the feeling I would say that... that's what God feel like. It's a feeling of joy and love and well-being.Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
07UndatedKnowing your limits, and that there is a limit to getting what you want, comes from a sense of self-respect instilled in you from an early age. It takes guts to stand up in the face of what you really want, but you have to know in your heart that if you make the wrong choice you won't be able to live with yourself for the rest of your life. There is only one person who matters at that point and that's YOU. If you give in to such pressures, you strip away your self-respect, your personal ethics and your standards - the very things that create the fiber that will hold you together for the rest of your life.Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
09UndatedI've finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
10UndatedPeople ask if I feel pigeon-holed by always doing the same kind of humorous role. But my tool has always been humor because it's the most entertaining way to put any ideology across, and it's fun, and it's positive, and it's a healer. Laughter is God's gift. I feel privileged to be able to do it.Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
11UndatedWhether you're successful or not, you'll never actually feel the joys of accomplishment unless you love yourself. Success can be very difficult to deal with. You have to stay in the center. If you let your success define you, then you're really just setting yourself up for failure.Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
12UndatedOne way to feel good about yourself is to love yourself... to take care of yourself.Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
13UndatedA lasting relationship isn't about marriage. It's about compatibility and communication. And you both need to want it to work.Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
14UndatedWhat is happiness? Happiness, I think, has to come in the beginning, truly, from feeling a sense of well-being within yourself.Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
15UndatedDuring the era when women were burning their bras - which, by the way, they never actually did - but when women were first becoming liberated, I was 23. And I met a woman who asked, 'Don't you feel bad because you're sort of acting like the stupid airhead blonde?' And I totally surprised myself. I said, 'Liberation can also come from the inside.'Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
16UndatedI'm extremely proud of my daughter. She's done amazing work. She's worked on herself, which I think is important.Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
17UndatedThe ability to remain calm and focused in stressful situations is central to making positive decisions.Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
19UndatedIf you have a negative thought - 'I can't stand my boss' - it perpetuates a negative worldview. But if you supplant each negative thought with three positive ones, you begin to restructure your brain.Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
20UndatedA marriage ends up being a business deal: no matter how long or short it is, somebody owes somebody money.Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
21UndatedI think that's what makes a successful marriage: a mindful sense of self and the ability to make clear choices to stay together or choices not to.Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
22UndatedI'm a dreamer with lots of energy and a vivid imagination. That's the recipe for becoming an entertainer.Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
23UndatedWhat we want to help children with is, just because you feel sad or happy or depressed doesn't mean that is who you are. We want them to know, 'I am really sad right now, but I am not a sad person.'Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
24UndatedI am compelled to continuously see the bright side. It is in my DNA. My kids look at me and say: 'Mom, you're so happy!' And I do feel happy. I feel joyful inside. I can't explain it.Goldie Hawn / quote ↗
