Dan Millman Quotes: Born in Los Angeles, California, Daniel Jay Millman is one of the most prolific American authors in the realm of personal development and motivational speaking. During his early days of childhood, he was keenly interested in martial arts, modern dance, forms, gymnastics, and trampoline. He won the national title of the gymnastic federation on the trampoline and also won the trampoline world championship in 1964. During his senior year, he had a brutal car accident and pursued rehabilitation for a long time to return back to the gymnastic team as the captain and won the championship. After serving as the director of gymnastics and an active sports activist, he began to conduct seminars, and produce audio and video content on human potential. His first book ‘the peaceful warrior’ was an international best-seller that was translated into 29 languages and adopted as a movie as well. In this section, you can go through the inspirational Dan Millman quotes the peaceful warrior way that will fill up the gas in your empty tank and elate you to push boundaries.
Dan Millman Quotes
There are no ordinary moments. » Dan Millman
The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination. » Dan Millman
You don’t have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you. » Dan Millman
There is no need to search; achievement leads to nowhere. It makes no difference at all, so just be happy now! » Dan Millman
Life comes at us in waves. We can’t predict or control those waves, but we can learn to surf. » Dan Millman
No need to resist life, just do your best. Open your eyes and see that you are far more than you imagine. You are the world, you are the universe; you are yourself and everyone else, too! » Dan Millman
The time is now, the place is here. Stay in the present. You can do nothing to change the past, and the future will never come exactly as you plan or hope for. » Dan Millman
Love is the only reality of the world, because it is all One, you see. And the only laws are paradox, humor and change. » Dan Millman
If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever. » Dan Millman
A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does. » Dan Millman
Life has three rules: Paradox, Humor, and Change. » Dan Millman
Know that nothing ever stays the same. » Dan Millman
Life is a mystery; don’t waste your time trying to figure it out. » Dan Millman
Keep a sense of humor, especially about yourself. It is a strength beyond all measure. » Dan Millman
As a peaceful warrior, I would choose when, where and how I would behave. With that commitment, I began to live the life of a warrior. » Dan Millman
Everything you’ll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body. » Dan Millman
you can live a whole life time never being awake. » Dan Millman
Be happy now, without reason – or you never will be at all. » Dan Millman
Everyone tells you what’s good for you. they don’t want you to find your own answers. they want you to believe theirs. » Dan Millman
Where are you? Here, What time is it? Now, What are you? This moment. » Dan Millman
Live with a peaceful heart; cultivate a warrior’s spirit. » Dan Millman
Action always happens in the present, because it is an expression of the body, which can only exist in the here and now. But the mind is like a phantom that lives only in the past or future. It’s only power over you is to draw your attention our of the present. » Dan Millman
Bad people don’t go to hell, they are already there. » Dan Millman
There is no path to Happiness. Happiness is the path. There is no path to Love. Love is the path. There is no path to Peace. Peace is the path. » Dan Millman
To rid yourself of old patterns, focus all your energy not on struggling with the old, but on building the new. » Dan Millman
The first step to change,… is accepting your reality right now. Honoring your process. Compassionate self-awareness leads to change; harsh self-criticism only holds the pattern in place, creating a stubborn and defensive Basic Self. » Dan Millman
The secret of change consists in concentrating one’s energy to create the new, and not to fight against the old. » Dan Millman
Be gentle with yourself as you would with a child. Be gentle but firm. Give yourself the space to grow. But remember that the timing is in god’s hands, not yours. » Dan Millman
Wake up! If you knew for certain you had a terminal illness–if you had little time left to live–you would waste precious little of it! Well, I’m telling you…you do have a terminal illness: It’s called birth. You don’t have more than a few years left. No one does! So be happy now, without reason–or you will never be at all. » Dan Millman
Choice means giving up something you want for something else you want more. » Dan Millman
The time is now, the place is here. Stay in the present. You can do nothing to change the past, and the future will never come exactly as you plan or hope for. » Dan Millman
There are times to let things happen, and times to make things happen. Now is that time. You will either make things happen, watch what happens, or wonder what happened. » Dan Millman
I had lost my mind and fallen into my heart. » Dan Millman
Life is a series of moments. The quality of attention and action that we bring to each moment determines the quality of our lives. » Dan Millman
The seasons do not push one another; neither do clouds race the wind across the sky. All things happen in their own good time. » Dan Millman
