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Some of the things I hated my parents for when I was younger are the same things I love my parents for now that I'm older. -- Steve Maraboli
When we see someone or something as imperfect, it is a reflection of our limitations, not theirs. -- Steve Maraboli
It is not uncommon for someone to be a self-saboteur and compound that by also having a victim mentality. It is as though they are holding their own breath and then blaming others for their inability to breathe. If they can break free from this cycle, everything in their life changes for the better. -- Steve Maraboli
People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dreams will often find ways to discourage yours. When you change for the better, the people around you will be inspired to change also ... but only after doing their best to make you stop. Live your truth and don't EVER stop. -- Steve Maraboli
Your life will change for the better when you finally accept and deal with the fact that you have a chronic attraction to poisonous people. Face it. Fight it. Defeat it. Setting a better standard shapes a better life. -- Steve Maraboli
How would your life be different if instead of spending your energy and focus on hating those who hate you, you spent your energy and focus on loving those who love you? -- Steve Maraboli
Maybe the reason nothing seems to be "fixing you" is because you're not broken. Let today be the day you stop living within the confines of how others define or judge you. You have a unique beauty and purpose; live accordingly. -- Steve Maraboli
When you judge a woman by her appearance, it doesn't define her, it defines you. Ladies, never allow yourself to be defined by someone's inability to appreciate your unique beauty. -- Steve Maraboli
Our love is perfect. And even though we may not be, our love creates a bridge that spans over our imperfections and joins us where it matters. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't give up! It's not over. The universe is balanced. Every set-back bears with it the seeds of a come-back. -- Steve Maraboli
You're frustrated because you keep waiting for the blooming of flowers of which you have yet to sow the seeds. -- Steve Maraboli
Cheaters often accuse you of cheating. Liars often accuse you of lying. Insecure people often crumble your security. Behavior speaks ... How someone treats you may have nothing to do with you; but can be a reflection of who they are. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes there are stormy moments in your life when your friends do more than just walk with you; they become angels that carry you and protect you with their wings. -- Steve Maraboli
Self-love isn't always so poetic; sometimes it's a nice big triple back flip kick in the ass. You've got to call yourself on your own nonsense; on the incredibly efficient way you can be self-destructive. -- Steve Maraboli
Letting go is to love yourself enough to look at the past with a different perspective. It is to accept that you can't change the past, but that you can change whether your perspective poisons or nourishes you. -- Steve Maraboli
Life is too short to waste time waiting for other people's approval on how you live it. -- Steve Maraboli
It took me a long time and a lot of heartache to realize that just because you love someone, doesn't mean they deserve it. -- Steve Maraboli
If the things behind you are tripping you, you're moving in the wrong direction. -- Steve Maraboli
Can you hold happiness? Can you drink it? Can you taste it? Can you touch it? Of course not, it is immaterial. So, stop looking for it in the material world! Happiness is experienced within; when we bridge the gap between what we want to experience and how we choose to behave. -- Steve Maraboli
The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday. -- Steve Maraboli
You want my advice? Put down your phone. Hug her from behind and kiss the back of her neck. Entwine your fingers with hers ... . You're welcome. -- Steve Maraboli
Blame is the creed of the disempowered. -- Steve Maraboli
The path to misery is paved by the tears of those trying to make others happy. -- Steve Maraboli
Celebrate your victories! Be verbal about it. Haters will say you're bragging, but those who love you will celebrate with you. -- Steve Maraboli
When you pursue your goals with passion, you will attract people who love you; but you'll also attract haters. I'm okay with that; I welcome it. I don't want to live life as a spectator. I've learned that if no one is cheering you on and/or booing you; it means you're not in the game. -- Steve Maraboli
True love has taught me that there is a difference between a woman getting naked for you and one revealing herself to you. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop trying to 'fix' yourself; you're NOT broken! You are perfectly imperfect and powerful beyond measure. -- Steve Maraboli
