Mindfulness is important for kids. Mindfulness, in short, is focusing on the present (not the past or the future). It can have many benefits for kids. Mindfulness can help kids calm down, regulate emotions, as well as improve self-awareness. Overall, this can boost kid’s confidence, self-esteem and provide tools to better navigate life. This can also help children with important social skills, like having empathy.
We put together a list of our favorite mindfulness quotes for kids.
What can you do with these kid-friendly mindfulness quotes? Whatever you like! Let these quotes inspire you and your child. You can say them aloud, read over them, talk about them, write down your favorite ones…whatever works for you and your family.
Let’s start with some mindfulness quotes from Disney! Disney mindfulness quotes are great since kids recognize and relate to these movies, songs and characters.
21. Mindfulness gives you time. Time gives you choices. Choices, skillfully made, lead to freedom.” -Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
22. You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” -Jon Kabat-Zinn
23. If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. -Dalai Lama
24. Open the window of your mind. Allow the fresh air, new lights, and new truths to enter. -Amit Ra
25. Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more. -Mother Teresa
26. Life is a dance. Mindfulness is witnessing that dance. -Amit Ray
27. Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. -Buddha
28. The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing. -Jon Kabat-Zinn
29. There’s only one reason why you’re not experiencing bliss at this present moment, and it’s because you’re thinking or focusing on what you don’t have…. But, right now you have everything you need to be in bliss. ~Anthony de Mello
30. Gratitude and attitude are not challenges, they are choices. -Robert Braathe
31. There are always flowers for those who want to see them. -Henri Matisse
32. Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. -Henry Ford
33. Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak. -Buddha
34. Listen to silence. It has so much to say -Rumi
35. Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax. –Bryant McGill
36. Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken. –Oscar Wilde
37. Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you. –Bethany Hamilton
38. If you get tired, learn to rest not to quit. –Banksy
39. The mind is like water. When it’s turbulent, it’s difficult to see. When it’s calm, everything becomes clear. –Prasad Mahes
40. Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life. – Buddha
41. Be happy in the moment. That is enough. -Mother Teresa
42. The way you speak to yourself matters. –Unknown
43. Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. –Eckhart Tolle
44. How many times have you noticed that it’s the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest exra-special meaning? –Fred Rogers
45. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present. –Alice Morse Earle
46. Rule your mind or it will rule you. -Buddha
47. Just when you feel you have no time to relax, know this is the moment you most need to relax. –Matt Haig
48. Wherever you are, be there totally. –Eckhart Tolle
49. Worrying is silly, it’s like walking around with an umbrella waiting for it to rain. –Unknown
50. Visualize your highest self and start showing up as him/her. – Ali Owens
51. Believe you can, and you’re halfway there. –Theodore Roosevelt
52. Never hurry and never worry! –E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web
53. The ultimate source of my mental happiness is my peace of mind. Nothing can destroy this except my own anger. -Dalai Lama
54. Mindfulness can help people of any age that’s because we become what we think. –Goldie Hawn
55. Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You. –
56. The best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment. –Nhat Hanh
57. Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment. –Deepak Chopra
58. You become what you believe. –Oprah Winfrey
59. In today’s rush, we all think too much — seek too much — want too much — and forget about the joy of just being. –Eckhart Tolle
60. Brilliant things happen in calm minds. Be calm. You’re brilliant. – Headspace
61. I will breathe. I will think of solutions. I will not let my worry control me. I will not let my stress level break me. –Shayne McClendon
62. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you’re doing. -Jon Kabat Zinn
63. There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind. –Fred Rogers