You haven’t yet opened your heart fully, to life, to each moment. The peaceful warrior’s way is not about invulnerability, but absolute vulnerability–to the world, to life, and to the Presence you felt. All along I’ve shown you by example that a warrior’s life is not about imagined perfection or victory; it is about love. Love is a warrior’s sword; wherever it cuts, it gives life, not death. » Dan Millman
The warrior is Here, Now. » Dan Millman
Live in the Moment”, “Empty Your Mind of the Trash” Wisdom is the Use of Knowledge » Dan Millman
Before you can see the Light, you have to deal with the darkness. » Dan Millman
Unless someone truly has the power to say no, they never truly have the power to say yes » Dan Millman
The birth of the mind is the death of the senses » Dan Millman
Avoid fragmentation: Find your focus and seek simplicity. Purposeful living calls for elegant efficiency and economy of effort-expanding the minimum time and energy necessary to achieve desired goals. » Dan Millman
Life comes at us in waves. We can’t predict or control those waves, but we can learn to surf » Dan Millman
Aim not to win or succeed, but for excellence in the moment. » Dan Millman
Responsibility is a grace you give yourself not an obligation » Dan Millman
You don’t need to control emotion,” he said. “Emotions are natural, like passing weather. Sometimes it’s fear, sometimes sorrow or anger. Emotions are not the problem. The key is to transform the energy of emotion into constructive action. » Dan Millman
Find the heart of it. Make the complex simple, and you can achieve mastery. » Dan Millman
Enlightenment is not an attainment, it is a realization. And when you wake up, everything changes and nothing changes. » Dan Millman
The warrior acts, the fool reacts. » Dan Millman
While some of us act without thinking, too many of us think without acting. » Dan Millman
Everything you need to know is within you. Listen. Feel. Trust the body’s wisdom. » Dan Millman
Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are whether it’s greedy or loving. » Dan Millman
Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear. » Dan Millman
When we feel stuck, going nowhere-even starting to slip backward-we may actually be backing up to get a running start. » Dan Millman
Faith is the courage to live your life as if everything that happens does so for your highest good and learning. Like it or not. » Dan Millman
Everything you’ll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body. » Dan Millman
A fool is ‘happy’ when his cravings are satisfied. A warrior is happy without reason. That’s what makes happiness the ultimate discipline » Dan Millman
When in haste, rest in the present. Take a deep breath and come back to here and now. » Dan Millman
you have to ‘lose your mind’ before you can come to your senses. » Dan Millman
When you become fully responisble for your life, you can become fully human; once you become human, you may discover what it mens to be a warrior. » Dan Millman
Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will. » Dan Millman
It doesn’t matter what you do, only how well you do it. » Dan Millman
This moment deserves your full attention, for it will not pass your way again. » Dan Millman
Your business is not to ‘get somewhere’ — it is to be here. » Dan Millman
Process transforms any journey into a series of small steps, taken one by one, to reach any goal. Process transcends time, teaches patience, rests on a solid foundation of careful preparation, and embodies trust in our unfolding potential. » Dan Millman
Choice means saying no to one thing so you can say yes to another. » Dan Millman
My ignorance is based on this understanding. Your understanding is based on ignorance. This is why I am a humorous fool, and you are a serious jackass. » Dan Millman
We discover our character through decisions under pressure. » Dan Millman
Never struggle with anyone or anything. When you’re pushed, pull; when you’re pulled, push. » Dan Millman
Better never begin; once begun, better finish. » Dan Millman
Today is today. But there are many tomorrows… » Dan Millman
Peaceful warriors have the patience to wait until the mud settles and the water clears. They remain unmoving until the right time, so the right action arises by itself. They do not seek fulfillment, but wait with open arms to welcome all things. » Dan Millman
Fear and sorrow inhibit action; anger generates it. When you learn to make proper use of your anger, you can change fear and sorrow to anger, then turn anger to action. That’s the body’s secret of internal alchemy. » Dan Millman
When you begin your transcendental training, focusing your best efforts, without attachment to outcomes, you will understand the peaceful warrior’s way. » Dan Millman
A warrior doesn’t seek pain, but if pain comes, he uses it. » Dan Millman
The hours of your life are the most valuable currency you will ever have. How will you spend them? » Dan Millman
Anybody can be happy when things are going well, and I’ve learned that. But when things aren’t going well it draws out the inner warrior in us to radiate that and bring whatever happiness we can to the situation. » Dan Millman
Life is not a private affair. A story and its lessons are only made useful if shared.” “A jet plane cannot mow the lawn, but it can fly to distant destinations. Don’t worry so much about what you can’t do; just do what you can as only you can do it. » Dan Millman
Wisdom is the use of knowledge. » Dan Millman
A jet plane cannot mow the lawn, but it can fly to distant destinations. Don’t worry so much about what you can’t do; just do what you can as only you can do it. » Dan Millman