Many people make the mistake of expecting others to treat them in a more loving and respectful way than they treat themselves. If you don't love yourself, stop expecting others to. If you don't respect yourself, stop expecting others to. -- Steve Maraboli
You can still make today the day you change yourself, love yourself, forgive yourself, respect yourself, honor yourself, cherish yourself, admire yourself, express yourself, be true to yourself ... It's never too late! -- Steve Maraboli
Set the standard! Stop expecting others to show you love, acceptance, commitment, & respect when you don't even show that to yourself. -- Steve Maraboli
Change isn't a choice; it's already happening. You are atoms and molecules in motion ... you can't avoid change; you ARE change. The question is whether you will EMBRACE the power of change to enhance your life or continue to exhaust yourself in the pointless endeavor to halt it. -- Steve Maraboli
It is in the balancing of your spirituality with your humanity that you will find immeasurable happiness, success, good health, and love. -- Steve Maraboli
A Happiness key: Maintain something to be enthusiastic about. Small/frequent goals = Dopamine hits that propel success. -- Steve Maraboli
If you want change and don't make choices that reflect the change, you are making a choice to keep things the same. -- Steve Maraboli
You can't just wish change; you have to live the change in order for it to become a reality. -- Steve Maraboli
It's not just about what I can SEE for our future, or humanity; it's about what I can DO for our future and humanity. -- Steve Maraboli
You can't force someone to care ... You can only come to the realization that if you stay, they'll keep hurting you. I wish you the wisdom and courage to walk away and begin the healing process. -- Steve Maraboli
It is so beautiful to see a relationship that is nourished and fueled by a love expressed with action. -- Steve Maraboli
Letting go isn't about forgetting; it's about learning and moving on. It's making a choice to be strengthened by your past ... not strangled by it. -- Steve Maraboli
TAKE ACTION! Wanting is not enough; Act upon your goals! If somebody was watching your day-to-day behavior, would they be able to see what you're working towards; what your goals are? If the answer is no, FIX IT! -- Steve Maraboli
As a business leader you have to ask yourself, "Am I creating a consumer environment that is conducive to loyalty?" If the answer is no, FIX IT! -- Steve Maraboli
Free yourself from the poisonous and laborious burden of holding a grudge. When you hold a grudge, you want someone else's sorrow to reflect your level of hurt, but the two rarely meet. Let go ... Sometimes, forgiveness is simply a reflection of loving yourself enough to move on. -- Steve Maraboli
Love is forgiving, accepting, moving on, embracing, and all encompassing. And if you're not doing that for yourself, you cannot do that with anyone else. -- Steve Maraboli
If you want drama, settle for the one who will change your relationship status. If you want love, wait for the one who will change your life. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes love can be both the punishment and the crime. -- Steve Maraboli
I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me. -- Steve Maraboli
Today, you have the opportunity to transcend from a disempowered mindset of existence to an empowered reality of purpose-driven living. Today is a new day that has been handed to you for shaping. You have the tools, now get out there and create a masterpiece. -- Steve Maraboli
Your dream is a reality that is waiting for you to materialize. Today is a new day! Don't let your history interfere with your destiny! Learn from your past so that it can empower your present and propel you to greatness -- Steve Maraboli
Your life isn't behind you; your memories are behind you. Your life is ALWAYS ahead of you. Today is a new day - seize it! -- Steve Maraboli
The bad news is that yesterday sucked. The good news is that yesterday is gone. Today's a new day. Own it! Shape it! Live it! -- Steve Maraboli
Mute the venomous self-talk in your mind. Eliminate the poisonous theory of, "Same Crap, Different Day." Today is a new day - make it count! -- Steve Maraboli
Today, many will choose to live free of conditions and rules governing their own happiness. Why not you? Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people's opinions is greater than your dedication to your own emotions! Today's a new day! -- Steve Maraboli
Your complaints, your drama, your victim mentality, your whining, your blaming, and all of your excuses have NEVER gotten you even a single step closer to your goals or dreams. Let go of your nonsense. Let go of the delusion that you DESERVE better and go EARN it! Today is a new day! -- Steve Maraboli
Renew, release, let go. Yesterday's gone. There's nothing you can do to bring it back. You can't "should've" done something. You can only DO something. Renew yourself. Release that attachment. Today is a new day! -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
