This article is a compilation of the best answers to the Quora’s question: “What are some things you realize as you get older?“

1. Life is too short not to ask the guy/girl out.

“Don’t spend time thinking about “what if” or “I wish I”. You never know if that woman/man could be the one you marry. Relationships really can be as random as that.”

2. Adults don’t know what they’re doing either.

“When you were a child you knew you could ask your parents or any adult a question knowing they had the answers to everything. When you get older you realize that most adults are clueless and are figuring out life just like everybody else!”

3. Nothing in this life is forever, so take it slow.

“Always take the long view in life. Be patient. The forest is never just the trees. Markets crash and markets rebound. Today’s setbacks aren’t deadly. With the right attitude, you’ll get over them – and then some.”

4. Remember to thank people.

“It takes a lot of support to create success. Incredibly successful people are mindful of showing sincerity and often to those who help them achieve success. It’s not hard, the thought of leaving someone un-thanked never even enters their mind.”

5. Things always work out the way they’re supposed to.

“I suppose this is a variation of ‘Everything happens for a reason.’ I’ve found this reminder to be incredibly helpful. You can worry all you want, but in the end, whatever happens is what was supposed to happen. This one always makes more sense retrospectively.”

6. It’s better to do one thing great than ten things well.

“Just because you got a C in history, doesn’t mean your life is over. And just because you get As in everything doesn’t mean you are set-up to be great. In fact, if you get As at everything you might actually end up being a very high-functioning cog instead of focusing your talents.

Adolescence is a wonderful time to explore new things. Good time to try lots of things and see what speaks to you. At some point in one’s life you need to eliminate options and focus on a grander strategy at becoming great.”

7. Aim for relationships that are an absolute yes.

“This is especially true in relationships. If you have one foot out the door half the time, it will never work. Real love is born out of commitment and selflessness. So ask yourself – is it an absolute “Yes” or “No?” Don’t settle. When things get rocky, you’ll need someone by your side who is an “absolute yes.” Life’s too short to live in a grey area.”

8. Life isn’t actually a rom-com.

“On my first day of college I met a girl and thought we were destined to be together. I obsessed about her for years. I wrote screenplays to impress her. Put on over thirty pounds of muscle so she would find me sexy. Read books, listened to music, quit smoking. I gave her small gifts. Remembered details that no one else would. Grew out my hair. Changed my fashion. And at the end of it all, we never even kissed.

That’s not on her at all. I learned that you can’t earn someones love, nor should you have to. Life isn’t a rom-com, there isn’t one girl out there you are destined to be with, there are many women that you are compatible with. Grow, develop, and make moves.

You might not end up with her, but it was never about her to begin with.”

9. You should absolutely take that extra trip to visit your family.

“I will tell you now that you are never that busy or that important to not make it. I thought I was that important until I lost someone very important to me. Hard way to learn that I could have had that time if I had only gotten over myself. Do it now and don’t regret it later.”

10. Not everyone you meet is trustworthy. Be careful.

“As you grow you will get betrayed and back stabbed. A lot. From close friends, yes even close family and friends will change, either because of money, position or maybe without any reason. You will adapt to the fact that trusting people is like walking on water. Unless you’re Jesus you won’t be able to do it. However Jesus walked on water and was still betrayed. So enjoy your loved one while they’re closer, and don’t crack when they leave you. ”

11. You definitely want to make mistakes.

“Mistakes are your best friend. Aside from things like riding bulls or kissing cobras, never miss an opportunity to risk making a mistake. From mistakes we learn. Never err and never grow.”

12. Whether you believe it or not, people care about you.

“It’s easy to think you’ve done everything on your own, that your achievements are your own. For some people, this might be true. For most of us, it is most definitely not.

For most of us, we are where we are because someone cared. Someone didn’t look at you and say “fuck it”. Someone looked at you and said “he/she needs a hand” and then proceeded to lend you that hand.

We should live our lives on our terms. But we shouldn’t be flippant with our relationships and act as if we can live in social isolation. Sometimes the only thing keeping us sane and moving forward are the bonds we’ve forged with the people who matter.”

13. Remember to reevaluate your own beliefs.

“Many people get agitated because of deeply held beliefs that might not even be true. Many people assume that all of their beliefs are true, until they drill down and examine them. If you can free yourself from just one limiting belief each day, or even one per week, you will begin to have a happier life.”

14. Always listen to your gut.

“Every single time I have gone against my own better judgement, I have been bitten in the ass with problems beyond my control. In relationships, in business and more. My gut was telling me “NO” but I wasn’t listening and just barged ahead and got myself into trouble.”

15. And Finally, you are the source of your own happiness.

“It does not come from an external source, whether that is a person, a job, a boss, a friend, a laptop or a car. It cannot be avoided by blaming others, either, because that’s just a short-term fix. You create your own happiness and you work on it like you work on developing any other habit in life: every single day.”

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Jay Shetty, the young monk who is taking over the world with wisdom-packed teachings.

Here’s a collection of amazing Jay Shetty Quotes that will have you thinking seriously about your journey in life.

Be prepared for powerful words of wisdom, inspirational thoughts to empower you and wonderful quotes to live by.

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Smart Quotes and Words Of Wisdom By Jay Shetty

1. Everything in life happens according to our time our clock. You may look at some of your friends and think that they’re ahead of you. Maybe some of them you feel are behind, but everything happens at their own pace. They have their own time and clock and so do you. Be patient.

2. Fast-forward where you are. Look at yourself in 10, 15, 20 years time and ask yourself the question: Is that where I want to be? If you’re in a company, look at the person who’s 20 years ahead of you and ask yourself: Is that where I want to be? If you’re in a start-up, look at where other startups have got to in similar roles and go: Is that where I want to be? And if the answer’s NO, then you need to find a new path.

