Barbara De Angelis is an American relationship consultant, lecturer and author, TV personality, relationship, personal growth adviser and spiritual teacher. De Angelis received a master’s degree in psychology from Sierra University in Los Angeles and a Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia Pacific University, a now-defunct and non-accredited university previously located in San Rafael, California. De Angelis has written fourteen best-selling books in these fields, including the New York Times bestselling books How to Make Love All the Time, Secrets About Men Every Woman Should Know, Are You The One for Me? and Real Moments. Her infomercial “Making Love Work” won an award as Best Infomercial of 1994. She was the founder and executive director of the Los Angeles Personal Growth Center for 12 years and is president of Shakti Communications, Inc. May her quotes inspire you to live a life that is true to you so that you may live your dreams.
1. “The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.” Barbara De Angelis
2. “If we did not have problems, we would never learn strength. If we did not have struggles, we would never learn resilience.” Barbara De Angelis
3. “You never lose by loving, you lose by holding back.” Barbara De Angelis
4. “You develop courage by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.” Barbara De Angelis
5. “When you live in constant gratitude, your life will become a living prayer.” Barbara De Angelis
6. “Look closely: hidden within all of your difficulties, trials, and challenges is the miraculous nectar of healing and redemption.” Barbara De Angelis
7. “You can’t ask for what you want unless you know what it is.” Barbara De Angelis
8. “Living with integrity means: Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.” Barbara De Angelis
9. “I just want to get a Ph.D. in love.” Barbara De Angelis
10. “Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.” Barbara De Angelis
11. “If you aren’t good at loving yourself, you will have a hard time loving others.” Barbara De Angelis
12. “No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer.” Barbara De Angelis
13. “Even when your mind is confused, your heart knows the truth.” Barbara De Angelis
14. “If your day is full of little mean, dark thoughts, is it any wonder you feel crabby? Maybe it’s because you let your mind run wild like a dog putting its nose into garbage everywhere.” Barbara De Angelis
15. “Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible, it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.” Barbara De Angelis
16. “No job is a good job if it isn’t good for you.” Barbara De Angelis
17. “Love is a choice you make from moment to moment.” Barbara De Angelis
18. “Difficult times always create opportunities for you to experience more love in your life.” Barbara De Angelis
19. “The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.” Barbara De Angelis
20. “No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.” Barbara De Angelis
21. “In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.” Barbara De Angelis
22. “Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.” Barbara De Angelis
23. “It takes a lot of courage to be the same person on the outside that you are on the inside.” Barbara De Angelis
24. “Happiness is not an acquisition – it is a skill. We do not experience happiness because of what we get. We experience happiness because of how we live each moment.” Barbara De Angelis
25. “We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.” Barbara De Angelis
26. “The obstacles in our path are not blocking us-they are redirecting us. Their purpose is not to interfere with our happiness; it is to point us toward new routes to our happiness, new possibilities, new doorways.” Barbara De Angelis
27. “If you don’t develop your skill at enjoying what you have, you won’t be any happier when you get more.” Barbara De Angelis
28. “There has never been, and never again will be a human being like you. There is nothing ordinary about you. If you feel ordinary, it is because you have chosen to hide the extraordinary parts of yourself from the world.” Barbara De Angelis
29. “Silence and solitude are confrontational. They plunge us instantly into the truth.” Barbara De Angelis
30. “Passion acts like a magnet that attracts us to its source. We are drawn to people who radiate with passion, who live with passion, who breathe with passion.Your passion is your true power. The more you discover and express your passion for life, the more irresistible you will become to others.” Barbara De Angelis
31. “Silence has a regenerative power of its own. It is always sacred. It always returns you home.” Barbara De Angelis
32. “When I look for happiness, I lose it. When I stop looking and surrender to where I am, I find it.” Barbara De Angelis
33. “May all that is not love within us and without be healed. May all that is love within us and without us be revealed. May every day of our lives be lived in love.” Barbara De Angelis
34. “That experience showed me that I-from moment to moment-am the only person in control of my connection to God. It’s not that God is deciding to connect with me, depending on whether I had a good day, or did good or bad deeds. It’s all up to me. God, the awareness of God, the love of God, the blessings of God-that lively ecstasy-is always there. It’s me who separates from God by judging, by indulging in negativity, by criticizing myself, as well as others.” Barbara De Angelis
35. “No one betrays us as much in our lives as we betray ourselves.” Barbara De Angelis