Tomorrow will never call to ask your opinion; you don't control it. Stop allowing today's possibilities to be robbed by tomorrow's insecurities. -- Steve Maraboli
I miss you so much! And while this hole in my heart will never be filled again, I find comfort knowing that you are nestled within the loving embrace of God ... and that I was blessed to know you ... even if only for a little while. -- Steve Maraboli
It seems so simple now, but it took me a long time to figure out that happiness is experienced when we finally give ourselves permission to let go of the things that make us sad. -- Steve Maraboli
Life is simple; WE create the complexity. -- Steve Maraboli
Life itself is simple...it's just not easy. -- Steve Maraboli
Get out of your own way ... stop the paralysis by analysis ... decide what you want, create a simple plan, and get moving! -- Steve Maraboli
Happiness, after all, is found in the simplest of things. -- Steve Maraboli
I am ambitious. I set goals; not because I am ungrateful for what I have, but because I am happy with who I am. I enjoy the experience of rising above my perceived limitations and discovering new levels of my capabilities. -- Steve Maraboli
What a blessing to love someone so much that you long for them at the core of your being. At the same time, when you are separated from that person, that longing is a torture I would not wish on anyone. -- Steve Maraboli
Being in a relationship with some people is like pushing a boat through sand. I used to have the time and energy for that kind of nonsense, but not anymore. Relationships should be a wonderful journey of exploration and love; not grinding resistance. -- Steve Maraboli
Make a pact with yourself today to not be defined by your past. Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn't what you get for it, but what you become for it. Shake things up today! Be You ... Be Free ... Share. -- Steve Maraboli
Stay away from people who gossip and spread rumors. They are choosing the path of emotional bullying and negativity. -- Steve Maraboli
CHANGE: Don't just talk about it, go out there and do it. Don't just meditate about it, go out there and create it. Don't just pray about it go out there and take action; participate in the answering of your own prayer. If you want change, get out there and live it. - Steve Maraboli -- Steve Maraboli
Pay attention: Are your daily choices in alignment with the life you want for yourself? If not, nothing will change. -- Steve Maraboli
We must remember balance and moderation. Patience can be spiritually enriching and virtuous ... but when taken in excess, it turns to procrastination, the poison of inaction. -- Steve Maraboli
The universe doesn't give you what you ask for with your thoughts - it gives you what you demand with your actions. -- Steve Maraboli
I wish for you the wisdom to realize that it's okay to miss something, but not want it back. -- Steve Maraboli
Cut away the nonsense, the drama, the regret, the scars of the past, and make a decision to no longer let them govern your happiness and freedom. -- Steve Maraboli
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! -- Steve Maraboli
With automobile accidents, mechanical failure is seldom the cause; and most often, operator error. I find the same to be true with corporate failings ... . the people are rarely the issue ... the shortcoming is most often found in the leadership. -- Steve Maraboli
What are you waiting for? How long will you keep waiting? Don't sit back and wait for life to happen to you. Have a plan and take the needed steps to create what you want. -- Steve Maraboli
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! -- Steve Maraboli
They said, "You'll never find someone like me again!" I thanked them for wishing me well. ;) -- Steve Maraboli
The right person will make you a priority. If you find yourself feeling like you're not good enough, it's because they're not good enough. -- Steve Maraboli
There is a distinct feeling of contentment that engulfs your entire being after a day well lived, a battle well fought, and a purpose tirelessly pursued. -- Steve Maraboli
Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people ... but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us. -- Steve Maraboli
Her love ... so unconditional, so unapologetic; reminds me that I am worth so much more than the standard I have set for myself. -- Steve Maraboli
How do I have productive days with minimum drama? Simple; I mind my own business. -- Steve Maraboli
I wish for you the wisdom to mind your own business. -- Steve Maraboli
When the world makes me feel like I am alone, love reminds me otherwise. -- Steve Maraboli
It's sad that we get attached to the way certain people abuse us. It took me a long time and a lot of heartache to realize that it's okay to miss someone, but not want them back. -- Steve Maraboli
I feel so grateful to discover that each new day brings me the opportunity to watch the sunrise and fall in love with you again. -- Steve Maraboli
I will not play it safe!
I want to experience the length, depth, and breadth of life.