3. Often the people closest to us get the worst of us. And the people we barely know get the best of us.

4. We’re so anxious about what will happen in the future that we don’t enjoy the present. The result being, we don’t live in the present or the future. We end up living, feeling like we’re never going to die and then die never having truly lived.

5. We force ourselves out of bed to live the same day again and again and call it a life.

6. Failures are only failures when we don’t learn from them, because when we learn from them they become lessons.

7. You don’t know what you need in your life until you figure out who you are.

8. Never judge anyone, because you never know how their life is and what they go through.

9. Our words have more power than we even believe. Our words define our reality. We need to pick them carefully. Make sure you taste your words before you spit them out.

10. What if Oprah listened to her haters and doubters? What if Steve Jobs settled for a real job? What if The Rock never broke through depression? What if Ellen never overcame the bullying? Imagine a world where everyone lived their passion. We would be better people. We’d be better partners. We’d be better parents.

11. What we’re searching for is not out there, but it’s inside. Therefore, happiness is actually an inside job.

12. It’s amazing how that time, that unforgotten, that invisible world, beyond the bottom of the iceberg, underneath the water, the part you don’t see, is actually what made what you see today possible.

13. Forgiveness and letting go and the ability to rise above the challenges that have been caused by others in our life is such a important ability, because we need to learn to accept apologies that we never received.

14. The paradox of our times is that we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but less solutions.

15. The most powerful prison is one when you don’t even know that you’re locked up.

16. What we need to recognize is that the things that we truly want, the things that are deeply meaningful, the things that are genuinely fulfilling, all require patience. They all require work. They all require energy.

17. Many of us are experiencing setbacks and failures in everyday life. Eventually, we get emotionally drained, tired, unmotivated and we stop trying. We believe that because we’ve been unsuccessful in the past that that barrier still exist even for new ventures. In other words, we continue to see a barrier in our head that separates us from our dreams, even though there is no real barrier between where we are and where we want to go. Remember this, the teacher has failed more times than the student has even tried.

18. Do you know what WE stands for? Without Ego. When we say “WE” we’re choosing to work with others Without Ego.

19. Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but make sure it does not replace you as the driver.

20. The challenges we all want to be with someone who makes us happy, when what we need to do is be some who makes us happy.

21. The best people to surround yourself with are the people that bring out the best in you.

22. Our value is not created by the price of our clothes or our bank balance or the job title that we have. We should be building a life and not just building our CV.

23. We spend the whole day trying to get our work on time, but then spend all of our time thinking about work.

24. Forgiveness doesn’t excuse the behavior, but it prevents the behavior from negatively affecting us.

25. You can take a fish out of water and give it a beautiful mansion and a Bentley and all the money in the world, but it will die and that’s what we are like, our environment. Everyone is in an environment in which they thrive, which we have to craft.

26. I believe that you can’t fix yourself by breaking someone else. It’s like what Buddha said: “resentment is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die”.

27. We need to redefine what success means. Let’s not make happiness and success about the size of our homes, but about the size of our heart. Let’s not make it about gratification, but gratitude.

28. No matter how many times life will tread on you. Life will crumple you, life will scrunch you, and life will squeeze you. You will always keep your value, that spark within us, all of bliss, knowledge and eternity that exists, that spark will never be taken away.

29. If you’re looking around and you find yourself being the smartest person in the room, change rooms because you’re in the wrong one. You want to be around people who lift up the way you think, who lift up your mindset, who really take you to new dimensions and horizons that you can never ever imagine yourself.

30. I believe you should focus your life on observing the little things, because one day you look back and realize they were the big things.

31. We only view people success as what we see in their highlight reel and we forget what they actually had to go through to get to that stage. And that’s why the next time you see someone that you think is successful, don’t focus on what they’re doing now. Focus on what they did to get there.

32. We may not be the best, but if we keep going longer we will better ourselves.

33. It’s amazing what we can do when our passion meet a purpose greater than our self. That’s why we need to explore our curiosity. Invest in what interest us. Follow what intrigues us.

34. When a child is learning how to walk and falls down 50 times, it never stops and thinks to itself this isn’t for me . . . We need to learn to fail like a child.

35. Motivation comes from meaning. Everything comes from meaning.

36. We speak about being healthy and our well-being, but we act more like human doings than we do like human beings. Therefore, instead of to-do lists we need to-be lists. Instead of thinking about what you want to do, think about who you want to be. Do you want to be more self-aware? Do you want to be more conscious? Do you want to be a better person? Do you want to be a difference in the world? We need to move away from what we want to do in situations to who we want to be in situations.

37. Failure has the ability to lure success. Countless failures almost draw kickers to success and every time you walked through one door the gate gets bigger and the lock gets tighter.

38. I’ve never seen a strong person with an easy past. We all have a passion. We all have a genius inside us. We have that potential.

39. We live for the weekEND but then END up feeling WEAK.

40. Failure is just a sign that we need to widen our scope. We need to be ready and build ourselves up for the next level. Actually, what we end up achieving is far greater than what we’d envisioned for ourselves.

41. Getting your degree after 25, is still an achievement. Not being married at 30, but still happy is beautiful. Starting a family after 35, is still possible. Buying a house after 40, is still great. Don’t let anyone rush you with their timelines.

42. I know that we’ve all been in that position: feeling confused and seriously lacking mission. But then I ask myself: at the end of my life, what will I regret? And the answer is clear: the pain of regret far outweighs the pain of risk. So next time you’re going through challenges, just remember this: a winner is just a loser who tried one more time. All you need is one person to say YES. One moment can change everything. There are decades where nothing happens and there are days where decades happen. A year from now you will have wish you started today.

43. Often all of us are greeted in life by boulders on our path – whether it’s in our careers, whether it’s in our relationships – and what we need to remind ourselves at that point is that we can either be like the people who complained and criticize or be like this one person who decided to move the boulder and see every point of adversity as an opportunity for growth.

