Steve Maraboli Quotes - Page 5

If you want to be with someone, be with them! Don't make excuses, cause drama, or make them fight for a spot in your life. Express your love and commitment with words and actions. And if you don't feel inspired to show your love this way, be kind enough to let them go... so they can find someone who will.

In your own life it's important to know how spectacular you are.

Stop living within the confines of how others define you! You weren't created to live their life; you were created to live yours - so LIVE it! You can reignite that fire within and bring the passion back into your goals, dreams, ambitions, careers, and relationships by reclaiming control of your own life. Be unapologetically YOU!

It's not always what we don't know that gets in our way sometimes it's what we think we know that keeps us from learning.

Stop allowing your outdated ideas to hinder your progress. Become open to new information that can refine, improve, and enhance your way of thinking. This will empower your way of living.

I'm water... If you're oil, we'll clash. If you're a flower, I'll nourish you. If you're a light, I'll reflect you. If you can't swim, you'll drown in me. If you're up for adventure, I'm endless entertainment. I'm just being me. If we don't fit, it's not my fault, nor yours. You be you. I'll be me.

The value of a moment is immeasurable. The power of just ONE moment can propel you to success and happiness or chain you to failure and misery.

You will find that people will always have opinions about your decisions. Don’t take it personally, it’s simply because they're not courageous enough to take action in their own lives. Be a leader in your life and pay no mind to those who lack the courage to do the same in theirs.

The power to change your life lies in the simplest of steps.

What do you think will be more effective when it comes to succeeding, believing you can or KNOWING you will? Let today be the last day you took timid steps of belief and start taking confident steps of purpose-driven knowing!

Leadership is the bridge of integrity that connects goals, desires, and actions.

Free yourself from the complexities of your life! A life of simplicity and happiness awaits you.

When you do what you love, the seemingly impossible becomes simply challenging, the laborious becomes purposeful resistance, the difficult loses its edge and is trampled by your progress.

The volume of your voice does not increase the validity of your argument.

Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people's opinions is greater than your dedication to your own emotions!

You are my favorite book. I immerse myself in your story and fall in love with each page. I will never be able to truly express to you how much I admire and cherish who you are. Nor will I be able to articulate the level of honor I feel to find myself included amongst the pages being written with each passing day. I love you. Thank you.

Be true to yourself, be kind to yourself, read and learn about everything that interests you, and keep away from people who bring you down.

Never again will I justify the scars just because I loved the person holding the knife.

Today stretches ahead of you waiting to be shaped. You are the sculptor who gets to do the shaping. What today will be like is up to you.

Don’t be disheartened by the forces of evil. Nothing can happen that God hasn’t allowed. Even resistance is all part of grand orchestration. The devil always has you right were God wants you.

Don't look for society to give you permission to be yourself.

If you're not comfortable enough with yourself or with your own truth when entering a relationship, then you're not ready for that relationship.

Your brain activates a magnificent system to store memories as reference points for you to learn from... not to create a past for you to be stuck in.

Today is the only day in which we have any power.

Get Off The Scale!You are beautiful. Your beauty, just like your capacity for life, happiness, and success, is immeasurable. Day after day, countless people across the globe get on a scale in search of validation of beauty and social acceptance.Get off the scale! I have yet to see a scale that can tell you how enchanting your eyes are. I have yet to see a scale that can show you how wonderful your hair looks when the sun shines its glorious rays on it. I have yet to see a scale that can thank you for your compassion, sense of humor, and contagious smile. Get off the scale because I have yet to see one that can admire you for your perseverance when challenged in life.It’s true, the scale can only give you a numerical reflection of your relationship with gravity. That’s it. It cannot measure beauty, talent, purpose, life force, possibility, strength, or love. Don’t give the scale more power than it has earned. Take note of the number, then get off the scale and live your life. You are beautiful!

Learn to say “please” and “thank you” in multiple languages.

Smile at strangers and you just might change a life.

Most people throw away their personal power... If you want to know where, look at who and what you hate, blame, resent, and envy.

Selfish people tend to only be good to themselves... then are surprised when they are alone.

Scholars, theologians, and even poets have yet to be able to truly describe and touch upon the beauty, romance, and magic of a relationship built on 100% authenticity

Don’t let the agony, regret, or fog of yesterday blind you to the fact that each new day carries with it a plethora of opportunities to move your life into the right direction.

My scars tell a story. They are a reminder of times when life tried to break me, but failed. They are markings of where the structure of my character was welded.

The universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with your thoughts; it gives you what you demand with your actions. In essence, you don't get what you WANT, you get what you ARE.

Embracing an attitude of gratitude is nourishing to the soul. When we allow ourselves to be engulfed in gratitude, this abundant soul nourishment overflows to your relationships, careers, and day to day lives. Act in gratitude today… If you are grateful to those you love, show them. If you are grateful to those who have helped you, show them. If you are grateful to your creator, to your family, to your friends, and you want it to be known, let it be shown!

God’s word is not just to be heard and repeated, it is to be breathed, lived, and emulated with each action.

We are mathematical equations where your life is the sum of all choices you've made until now. The good news is you can change the equation so that you start making a difference in your life.

If you don’t know exactly where you’re going, how will you know when you get there?

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

Serving my country was a life-changing experience for me. It was during those years that I realized the importance of commitment, dedication, honor, and discipline. I have never laughed so much; nor have I ever prayed so much. I made life-long friends. The leaders and heroes I served with helped shape me into the man I am today. I feel honored to have been a part of such a great tradition and grateful to others who have walked the same path. Thank you!

Help people help themselves. Don’t judge, just help. In this process, be cautious to simply point them in the right direction and help them get moving. Don’t make your journey theirs, nor make their journey yours.

Friendship is a beautiful blessing. You may love your friends and they may love you, but that doesn’t mean they should have unexamined influence in all areas of your life.

I don't want my life to be defined by what is etched on a tombstone. I want it to be defined by what is etched in the lives and hearts of those I've touched.

The purpose of fear is to raise your awareness not to stop your progress.

Stop lying to yourself. When we deny our own truth, we deny our own potential.

Poisonous relationships can alter our perception. You can spend many years thinking you’re worthless… but you’re not worthless, you’re unappreciated.

Many companies expect loyal customers without providing loyal service. This has been the visionary failure of countless corporations.

You would free yourself from so much stress and drama if you just understood and embraced the truth that you are enough.

The universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with your thoughts - it gives you what you demand with your actions.

Someone who loves you will reveal beautiful things within yourself... things you had never noticed before... things nobody else cared to.

It's not about what I SEE for our future, or humanity; It's about what I DO for our future and humanity.

Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it.

The magic that turns dreams into reality is YOU! When you are inspired by a dream, create a good plan; that turns it into a goal. Then, live your life in a way that will bring that dream, that goal, to life. The magic is you.

There are some people whose turbulent waves of behaviors will drown you no matter how well you think you can swim.

The truth of who you are and what you believe is projected in your behavior. Everything else, either positive or negative, is a mix of stories, lies, delusions, and manipulations.

How would your life be different if…You stopped worrying about things you can’t control and started focusing on the things you can? Let today be the day…You free yourself from fruitless worry, seize the day and take effective action on things you can change.

We could do ourselves a tremendous favor by letting go of the people who poison our spirit.

It seems to me that religion is losing momentum and God is making a comeback.

How would your life be different if…You didn’t allow yourself to be defined by your past? Let today be the day…You stop letting your history interfere with your destiny and awaken to the opportunity to release your greatest self.

A sense of entitlement is a cancerous thought process that is void of gratitude and can be deadly to our relationships.

Every step towards your dream today is a step away from your regret tomorrow.