I'm not just here for the victories... I'm here for the scars. -- Steve Maraboli
The time has come to harness the blessed power within us and to use it to transcend from our current existence into a more empowered reality. -- Steve Maraboli
Love yourself. Forgive yourself. Be true to yourself. How you treat yourself sets the standard for how others will treat you. -- Steve Maraboli
The knives of betrayal and drama cut deep and hurt ... but they also trim away the nonsense and reveal your true friends. -- Steve Maraboli
Through the twist and turns of life, I find myself so grateful for my friends. Even though sometimes the days can seem so dark, and my heart can feel so hurt, I am never alone; my friends are beside me. -- Steve Maraboli
What if Science is God's way of reminding us that he is greater than the stories and dogma we have confined him to? -- Steve Maraboli
Your life begins to change the day you take responsibility for it. -- Steve Maraboli
You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway. -- Steve Maraboli
You would free yourself from so much stress and drama if you just understood and embraced the truth that you are enough. -- Steve Maraboli
I promise you nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth diminishing your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear. -- Steve Maraboli
Remember, while words can be powerful, eloquent, and lasting, it is our committed action that will ultimately serve as the defining factor of our relationships. -- Steve Maraboli
How much longer will you sit back and wait for your dream to spontaneously come true? Too many days, weeks, months, and years have passed! Do not be unresponsive to your own dreams. Now, set a course of action that will lead to bringing your dream into reality. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
Every job I was denied for ... opened the door to new opportunities. Every relationship that hurt me ... led me to my true love. Every mistake I thought would be the end of me ... pointed me towards an incredible success. Sometimes when you think you're losing, you're winning. -- Steve Maraboli
Love and compassion are the mother and father of a smile. We need to create more smiles in our world today. Smiles, after all, pave the way to a happy world. -- Steve Maraboli
New levels bring new devils. Stay unapologetically committed to your goals and let go of anyone who poisons your spirit. -- Steve Maraboli
Most people have an abundance of dreams, but lack the courage to follow them. Help them find that courage by inspiring them with yours. -- Steve Maraboli
We need more than just the Law of Attraction. We need to connect with its more successful twin, the Law of Generosity. And further entwine ourselves with their parent; the Law of Love. -- Steve Maraboli
To me, Hell isn't a place; it's a state of mind. It is a psychological self-imprisonment in which fear is the warden. It is a result of not living in alignment with your goals, dreams, and purpose. It is to find yourself in the endless emotional agony of, What if? -- Steve Maraboli
Maybe we feel empty because we spend so much of our own time watching other people live their lives, chase their dreams, express their love, and navigate their relationships. And when we turn off our TV or put down our phone ... We've nourished nothing of our own. -- Steve Maraboli
Your actions must reflect your goals in order to experience true success. Don't just wish, DO! Don't just dream, BE! Let today be the day you create a plan and follow it. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop just cheering for others who are living their visions. Commit yourself to your own success and follow the steps required to achieve it. -- Steve Maraboli
Do not sabotage your new relationship with your last relationship's poison. -- Steve Maraboli
When you hate something, you chain yourself to it. -- Steve Maraboli
At any given moment the choice to be happy is present- we just have to choose to be happy. -- Steve Maraboli
It's amazing to me how hard people work to maintain a life they hate. -- Steve Maraboli
When forever becomes a place ... when forever ceases to be just a word ... when it ceases to be just a measurement of time ... but instead becomes a place where soul mates can dance to the song in their hearts ... that is a reflection of true love. -- Steve Maraboli
When I accept myself, I am freed from the burden of needing you to accept me. -- Steve Maraboli
Relax. Refresh. Renew. Play. Sing. Laugh. Enjoy. Forgive. Dance. Love. Hug. Share. Kiss. Create. Explore. Hope. Listen. Dare. Trust. Dream. Learn. TODAY! -- Steve Maraboli
You're better than the life you've settled for. RISE to the challenge of your dreams! Don't just dream it - LIVE it! -- Steve Maraboli
It is when I struggle that I strengthen. It is when challenged to my core that I learn the depth of who I am. -- Steve Maraboli
There is magic in this wonderful life, but only if you choose to do more than just exist; the magic is found when we choose to live. -- Steve Maraboli
What was my path to success? Well, there were some steps forward, some back, some to the side ... maybe it wasn't a path, but more of a dance. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop wasting your time looking for the key to happiness ... the door is open and unlocked ... just walk through it. -- Steve Maraboli
