Steve Maraboli Quotes
Don't confuse poor decision-making with destiny. Own your mistakes. It's ok; we all make them. Learn from them so they can empower you!
Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.
Gratitude opens our eyes… We are often praying for something God has already given us.
Some people will try to condemn you to the prison of their bullshit. They tell you they want a soulmate, but they're actually creating a cellmate.
Do you think peace of mind can be found in holding a grudge… or harboring resentment… or wallowing in thoughts of what could have been? Me neither.
While spirituality provides an efficient and endless fuel for your mind and body, you must burn that fuel with human action towards your goals, dreams, and desires.
Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness.
Embrace love and compassion with all your spirit. Understand that they never hurt or offend, they just heal and empower.
Over-analysis is a dream killer. Sometimes you can drown yourself in your own thoughts.
Create an environment that is conducive to your emotional and personal growth. Surround yourself with caring and positive people who support you, and reflect who you want to be.
When your actions are aligned with your dreams and goals, you become the point of origin for their reality.
Your fear is 100% dependent on you for its survival.
Emotional self-defense...Those who care so much, maybe too much, know that it takes wisdom and courage to sometimes say, “no” to others.
I used to hold grudges until I realized that most people are narcissistic and their actions are driven by an unhealthy self-interest and not maliciousness towards me.
It is an unnecessary burden to make negative judgmental assumptions about others. We are all on a journey.
My life changed the day I moved beyond just wishing for things and I started earning them. That is the day I learned that we don't get what we wish for, we get what we work for.
Most haters are stuck in a poisonous mental prison of jealousy and self-doubt that blinds them to their own potentiality.
I knew you were the one when I realized your smile was my heaven, your laugh my favorite song, and your arms my home.
The “growing” we attribute to becoming more mature, could be more accurately described as “shrinking, ” as we cut away the nonsense that emotionally weighs us down.
When you don't have a vision or a plan for the future, your mind has no choice but to dwell in the past.
The longer you chase the wrong person, the further you travel in the wrong direction. You're better than that.
In moments of prayer, people tend to pose as a critic and point out percieved flaws in God's art.
Life may bring you to your knees pray. Then GET UP and participate in the answer. BECOME the remedy! BE the solution!
Embracing your true self radiates a natural beauty that cannot be diluted or ignored. Confident, powerful, untamable, badass you!
You were born to journey in the direction of your purpose. Anything that halts your progress is contrary to your design.
It's a cycle... Religion is a source of relief for those who seek to anesthetize the pain that comes from following its beliefs.
Just because she has high standards, doesn't mean she’s high maintenance. Don’t confuse the two.
Get out of your own way… stop the paralysis by analysis… decide what you want, create a simple plan, and get moving!
They said, "You'll never find someone like me again!" I thanked them for wishing me well.
You express the truth of your character with the choice of your actions.
We each contribute our own book to the great library of humanity.
Sometimes you think you're helping someone up, but they're actually pulling you down. This is the painful dynamic of dealing with someone who is incurably selfish.
Some people seem to have a black belt in selfishness... ninja narcissists with no regard to how they impact those around them… but at the same time, a master at the art of playing victim.
It is when I struggle that I strengthen. It is when challenged to my core that I learn the depth of who I am.
It took me a long time to learn the difference between working on a healthy relationship and wasting my time on a long goodbye. Never again!
It doesn't matter what you did or where you were...it matters where you are and what you're doing. Get out there! Sing the song in your heart and NEVER let anyone shut you up!!
Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.
Messy" is a word we use to explain a conflict with an expectation we had. Eliminate the expectation, and you eliminate the "messy".
Judge me if you want, but at the end of my life I choose to have memories not regrets.
I know my worth. Never again will I condemn myself to the prison of a bad relationship.
Sometimes we need someone to just listen. Not to try and fix anything or offer alternatives, but to just be there… to listen. An ear that listens can be medicine for a heart that hurts.
The path to freedom is illuminated by the bridges you have burned, adorned by the ties you have cut, and cleared by the drama you have left behind. Let go. Be free.
Every great tragedy forms a fertile soil in which a great recovery can take root and blossom...but only if you plant the seeds.
Think about the people you love, appreciate, and admire… If today was the last day you could speak with them… What would you say… and what are you waiting for?