44. It’s not about how slow you go, just as long as you don’t stop.

45. When we realize that we’re students for life, instead of making people see how powerful we are, we want people to understand how powerful they are. We’ll learn how to empower others. We will actually attract people to work with us to achieve our goals.

46. Whatever is taken for granted, will eventually be taken away.

47. Often we’re so ingrossed in our work that we forget to value, appreciate and recognize those that we’re actually working for. We get so wrapped up in our own lives that we forget the people that make up our life.

48. No one is you and that’s your superpower, that’s what makes ‘you’, you, that’s what makes you unique, that’s what it is about you that will make a difference in the world.

49. The thing about limitations is that they are only true as long as you believe in them. So, instead of believing in your limitations, start believing in yourself.

50. Judging is critical but observing can be educational. Therefore, we should be so focused on improving ourselves that we don’t have any energy to criticize anyone else.

51. When it comes to your skills, invest in your strengths. When it comes to your quality, invest in your weaknesses.

52. Don’t worry about what anyone else is doing. Your life is about growing yourself and investing in yourself and reaching your true potential. You are not in competition with anyone else.

53. We should never let compliments get to our head and never let criticism get to our heart because when we do that we can start to build with genuineness and authenticity. When we’re humble, we can actually grow and rise up and always feel that we’re learning, always feel that we’re developing, always feel that someone can share insight at any moment that can change our lives.

54. The person that we will become in five years is defined by the people that we spend time with today and the books that we read today.

55. The same technology that brings us close to those far away, takes us far away from the people that are actually close.

56. Yet in a world with so much information, we’re somehow still missing the wisdom of life.

57. We complain that nothing feels real anymore, but we don’t give anything time to become real.

58. We complain nothing has depth, but we don’t allow things space to deepen.

59. Spend more time with people who make you forget to look at your phone.

60. You can’t do the big things if you’re always distracted by the small ones.

61. Starve Your distractions, feed your focus.

62. We don’t know who we want to become, because we’re too distracted by who everyone else is becoming.

63. Don’t live for the approval of others. Documents the moments you’re most in love with yourself, not just the moments you think people will love the most.

64. People who care will ask how you’re doing. People who love you will wait untill you tell the truth.

65. Life and time are the best two teachers. Life teaches us to make good use of time and time teaches us the value of life.

66. To realize the value of a millisecond, ask the person who just came 2nd at the Olympics.

67. Don’t let someone be a priority when all you are to them is an option.

68. The way we communicate says it all. We spend more time holding our phones than we hold each other. We ask Google more question than we ask each other

69. A lot of problems in the world would disappear if we stop talking about each other and start talking to each other.

70. I make decisions based on intuition and insight, heart and head. I lead with my heart and observe enough so that my head can catch up.

71. We all experience insecurities in work, relationships, friendships and even family. And what that happens, we let insecurities completely destroy something amazing . . . Don’t let insecurity ruins something amazing.

72. People are so far removed from their own understanding of themselves that they were either lost living a life that they didn’t want to, lost living up to someones expectations or lost becoming someone to impress someone else. Their real identity is almost buried under 6 feet of multiple identities that they created.

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Being Single!

A relationship status despised by many, but also embraced by people who are strong enough to withstand what comes with it.

Here’s our collection of quotes about being single. Some are hilarious, some are heartwarming, some are thought-provoking, and some are words of wisdom that will teach you invaluable lessons about single-hood.

Table of Contents

Single and Happy	Empowering and Inspirational	Funny	Give Love A Second Chance

Quotes About Being Single And Happy

1. Being single can also mean that you are strong enough to enjoy life without being dependent on someone else.

2. Better single and happy than in a relationship and miserable.

3. Not being in a relationship doesn’t always mean that you know anything about love. Sometimes people just choose to stay single.

4. It’s not about being with someone who makes you happy. It’s about being someone who makes you happy. – Jay Shetty

5. Don’t put the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket. It’s dangerous. It means that we can’t be happy without them. – Jay Shetty

6. Someone who isn’t happy with being single will never be happy in a relationship.

7. I am single because I am waiting for the right person.

8. Being single is not the equivalent of loneliness.

9. There is no point in a relationship when the drama and heartache of it outweighs the good. When it comes to life, there are no one size fits all solutions. You do you and I do me.

10. Being single is just a momentary status, it doesn’t have to be your destiny.

11. The biggest myth we were told when we were younger is to find someone who completes us. How can you find someone who completes you when you’re already complete? We are told be with someone who makes you happy. When actually what we need to do is be someone who makes you happy. – Jay Shetty

12. You are not a loser when you are single. Quite the contrary: only strong people can live without having to depend on someone else.

13. One of the best times for figuring out who you are & what you really want out of life? Right after a break-up. ― Mandy Hale

14. Single doesn’t mean you know anything about love. It just means you know enough to wait for it.

15. Love yourself before loving someone else. You can be single and enjoy life to the fullest.

16. When you’re struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it’s just as hard as what you’re going through. ― Nicholas Sparks

17. Being brave enough to be alone frees you up to invite people into your life because you want them and not because you need them. ― Mandy Hale

18. If you learn to really sit with loneliness and embrace it for the gift that it is…an opportunity to get to know YOU, to learn how strong you really are, to depend on no one but YOU for your happiness…you will realize that a little loneliness goes a LONG way in creating a richer, deeper, more vibrant and colorful YOU. ― Mandy Hale

19. I’m Single! No Drama For Me. – Proudly Single – I’m Single and I’m proud – Single! No need to ask for permission!

20. If we be doomed to marry, we marry; if we be doomed to remain single we do. ― Thomas Hardy

21. Only a tough person can be happily single and enjoy life in a world where people will settle for just about anything.

22. Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake & help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for. ― Mandy Hale

23. It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you’ve known forever don’t see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on. ― Nicholas Sparks

24. Imagine doing what you want, wherever you want, and when you want. No strings attached, no waiting, no expectations, no glances of disapproval and no interrogations. That’s the life of a single person.