Most of us would benefit greatly from recognizing and accepting the difference between our history and our destiny. -- Steve Maraboli
Be careful! If the opinion of others is your gauge, then it is also your goal. If you concern yourself with what others think, then you can only go as far as others think. You're better than that! -- Steve Maraboli
Life doesn't get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient. -- Steve Maraboli
Love moves in sync with the cadence of forgiveness, sings in tune with the melody of acceptance, and dances in rhythm with the music of companionship. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't settle ... wait for the one who treats you like an investment; not a test drive. Someone who inspires you to be at your best ... One who looks beyond your outer beauty and falls in love with your soul. -- Steve Maraboli
The best way to succeed is to have a specific Intent, a clear Vision, a plan of Action, and the ability to maintain Clarity. Those are the Four Pillars of Success. It never fails! -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves. -- Steve Maraboli
When you are living the best version of yourself, you inspire others to live the best versions of themselves. -- Steve Maraboli
If your actions don't reflect your goals ... and your behavior doesn't reflect your company's vision ... then you're not a leader; regardless of what your title indicates. -- Steve Maraboli
I watch her with loving sadness as she dulls her shine to please others. Will this butterfly ever soar? Will she continue to pretend she can't fly? Her greatest life awaits this decision. -- Steve Maraboli
The problem that we have with a victim mentality is that we forget to see the blessings of the day. Because of this, our spirit is poisoned instead of nourished. -- Steve Maraboli
Relationships: If you put up with it, you're going to end up with it. Set the standard you want and don't settle for less. -- Steve Maraboli
The word "seek" is a verb. Are you treating it as such in your life? If you seek change, success, or love, DO it - BE it! -- Steve Maraboli
The art of effective leadership is about navigating the dynamics of growth and success ... holding a vision and leading a team, but arriving at the same time. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop telling me not to burn bridges. Some bridges are meant to be burnt, some roads are never meant to be traveled again. -- Steve Maraboli
Give freely to the world these gifts of love and compassion. Do not concern yourself with how much you receive in return, just know in your heart it will be returned. -- Steve Maraboli
Breakups can be sad, but sometimes tears are the price we pay for a freedom we need. -- Steve Maraboli
Letting go is never easy. There is no short-cut or trick to it. You must be committed enough to your future to let go of your past. It's not easy and it's likely to hurt, but it is for the best. -- Steve Maraboli
Do the best you can, with what you can, while you can, and success in inevitable. -- Steve Maraboli
Being healthy is a way of life. It's not just about what you feed your body; it's about what you feed your mind and the social environment you keep. Make healthy food choices, exercise your body and brain, and choose your friends wisely. -- Steve Maraboli
I knew you were the one when I realized your smile was my heaven, your laugh my favorite song, and your arms my home. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't let other people's opinions distort your reality. Be true to yourself. Be bold in pursuing your dreams. Be unapologetically you! -- Steve Maraboli
Thank you for being you ... for sharing your love with me ... for inspiring me to accept myself ... for helping me see the unique beauty in imperfection ... for showing me that love is something you do; something not just to be said, but also to be shown. -- Steve Maraboli
I don't know when my time on earth will be up; but I DO know that today, I am one day closer. You can bet I'm going to make this day count! Will you? -- Steve Maraboli
My relationship stays strong because I serenade her with my actions and I write poetry in her heart with my deeds. My endless love is expressed with more than just my words; my love is lived as a verb. -- Steve Maraboli
I find that I am most happy and healthy when I am living in alignment with my goals, dreams, and principles. -- Steve Maraboli
Intimacy transcends the physical. It is a feeling of closeness that isn't about proximity, but of belonging. It is a beautiful emotional space in which two become one. -- Steve Maraboli
I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, aw shit, he's up! -- Steve Maraboli
By reacting from fear instead of responding from love, you inject poison directly into the veins of your relationship. -- Steve Maraboli
To embark on the journey towards your goals and dreams requires bravery. To remain on that path requires courage. The bridge that merges the two is commitment. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
Two Immeasurable Things: The healing power of love and the destructive power of hate. -- Steve Maraboli
When your actions are aligned with your dreams and goals, you become the point of origin for their reality. -- Steve Maraboli
The way you live your day is a sentence in the story of your life. Each day you make the choice whether the sentence ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation point. -- Steve Maraboli
