Quotes by Raymond D. Longoria Jr.

I have a sure knowledge that Thanks are the highest form of thought, and that true gratitude brings unbounded happiness doubled by miracles.

She wasn't the perfect mom. However, she was the perfect Mother for me.

The world truly is my oyster, the difficulty is. I haven't discovered the all of the tools to shuck it yet.

Life without gratitude, is like trying to drown your sorrows by teaching them to swim.

My Mom often said. Every minute spent with Mr. Wrong is a minute that can't be spent with Mr. Right.

A mothers Love is as deep and powerful as any ocean, in the depths of it forgiveness forever is found for her wandering child.

In the darkest of places, even the slightest glimmer of light shines as the sun.

I find my greatest power when I am kind.

If I must have regrets, I Pray that all of them are for fearlessly jumping in with both feet, rather than for having never sampled the water at all.

All that man has touched, will be used. For both good and evil. Such is the way of the world.

In having compassion for another's Spiritual blindness, I can learn to Forgive myself.

Be with someone that makes you happy strike that. Be Someone that makes you happy.

Anger is always built upon a foundation of fear and suffering.

Fear banged at the door. Love answered,and discovered the disturbance had gone.

Forgiveness a secret garden where Joy and miracles abound, and the garden is always open to everyone who makes the Loving choice to visit there.

No-one knows enough to righteously say something is impossible. With God all things are possible. Now tell me, what does that leave out?

Sometimes the Lord must bring the bodylow before raising the spirit ever higher.

Thank you is a great thing to share. If a situation brings gratitude to mind, then a heart felt Thank you is a great way to express it.

The most difficult experience one might ever have, is to grieve the loss of a Loved one who is still alive.

When you smile and no one else is around, you definitely mean it.

Depression is the feeling that everythingis a waste of time. Joy is knowing that nothing in this Life is a waste.

If you don't care for my Spiritual honesty. Would you prefer the Adversary’s lies???

It is accounted unto you as righteousness. If you proceed according to the best light you have.

All actions required for both worldly and spiritual success. Fall. Stand. Learn. Adapt. Grow. Repeat!

My greatest spiritual growth has never occurred while I was comfortable and safe. It is the difficult that builds my soul.

Mistakes remind me that I'm still human. Pain reminds me that I'm still alive. Trying reminds me that there's still hope.

In the midst of every difficulty, lies an opportunity that is longing for you to grasp it.

Heaven or hell has always been a choice one makes, and has never been a place one goes.

Only myself and my creator knows when I've done my best. Anyone else that tries to judge on that matter is a fool.

People who study psychology are invariably the ones who need the most work. I teach best that which I'm most in need of mastering.

If there was a place called good enough land I would be its king.

The sooner I find out that I'm on the wrong path, the sooner I can adjust my journey. Rapid failure can actually speed my success.

There is only one way for a man to truly fail, and that is by blaming his setback on another man.

It is the wise man who can thoroughly examine and entertain a thought without feeling required to act on it.

It is the quiet space between the sounds that force transformation, allowing the chaotic noise of life to become Soul comforting music.

In reference to God, love and fear are the same. To fear God is to do his will. To love God is to do his will.

Any word that follows I am is spiritual error.

I don't need to go anywhere, I just need to sit quietly with God for a time. Kind of like a cell phone, turn it off, plug it in, and let it charge.

The world screams, kindness is weakness !While the Spirit whispers truth. Kindness brings into laser-like focus the full right and power of God.

Like a tiger trapped in a cage that has no bars, so I am held captive by my imagined scars.

Consistent kindness is the most powerful form of strength.

The only battle is with one’s self, no matter what label one places on conflict, the conflict is always within.

Suffering is part of this life only until one realizes that it does not need to be, at that point all suffering ends.

I'm not punished for my spiritual mistakes. I'm punished by them.

A single seed holds within it the potential of giving rise to forests beyond measure.

The tree, like all of creation, said. I am what I am. It was others that placed labels of sorrow or joy upon it.

Giving, doing, and being my best makes my best get better. There are no exceptions to this rule.

Only two entities in the universe know when you've done your best. One of them is you and the other one is not me. Judge not...

To keep someone forever, one must keep winning them forever. When Loving feelings of striving and appreciation wane, forever's light fades.

If it brings annoy instead of Joy; Why squander my precious thought and energy on it?

Mind, body, soul, can be likened to a house. A vacant house falls into ruin much more quickly than one that is called home and is lived in.

Faith is a leap that must be taken over and over again, where each leap is further than the last.