Empowering And Inspirational Quotes About Being Single

25. It is always better to be single than being in a broken relationship.

26. Don’t make the mistake that many people do: enter a relationship to please your friends or family. Never do that. You will never be happy. You do you. Being a single person is not a disease. You are not the first and will never be the last.

27. Everyone you meet, is going to come with their own baggage. You just need to find the right person who loves you enough to help you unpack. – Jay Shetty

28. Don’t let anyone mess with your feelings. Reserve your heart for the best because you deserve the very best.

29. Never get into a relationship, commit yourself and lose your identity just because you’re afraid of staying single.

30. Keep looking for love passionately, but please don’t let that stop you from living your life to the fullest.

31. Spend your time as a single person to improve your skills and to grow as a person.

32. Being happy comes from the inside. Make sure you have fun in your own company.

33. At times it is essential and even healthy to be alone. You can learn more about yourself when you aren’t surrounded by the noise of this world.

34. Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.” ― Lady Gaga

35. Your happiness is not dependent on anything external. Don’t give the key to your happiness to anyone or anything or any situation. Happiness is an inside job. – Jay Shetty

36. Let no one in this world convince you that you can’t be who you are.

37. Do not conform to the rigid social norms of your environment. Do all you can to become the person you want to be.

38. It’s sad to see people conform to society’s checklists and then use that same checklist to judge others.

39. Refuse to conform to the norms and expectations of society.

40. Focus on this skill that’s called: Being Self-Satisfied. You’re living your purpose. Living what matters to you and functioning from that point, inside out, rather than going, oh my god, if this works out, then I’m going to be happy. – Jay Shetty

41. Every time you say: If I get promoted, If I get that degree, if I marry that guy/girl, if I become rich, etc., then I’ll be happy, You’re actually putting your happiness onto something you don’t fully control. Don’t let your happiness be controlled by something you can’t control.

42. We’re meant to love people and use things, but today we use people and love things. – Jay Shetty

43. We all need to find someone who makes us want to change our life and not just our relationship status. – Jay Shetty

44. Don’t let your happiness depend on something or someone you may lose.

45. Some people want the facade of a relationship without the work of a relationship.

46. Are you still single? Don’t worry. God wants to save you for someone special. Your time will come.

47. When you’re young you say: “I love you because I need you”. When you grow up you realize “I need you because I love you”. – Jay Shetty

48. Imagine being with someone your whole life, externally, but internally they’re not sure they’re with the right person. Imagine spending your whole life with someone, but in the back of their minds, doesn’t think about moving forward with you. Remember, that even at your best you’ll never be right for the wrong person. But even at your worst, the right person will remind you of your worth. – Jay Shetty

49. No matter how hard you try, the wrong partner is not going to be happy. However, the right person will always be there for you no matter how many mistakes you make.

50. Through your experiences, you either get a person for a lifetime or the lesson of your life. – Jay Shetty

51. A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence. ― Mandy Hale

52. You can’t live your life for other people. You’ve got to do what’s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love. ― Nicholas Sparks

53. It is better to lock up your heart with a merciless padlock, than to fall in love with someone who doesn’t know what they mean to you. ― Michael Bassey Johnson

Funny Quotes About Being Single

54. Do you know what’s sad? A romantic film reminding you that you don’t have a love life.

55. Seeing two lovers kissing each other, almost always leads to the question: Where is mine?

56. She is free like a bird. She is calm like a river. She is resilient. She is incredibly, terrifyingly, unapologetically strong.

57. I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.

58. Believe me when I tell you that being single won’t kill you.

59. I am in a relationship with myself and it is the best one so far.

60. Imagine being able to do whatever you want whenever you want without anyone’s permission. That’s called Being Single!

61. Just imagine having all the peace and calm you want. No one talking in your ear first thing in the morning or in the evening before you sleep.

62. When single, I am the happiest person in the world when I look at my wallet, but the saddest when I look at my bed.

63. I’m not alone forever, I’m available forever.

64. I’m not single! I’m in a relationship with myself.

65. That wonderful feeling when you look at couples fighting and you realize that THIS is not going to happen to you.

66. Some people don’t want a relationship, but just friends with benefits.

67. If I decide to go it alone, it’s my decision, my choice, my business and my life.

68. I had a boyfriend who told me I’d never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I’d fail. I said to him, ‘Someday, when we’re not together, you won’t be able to order a cup of coffee at the fucking deli without hearing or seeing me.” ― Lady Gaga

69. Sad because you are still single? Stop it. Get up, put on your best clothes and go find your darling. This is real life. Prince Charming only happens in fairy tales.

70. I prefer to be with someone who can provide me commitment, love, trust and mind-blowing sex. I won’t settle for anything less.

71. The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely. ― Charlotte Brontë

Quotes To Live By When You Want To Give Love A Chance

72. When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.” ― Jess C. Scott

73. Imagine if you used relationships to get to know other people, rather than to satisfy what is blocked inside of you. If you’re not trying to make people fit into your preconceived notions of what you like and dislike, you will find that relationships are not really that difficult. If you’re not so busy judging and resisting people based upon what is blocked inside of you, you will find that they are much easier to get along with—and so are you. Letting go of yourself is the simplest way to get closer to others. ― Michael A. Singer

74. Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn’t make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more. ― Nicholas Sparks

75. Never invest in any kind of relationship with anyone who is not willing to work on themselves just a little every day. A person who takes no interest in any form of self-improvement, personal development or spiritual growth will also not be inclined to make much of an effort building a truly meaningful connection with you. A relationship with only one partner willing to do the work ceases to be a relationship. And as anyone who has been there will tell you – it’s pointless to try and dance the tango solo. ― Anthon St. Maarten

