Rasheed Ogunlaru Quotes

Don't be sidetracked by one setback along a path of gifts and blessings

All the love, learning and opportunities that you seek come from being open to life not being closed throughout it.

While there may be many things in life you wish to harvest not every seed you plant will grow.

You may not need to do it all, design it all or direct it all. But when it comes to making things you want to happen to happen you may well have to inspire and drive it all.

Beware trying to iron out all your quirks, perceived flaws and doubts. It's often these things that help you find strength, compassion, empathy for others and heart.

When you fall short of your goals and dreams ask yourself is it your mindset, perspective, expectations, effort, approach, acceptance, company or a blend of these that needs to change.

Champions realise that defeat - and learning from it even more than from winning - is part of the path to mastery.

There is no greater prize than a quiet, peaceful mind.

There is no shortage of external inspiration. Open your eyes and look and you'll be dazzled by it. But it's nothing if you fail to see the magic, wonder and potential that resides within.

Friendships - and indeed most relationships - are measured in the closeness of hearts, minds and soul ties... not in the distance of physical miles or even the passing of time.

Too much time is wasted listening to the noise of the mind - and too little is spent living from the love and power of the heart.

There's no beauty without difference and diversity. Love unconditionally.

It's always the mind that needs quietening and the heart that needs listening to.

Inspiration may come from many places but motivation - the love of life, daily drive and the will to thrive - that must come from you from within

Communication is the breath or death of any relationship

Choose your counsel, company and companions wisely: beware seeking wise words of advice from a fool or expecting informed opinions or decisions from the ignorant.

Happiness is awaiting you every moment of each day for you to embrace. You just make the mistake that you need to achieve 'this' or 'that' or reach something you call 'success' in order to gain it.

Expectation and disappointment are far from friends but they are close relations.

Unlike many other journeys, when it comes to finding self and matters of the heart you'll swiftly find yourself lost if you follow someone else's

Happiness is not a thing - it is a feeling

Your life - and all lives - will be richer if lived with a open, loving heart rather than a closed, fearful mind

Your brand is the value and magic that's not in your bottle, body or box. It's the inspiration, incense, intent and impact before, within and beyond.

All hate is hurt, all compassion is understanding

Triumphs are usually the outcomes of countless learned-from 'failures

Tanacity is the dance within the art of opportunity

All the wealth in the world is nothing, pointless - of no true value - if you yourself feel worthless.

Only the foolish would think that wisdom is something to keep locked in a drawer. Only the fearful would feel empowerment is something best kept to oneself, or the few, and not shared with all.

Success is a path of setbacks, passion, purpose and inner strength

Strive to enrich all lives, hearts and minds not just your own pockets

Sometimes you learn, grow and give far more when your back's against the wall.

Life will teach or beat you all you need to know. My advice take the compassionate class and peaceful path

It may take many voices for people to hear the same message.

Don't waste your whole lifetime waiting for the perfect life when there's a perfectly good one within and right in front of you.

There’s little growth and progression without learning and reflection

A rich life is lived from a giving heart not a selfish mind.

Sharpen and trust your judgement: learn when spending is a shrewd investment and when it is merely an indulgence

During my life journey I've discovered an interesting thing once you stop seeking outside you discover what already resides within.

A Star is always a star no matter what stage they are on or at

Success is simply the wisdom born out of so called failures

You will never get the best out of anyone professionally unless you understand what motivates and makes them tick personally - as a human being

Despair and disappointment are the parent of countless inspired, inspiring, triumphant creations

You may wonder why so many of my quotes - and all my work - is about love, compassion and inner peace? Because life is nothing, empty, bereft without these things.

A few simple tips for life: feet on the ground, head to the skies, heart open...quiet mind

As the sun knows

Always take some of the play, fun, freedom and wonder of the weekend into your week & your work

Gratitude for being alive is the best way to rise and shine.

Life should not be reduced to a to do list.

See life for what it is - a blessing to be lived - rather than what is so often reduced to

Just because a door appears closed it does not mean that it is locked - nor that it will not open with the right heart, call or touch

Leadership is not about the power and status of one but the empowerment and service of all. That is what it should be and that is how it should be measured.