Louise Hay
American author and founder of Hay House publishing, one of the most influential figures in the modern self-help and mind-body-spirit movement. Born in 1926, abused as a child and given up for adoption, she built a life as a model, then a Religious Science minister, before publishing You Can Heal Your Life in 1984 — a book that has sold over fifty million copies in thirty languages. Her conviction that thoughts and beliefs shape physical health, that affirmations can rewrite the inner narrative, and that self-love is the foundation of every other healing made her the matriarch of contemporary affirmation-based spirituality. She died in 2017 at the age of ninety, leaving Hay House (publisher of Wayne Dyer, Esther Hicks, Doreen Virtue, and many others) as her enduring legacy.
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Quotes by Louise Hay
107 quotes“You have the power to heal your life, and you need to know that.”
“I love and approve of myself.”
“What we choose to think about ourselves and about life becomes true for us.”
“Loving yourself works miracles in our lives.”
“In the infinity of life where I am, all is perfect, whole, and complete.”
“You have to begin with where you are. Wherever that is, it's perfect.”
“Every experience is a success. We learn from each step.”
“The point of power is always in the present moment.”
“You can heal yourself. You can change your thoughts.”
“You are loved. You are loving. You are love.”
“Forgive yourself. Forgive others. The past has no power over you.”
“Your inner critic has nothing to teach you.”
“The mirror is your friend. Look into your own eyes with love.”
“Affirmations are like seeds. They grow into the garden of your life.”
“You deserve all the good in life.”
“Self-love begins by never criticizing yourself.”
“Releasing resentment is essential to healing.”
“Resentment, criticism, and guilt are the most damaging patterns.”
“Every problem is a teacher.”
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