76. The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that’s what you’ve given me. That’s what I’d hoped to give you forever. ― Nicholas Sparks

77. The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it’s over. ― Nicholas Sparks

78. I mean, if the relationship can’t survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term? ― Nicholas Sparks

79. Every great love starts with a great story. ― Nicholas Sparks

80. Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. ― Robert A. Heinlein

81. Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself. ― Gary Chapman

82. Hope for love, pray for love, wish for love, dream for love…but don’t put your life on hold waiting for love. ― Mandy Hale

83. You’re going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it’s always their actions you should judge them by. It’s actions, not words, that matter. ― Nicholas Sparks

84. If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them. ― Michael Bassey Johnson

85. I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. Not because he was perfect, or because you were, but because your combined flaws were arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together.” ― Lisa Kleypas

86. True love is rare, and it’s the only thing that gives life real meaning. ― Nicholas Sparks

87. My daddy said, that the first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away. ― Nicholas Sparks

88. We have to allow ourselves to be loved by the people who really love us, the people who really matter. Too much of the time, we are blinded by our own pursuits of people to love us, people that don’t even matter, while all that time we waste and the people who do love us have to stand on the sidewalk and watch us beg in the streets! It’s time to put an end to this. It’s time for us to let ourselves be loved.” ― C. JoyBell C.

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Or they create a smoke-screen around us, impeding us to see our full potential clearly.

If you allow it, people, your circumstance or life in general will beat you down, break your heart and steal your joy.

But, this is what you need to know . . .

No matter what happens to you in this crazy life or wherever you find yourself in this chaotic world . . .

NEVER forget your capacity to thrive and to overcome.

Here’s a list of some of the best empowering quotes by famous people from all around the world with diverse backgrounds, experiences and abilities. From monks to singers, to billionaires.

These thought-provokingly empowering quotes will hopefully reframe your perspective on your life and give you more confidence to go out and kick ass.

Deeply Empowering Quotes By Albert Einstein

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Empowering Quotes By Beyoncé

The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.

If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.

We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.

The reality is: sometimes you lose. And you’re never too good to lose. You’re never too big to lose. You’re never too smart to lose. It happens.

Be healthy and take care of yourself, but be happy with the beautiful things that make you, you.

I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.

Empowering Quotes By Dalai Lama XIV

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.

Every day is a new opportunity to begin again. Every day is your birthday.

Empowering Quotes By Dr. Seuss

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.

Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

Empowering Quotes By Eleanor Roosevelt

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.

A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Spiritually Empowering Quotes By Joel Osteen

People have a right to have their opinion, but you have a right to ignore it. People have a right to be rude, but you have a right to stay happy.

You have to accept that some people, no matter what you do, are not going to like you. No matter how nice you are, they’re not going to approve of you. You have to be at peace with people not being at peace with you.

Just because you don’t see anything happening doesn’t mean the answer is not on the way. The people that see promises fulfilled, the people that see breakthroughs are the people that keep praying, keep believing, and keep standing in faith.

Don’t try to answer your critics; don’t try to convince them to like you. Maintain your dignity. Be an eagle and rise above.

When people dump things on you, keep your lid on. Don’t let that get in you. When you’re tempted to get upset or frustrated, remind yourself that you have the power to remain calm.

Don’t let the small things keep you from seeing the gift of this day. Keep it in perspective. It’s not worth losing your joy over. You have health. You have life. You have freedom. You have opportunity.

Satisfyingly Empowering Quotes By Lady Gaga

Sometimes in life you don’t always feel like a winner, but that doesn’t mean you’re not a winner, you want to be like yourself. I want my fans to know it’s okay.

Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.

People will always talk, so lets give them sumthin to talk about.

Don’t you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can’t be exactly who you are.

Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses, cuz we were born this way bitch!

You have to be unique, and different, and shine in your own way.

Empowering Quotes Of Wisdom By Mahatma Gandhi

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it–always.

Soul-Liberating And Empowering Quotes By Martin Luther King Jr.

There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.

Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Beautifully Empowering Quotes By Maya Angelou

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.

Heavenly Empowering Quotes By Mother Teresa

Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.

Peace begins with a smile.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

Empowering Quotes By Nicholas Sparks

Just when you think it can’t get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can’t get any better, it can.

You can’t live your life for other people. You’ve got to do what’s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

You’re going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it’s always their actions you should judge them by. It’s actions, not words, that matter.

Nothing that’s worthwhile is ever easy. Remember that!

Best Empowering Quotes By Oprah Winfrey

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

You can have it all. Just not all at once.

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience.

I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.

If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn’t want you, nothing can make him stay.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.

Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.

Empowering Quotes By Oscar Wilde

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Empowering Quotes By Paulo Coelho

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

Amazingly Empowering Quotes By Steve Jobs

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

Empowering Quotes On Life By Tony Robbins

Live life fully while you’re here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You’re going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don’t try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.

If you can’t you must, and if you must you can.

I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

Every problem is a gift – without problems we would not grow.

Tremendously Empowering Quotes By Various People

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. ― Marilyn Monroe

It is never too late to be what you might have been. ― George Eliot

You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth. ― William W. Purkey

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. ― Mae West

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. – Thomas A. Edison

I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time. ― Herbert Bayard Swope

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ― Winston S. Churchill

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. ― Theodore Roosevelt

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. ― Helen Keller

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind. ― Bernard M. Baruch

Whatever you are, be a good one. ― Abraham Lincoln

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas A. Edison

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. ― George Bernard Shaw

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on. ― Robert Frost

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Fashion Designer Vera Wang – Successful People Quotes

Vera Wang was 40 when she opened her own bridal boutique. A few years later, she launched her own signature collection. Today she is one of the most prominent designers of bridal wear in America.

When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.

Success isn’t about the end result, it’s about what you learn along the way.

The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart’s attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.

