Draining Energy Quotes

#1. One of the things you see in New York is that offices keep their lights on at night. They're proud of their building. Great. But they must find another way to be proud without draining energy.

Richard Rogers

#2. I realize that you have to show up for your life.

Mariska Hargitay

#3. Fear is a conditioned response, a life-draining habit that can easily consume your energy, creativity and spirit if you are not careful. When fear rears its ugly head, beat it down quickly. The best way to do that is to do the thing you fear. Fast.

Robin S. Sharma

#4. Pretending to be normal is draining and requires amazing amounts of energy and Xanax. In fact, I should probably charge money to all the normal people to simply not go to your social functions and ruin them.

Jenny Lawson

#5. Remember that the sudden decision to stop fighting, and just go with the flow, can be incredibly releasing. Resistance is just so draining. There is a beauty to gracious acceptance, an energy that leads to peace.

Nikki Gemmell

#6. How can you tell if you are draining someone? How far have you gotten into their life? Are they dependent upon you? Are you thinking of them negatively? Does your energy drop when you stop seeing them?

Frederick Lenz

#7. If your relationship is draining your energy, making you lose yourself and taking your attention away from God, then you are not in a relationship but a cult. You are busy creating an idol (mini-God) for yourself.

Kemi Sogunle

#8. Incidentally, I don't know how late you were planning to stay, but there is an excellent film this evening The Snake Pit. It's a wonderful comedy. I've seen it several times.

Daniel Pinkwater

#9. Allow opportunities so they won't become missed opportunities.

Franklin Gillette

#10. I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient.

Gertrude Stein

#11. Extroverts get their energy from being around a lot of people, but introverts find large groups draining and require time alone to recharge

Sophia Amoruso

#12. Being human can be so dispiriting. It is a real stretch for me a lot of the time.

Anne Lamott

#13. Well, it turns out a hero's lot is not glory or reward, but sacrifice.

Pittacus Lore

#14. In effect, nobody who is not from the losing classes has ever been thrust into a death cell in these United States.

Christopher Hitchens

#15. I've always wanted to do a Crichton book. I really love his writing.

Richard Donner

#16. Don't waste another minute dealing with a toxic, negative, energy-draining person. Some people are wired for negativity. They love being argumentative, combative and abusive. Run for your life as quickly as possible.

Les Brown

#17. Education ultimately depends on what happens in classrooms ... between teachers and learners. That is fundamental.' ... 'I hope that teachers will discover the optimism and direction to combat the energy - draining pressures and frustrations of most educational settings.

David Perkins

#18. The distinction between private and public undermines the unity of spiritual strength, draining the public of the transcendent energies while trivializing them because the merely private life provides no proper stage for their action.

Allan Bloom

#19. God never put anyone in a place too small to grow in.

Henrietta Mears

#20. Coloring excited him, not the act of filling in space, but choosing colors that no one else would select. In the green of the hills he saw red. Purple snow, green skin, silver sun. He liked the effect it had on others, that it disturbed his siblings.

Patti Smith

#21. Winning has to do with gaining personal power through the practice of meditation and mindfulness; not draining your energy on ridiculous things and people.

Frederick Lenz

#22. With all these tentpoles, franchises, reboots and sequels, is there still room for movies in the movie business?

Lynda Obst

#23. If your environment keeps draining your energy, it's like having a leaky bank account, where any money you're putting into the bank, such as by seeing an energy healer, keeps slipping out. You have to change your environment, including any harmful beliefs, before the energy can stay high.

Bruce Lipton

#24. The difference between being an actor and a director is simple. The director has to hide his panic; the actor doesn't.

Alan Rickman

#25. My parents had torn through my innocence and left me with a tar-like substance that was corrupting what was left of me. I could feel it at night; slithering and curling around my soul as it slowly devoured me. It was draining my energy and replacing it with an evil I was afraid to confront.

J.D. Stroube

#26. Words reveal your beliefs and intentions. Actions reveal your character. When they are in alignment, they reveal your greatest life.

Steve Maraboli

#27. You may be mentally exhausted, convinced that your nonexistent problems - problems you know are nonexistent - are draining you of all your energy.

Paulo Coelho

#28. Put your energy into building what is creative, valuable and empowering. And you won't have to constantly fight against what is destructive and draining.

Ralph Marston

#29. In short? It is exhausting being me. Pretending to be normal is draining and requires amazing amounts of energy and Xanax.

Jenny Lawson