KFC Founder Colonel Sanders – Successful People Quotes

Colonel Sanders was 62 when he started franchising KFC in 1952. Twelve years later, with more than 600 franchised outlets, he sold the franchise for $2 million to a group of investors.

You got to like your work. You have got to like what you are doing, you have got to be doing something worthwhile so you can like it – because it is worthwhile, that it makes a difference, don’t you see?

Don’t be against things so much as for things.

I’ve only had two rules: Do all you can and do it the best you can. It’s the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.

No hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me.

McDonalds Founder Ray Kroc – Successful People Quotes

Ray Kroc was 52 when he became the president of McDonalds in 1955. He bought out the owners entirely six years later and grew it into the world’s biggest fast food chains. By the time of his death, McDonald’s was worth $8 billion and his personal worth was estimated at $500 million.

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

If you’re not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.

The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.

If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.

Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.

Walmart Founder Sam Walton – Successful People Quotes

Sam Walton was 44 when he opened the first Walmart store in Arkansas. As of 2015, Walmart is one of the most valuable companies in the world with more than $260 Billion in market capitalization.

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.

If you love your work, you’ll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you – like a fever.

Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction.

High expectations are the key to everything.

You can make a positive out of the most negative if you work at it hard enough.

Marvel Comics Creator Stan Lee – Successful People Quotes

Stan Lee was almost 40 when he became famous for the hit comic “the Fantastic Four” in 1961. Afterwards, he co-launched several popular Marvel characters including X-Men, Spiderman, the Hulk, Doctor Strange and Daredevil.

With great power there must also come … great responsibility!

I used to be embarrassed because I was just a comic-book writer while other people were building bridges or going on to medical careers. And then I began to realize: entertainment is one of the most important things in people’s lives. Without it they might go off the deep end. I feel that if you’re able to entertain people, you’re doing a good thing.

I try not to do anything that’s too close to what I’ve done before. And the nice thing is we have a big universe here. It’s filled with new ideas. All you have to do is grab them.

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Actually, there’s not a single executive or creator in the technology industry more important than Steve Jobs.

His products are adored by millions, while the company he started in his garage is now worth over $700 Billion.

He was also a talented speaker and during the course of his life he said many inspirational things about life, success and entrepreneurship that will get you super excited and change the way you see things.

Here are some of the most famous Steve Jobs quotes on life, work and success.

1. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

2. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

3. Sometimes life’s going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I am convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.

4. Let’s go invent tomorrow rather than worrying about what happened yesterday.

5. I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

6. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

7. We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it

8. My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.

9. Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.

10. The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

11. You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never stick it out.

12. If you live each day as it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.

13. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.

14. You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something; your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

15. My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other’s kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other, and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. That’s how I see business. Great things in business are never done by one person, they’re done by a team of people.

16. Often, the people who are successful loved what they did so they could persevere when things got really tough. The ones that didn’t love it quit, cause they’re sane.

17. Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.

18. I’m convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.

19. I’ve been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn’t going to let it ruin my life. There’s no way you could ever spend it all, and I don’t view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

20. No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.

21. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

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To this day his quotes are some of the most inspiring, thoughtful, mind-opening and encouraging messages of all time.

Here are 21 of Einstein’s most amazing quotes; each will open your mind and make you re-evaluate, reprogram, and transform your thinking about life.

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He published over 60 books during his career, which have spawned numerous adaptations, including television specials, movies, musicals and television series.

But above all, his writing produced an abundance of inspiring quotes that act as helpful guides to live by.

Here a list of 15 life-changing Dr. Seuss quotes to bring out the best in you.

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A collection of amazing not caring quotes that will teach you to stop seeking approval, stop caring so much about what others people think about you, stop worrying about the small things and start living a happier and richer life.

1. Before you ask yourself WHY someone hates you, ask yourself why you even care what they think.

2. If you are willing to look at another person’s behavior toward you as a reflection of the state of their relationship with themselves rather than a statement about your value as a person, then you will, over a period of time cease to react at all. – Yogi Bhajan

 

3. It takes courage to be different. It takes courage to not compromise. People will try to make you feel weak because you don’t go with the majority. The truth is you’re not weak, you’re strong. – Joel Osteen

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4. There’s always going to be something that can bother you, if you let it. ― Michael A. Singer

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5. Your destiny is too important to spend it with people that are not making you better. Who are you allowing to influence you? Are they inspiring you, challenging you, pushing you forward? – Joel Osteen

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6. Let other people’s comments of you wash right off. Their opinions belong to them, not you. Don’t bring it into your self-concept. ― Simeon Lindstrom

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7. Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny. ― Steve Maraboli

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8. Confidence is not: “They will like me”. Confidence is: “I’ll be fine if they don’t”.

9. Don’t ruin a good today by thinking about a bad yesterday. Let it go.

10. Do not let anything that happens in life be important enough that you’re willing to close your heart over it. ― Michael A. Singer

11. Sometimes the people closest to you will be the least supportive. Here’s the key: don’t get distracted fighting battles that don’t matter, trying to prove to them who you are, trying to convince them to like you. You don’t need their approval; you have Almighty God’s approval. – Joel Osteen

12. If you want to be happy, you have to let go of the part of you that wants to create melodrama. ― Michael A. Singer

13. When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness. ― Dale Carnegie

14. Don’t let the expectations and opinions of other people affect your decisions. It’s your life, not theirs. Do what matters most to you; do what makes you feel alive and happy. ― Roy T. Bennett

15.Worrying won’t stop the bad stuff from happening. It just stops you from enjoying the good.

16.We fight too many battles that don’t matter. If that battle is not between you and your destiny, then it’s a distraction. You have to learn to let things go.

17. People treat you with as much, or as little respect as you allow them to. ― Rachel Hollis

18. Life is too short to live at odds, contentious, arguing over things that don’t matter. Be an eagle and rise above it. – Joel Osteen

19. Our job is not to control life. Our job is to experience it fully. ― Henri Junttila

20. We fight too many battles that don’t matter. If that battle is not between you and your destiny, then it’s a distraction. You have to learn to let things go. – Joel Osteen

21. When you’re 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you’re 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you’re 60 you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place. You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life. — Winston Churchill

22. Some things are better left unsaid. You don’t have to win every argument or comment on every situation. Just bite your tongue and let it go.

23. It takes courage to be different. It takes courage to not compromise. People will try to make you feel weak because you don’t go with the majority. The truth is you’re not weak, you’re strong.

24. Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn’t change the heart of others– it only changes yours.” ― Shannon L. Alder

25. It’s entirely within our power to determine how we think about and talk about our problems. They can be a nuisance or a stepping stone. They can hold us down or lift us up. ― Gary John Bishop

26. Some things are better left unsaid. You don’t have to win every argument or comment on every situation. Just bite your tongue and let it go. – Joel Osteen

27. There is no shame in expressing your authentic feelings. Those who are at times described as being a ‘hot mess’ or having ‘too many issues’ are the very fabric of what keeps the dream alive for a more caring, humane world. Never be ashamed to let your tears shine a light in this world. ― Anthon St. Maarten

28. There is nothing more beautiful than seeing a person being themselves. Imagine going through your day being unapologetically you. ― Steve Maraboli

29. Love people, use things, because the opposite never works.

30. Be yourself! Everyone else is already taken. – Oscar Wilde

31. I put zero weight into anyone’s opinion about me because I know exactly who I am. ― Gary Vaynerchuk

32. Your opinion of me is none of my business. ― Judy Ford

33. You and everyone you know are going to be dead soon. And in the short amount of time between here and there, you have a limited amount of fucks to give. Very few, in fact. And if you go around giving a fuck about everything and everyone without conscious thought or choice—well, then you’re going to get fucked. ― Mark Manson

34. Don’t let the expectations and ideas of others limit who you are. If you let others tell you who you are, you are living their reality — not yours. ― Roy T. Bennett

35. To try to avoid pain is to give too many fucks about pain. In contrast, if you’re able to not give a fuck about the pain, you become unstoppable. ― Mark Manson

36. Let them judge you. Let them misunderstand you. Let them gossip about you. Their opinions aren’t your problems. You stay kind, committed to love, and free in your authenticity. No matter what they do or say. Don’t you dare doubt your worth or the beauty of your truth. Just keep shining like you do.

37. Reminder: Your most important relationship is with YOURSELF.

38. What other people think about you has nothing to do with you and everything to do with them. ― Jen Sincero

39. Everything worthwhile in life is won through surmounting the associated negative experience. Any attempt to escape the negative, to avoid it or quash it or silence it, only backfires. The avoidance of suffering is a form of suffering. The avoidance of struggle is a struggle. The denial of failure is a failure. Hiding what is shameful is itself a form of shame. ― Mark Manson

40. It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it. ― Dale Carnegie

41. You must first accept that while there are things that have happened in your life that you had no say in, you are 100 percent responsible for what you do with your life in the aftermath of those events. Always, every time, no excuses. ― Gary John Bishop

42. This is the most simple and basic component of life: our struggles determine our successes. ― Mark Manson

43. Always believe in yourself and never give up.

44. You can’t take life too seriously. At the end of the day, no matter how badly you mess up or how gloriously you succeed, we’re all headed to the same place. – Andrew Ferebee

45. Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. ― Dale Carnegie

46. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of your own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in. ― Mandy Hale

47. The more you tell yourself how hard something is, the harder it will actually seem. ― Gary John Bishop

48. Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving. ― Dale Carnegie

49. Being cool has nothing to do with age; it has to do with how solid your identity is. ― Gary Vaynerchuk

50. Fear is the Biggest dream stealer. It never goes away. But, you can change your relationship to it by conditioning yourself to act in the face of it. DO THIS and you won’t have regrets in life.

51. All your fears, insecurities and self-doubts are all in your head. You must condition your mind to be free of all those dis-empowering thoughts. DO THIS and you will be able to acomplish more than you can possibly imagine.

52. Life will try to make you feel like you’re not worthy. Despite what thoughts are telling you, despite who said you weren’t good enough, you have to remind yourself, “I am worthy. I am a masterpiece, I am wonderfully made.” – Joel Osteen

53. Do the right thing when it’s hard, keep a good attitude when people are not treating you right, go the extra mile when nobody is watching. – Joel Osteen

54. Who you are is defined by what you’re willing to struggle for. ― Mark Manson

55. Never apologize for who you are. It lets the whole world down. ― Jen Sincero

56. Do the things YOU enjoy and NEVER compete with other people over success.

57. Comparing what you have or have acomplished with other people will always make you feel like a failure because someone is always doing better than you.

58. You must choose to be happy, grateful, and fulfilled. If you make that choice every single day, regardless of where you are or what’s happening, you will be happy. ― Rachel Hollis

59. Why make yourself miserable saying things like, “Why do we have such bad luck? What has God done to us? What have we done to deserve this?” – all of which, if you understand reality and take it completely into your heart, are irrelevant and unsolvable. They are just things that nobody can know. Your situation is just an accident of life. ― Richard Feynman

60. You, and only you, are ultimately responsible for who you become and how happy you are. ― Rachel Hollis

61. Friends and family who suffer the lack of abundance, joy, love, fulfillment and prosperity in their own lives really have no business imposing their self-limiting beliefs on your reality experience. ― Anthon St. Maarten

62. Imagine what our world would be like if everyone loved themselves so much that they weren’t threatened by other people’s opinions or skin colors or sexual preferences or talents or education or possessions or lack of possessions or religious beliefs or customs or their general tendency to just be whoever the hell they are. ― Jen Sincero

63. Serenity of mind is achieved when one shows friendship towards those who are happy, compassion for those who suffer, delights towards the rightous and indifference towards the wicked. – Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

64. Draw stick figures. Sing off key. Write bad poems. Sew ugly clothes. Run slowly. Flirt clumisly. Play video games on easy. You do NOT need to be good at something to enjoy the act. Talent is overrated. Do things you like doing. It’s OK to suck!

65. You’re going to die anyway. Things are going to happen anyway. Why shouldn’t you be happy? You gain nothing by being bothered by life’s events. It doesn’t change the world; you just suffer. ― Michael A. Singer

66. Life is essentially an endless series of problems. The solution to one problem is merely the creation of another. ― Mark Manson

67. Promise Yourself to forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. – Christian D. Larson

68. Never surrender your hopes and dreams to the fateful limitations others have placed on their own lives. The vision of your true destiny does not reside within the blinkered outlook of the naysayers and the doom prophets. ― Anthon St. Maarten

69. you are in control of your own life. You get one and only one chance to live, and life is passing you by. Stop beating yourself up, and dang it, stop letting others do it too. Stop accepting less than you deserve. Stop buying things you can’t afford to impress people you don’t even really like. Stop eating your feelings instead of working through them. Stop buying your kids’ love with food, or toys, or friendship because it’s easier than parenting. Stop abusing your body and your mind. Stop! Just get off the never-ending track. ― Rachel Hollis

70. Being BAD at something is the first step towards being GOOD at something.

71. The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel. – Steven Furtick

72. Only you can take inner freedom away from yourself, or give it to yourself. Nobody else can. ― Michael A. Singer

73. Every morning empty out the worry, empty out the guilt, empty out the bitterness. Keep your heart pure. If you’ll do this, you’ll have more strength, more creativity, more favor. You will rise to new levels and become everything you were created to be. – Joel Osteen

74. You’re sitting on a planet spinning around in the middle of absolutely nowhere. Go ahead, take a look at reality. You’re floating in empty space in a universe that goes on forever. If you have to be here, at least be happy and enjoy the experience. ― Michael A. Singer

75. It’s scary to jump into the unknown. That’s why many people would rather keep attending seminars, reading books, and pretending to make changes. Ultimately it’s up to you to take responsibility for your life. ― Henri Junttila

76. The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are. ― C.G. Jung

77. When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity. ― Dale Carnegie

78. Because if you base your self-worth on what everyone else thinks of you, you hand all your power over to other people and become dependent on a source outside of yourself for validation. Then you wind up chasing after something you have no control over, and should that something suddenly place its focus somewhere else, or change its mind and decide you’re no longer very interesting, you end up with a full-blown identity crisis. ― Jen Sincero

79. You are perfect. To think anything less is as pointless as a river thinking that it’s got too many curves or that it moves too slowly or that its rapids are too rapid. ― Jen Sincero

80. You are responsible for what you say and do. You are not responsible for whether or not people freak out about it.” ― Jen Sincero

81. Someone who doesn’t respect your boundaries deserves no place in your life, but they should respect those boundaries because they want to, not because you tell them to. ― Simeon Lindstrom

82. There is more to life than pleasing people. There is much more to life than following others’ prescribed path. There is so much more to life than what you experience right now. You need to decide who you are for yourself. ― Roy T. Bennett

83. The true measure of who you are won’t be found in your circumstances but rather the way in which you respond to them. ― Gary John Bishop

84. You’ll realize that when you’re willing to do what it takes, nothing else matters. You won’t put off the things you’re truly willing to do. You won’t neglect the responsibilities you took on because you will feel the strong sense of willingness to do them. Willingness. It’s the lifeblood of the new, the infinite well of possibility and potential, a state where new futures arise and a whole new you can begin. ― Gary John Bishop

85. You’ll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. ― Mandy Hale

86. The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you. ― Peter Shaffer

87. So, you have $86,400 in your account and someone stole $10 from you. Would you be upset and throw all of the $86,390 away in hopes of getting back at the person that took your $10? Or move on and live? Right, move on and live. See, we have 86,400 seconds in every day so don’t let someone’s negative 10 seconds ruin the rest of the 86,390. Don’t sweat the small stuff, life is bigger than that.

88. Bad news is: You cannot make people like, love, understand, validate, accept, or be nice to you. Good news is: It doesn’t matter.

89. Do NOT be disappointed if people refuse to help you. Remember the words of Einstein: “I am thankful to all those who said NO, because of them I did it myself.”

90. Life is too short to be unhappy. You have to take the good with the bad, smile when you should, love what you got and always remember what you had. Always forgive but never forget. Learn from your mistakes but never regret. People change and things go wrong. But always remember life goes on.

91. I don’t hold grudges. You just become irrelevant.

92. Realize that you’ve got one shot at life. Do as many different things as possible. Experience life from extreme to another. Laugh and cry, love and hate, kiss and fight. Live wildly or quietly. Make your life a hell of a ride.

93. There’s only so much money a man really needs. The rest is just for showing off. – Forrest Gump

94. Not caring what people think is incredibly difficult. But if you don’t get to that mindset, you will always be a slave to other people’s judgement.

95. Often people will judge you because they lack the confidence to truly be themselves.

96. When x amount of people judge you, the same amount of people respect you more for being yourself

97. We are at the center of the galaxy only in our own tortured minds.

98. Live your life for yourself, because nobody else cares like you do.

99. You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do. ― Olin Miller

100. Some people will dislike you, but there will be others that like you for being you. But you can’t find those amazing people unless you start living authentically. – YoAntoNeo

101. I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, and yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others. – Marcus Aurelius

102. No one is keeping track of your mistakes. So just keep going.

103. Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner. – Lao Tzu

104. All things will eventually be reduced to dust and forgotten no matter how great or terrible. Nothing really matters. So, don’t worry about it.

105. A wolf doesn’t concern itself with the opinions of sheep.

106. Promise Yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. – Christian D. Larson

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