By choosing healthy over skinny you are choosing self-love over self-judgment. You are beautiful! -- Steve Maraboli
Change is nature's way of offering us the opportunity to explore the parameters of our humanity and potential. Don't fight it, embrace it. There is a magical experience awaiting those who embrace this natural process. -- Steve Maraboli
Life is delivered as a series of subjective experiences that we have the opportunity to label and re-label according to our desire to experience pleasure or pain. -- Steve Maraboli
Haters have fallen into the tragic mindset of comparison; a form of psychological suicide. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
When you don't have a vision or a plan for the future, your mind has no choice but to dwell in the past. -- Steve Maraboli
Let's not forget it's you and me vs. the problem ... NOT you vs. me. -- Steve Maraboli
Beware: It is a quick transition from a nourishing sense of gratitude to a poisonous sense of entitlement. -- Steve Maraboli
Service and gratitude will fuel your relationship; entitlement and expectation will poison it. -- Steve Maraboli
It's never lost on me that it was the religious who Jesus had to challenge not to throw stones. -- Steve Maraboli
There are often great lessons to be learned at the roots of stress, drama, and heartache. Don't let the magnitude of the circumstance blind you to the value of the lesson. -- Steve Maraboli
Pay attention to the behavior of the most successful people. -- Steve Maraboli
Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better. -- Steve Maraboli
Every new day is a once in a lifetime event. How much more exciting would our lives be if we embraced this truth and lived accordingly?! -- Steve Maraboli
The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward. -- Steve Maraboli
Let today be the day you love yourself enough to no longer just dream of a better life; let it be the day you act upon it. -- Steve Maraboli
I'm glad I didn't meet you when I was younger. I wouldn't have had the wisdom to appreciate and cherish you for the gift you are in my life. -- Steve Maraboli
Just because you are available for a relationship, doesn't mean you are ready for one. -- Steve Maraboli
My life was forever changed the day I realized there was a big difference between having a dream and chasing it. -- Steve Maraboli
Our relationships are nourished and shaped by the commitment we express through our actions. Don't just speak; ACT! -- Steve Maraboli
We each contribute our own book to the great library of humanity. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometime people are disempowered because they subconsciously identify themselves by their temporary circumstances instead of connecting with their innate value and truth. -- Steve Maraboli
Some people feed your ego, but starve your soul. -- Steve Maraboli
With no action to nourish it, your dream becomes a fantasy. -- Steve Maraboli
This is your life. This is your moment. Think of all you have been through just to get here ... MAKE IT COUNT! -- Steve Maraboli
There has never been a poet able to heal with words, nor accurately express with phrases, the pain of missing a lost loved one. -- Steve Maraboli
It's okay to have doubts. It isn't "faith" unless you have doubts. -- Steve Maraboli
If not to shape me into a better man; a better husband, a better father, a better son, a better brother, a better friend ... then all of my experience, success, and education will have been a selfish waste. -- Steve Maraboli
We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future. -- Steve Maraboli
Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature. -- Steve Maraboli
Make the choice to embrace this day. Do not let your TODAY be stolen by the ghost of yesterday or the "To-Do" list of tomorrow! It's inspiring to see all the wonderfully amazing things that can happen in a day in which you participate. -- Steve Maraboli
If you don't know exactly where you're going, how will you know when you get there? -- Steve Maraboli
Once you start recognizing the truth of your story, finish the story. It happened but you're still here, you're still capable, powerful, you're not your circumstance. It happened and you made it through. You're still fully equipped with every single tool you need to fulfill your purpose. -- Steve Maraboli
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness ... but only when you pay your taxes? That means your freedom is rented, leased, & not unalienable. -- Steve Maraboli
My love for you spans over the lines of my past, present, and future. You are what I love remembering, what I love experiencing, and what I love looking forward to. -- Steve Maraboli
Religion imprisons God. By its own accord, if we are made in the image and likeness of God, then His condemnation of the sinner is an act of hypocrisy. I believe God to be greater than that. -- Steve Maraboli
Religious dogma creates a perfect fertilizer for the weeds of hypocrisy. -- Steve Maraboli
As for the journey of life; at some point you will realize that YOU are the driver and you will drive! -- Steve Maraboli
I used to only write poetry; now I live it. I finally matured enough to starve my hypocrisy to death. -- Steve Maraboli
Some people insist on inviting me to their drama buffet ... No thanks! My soul hungers for nourishment and growth; it doesn't lust for poison and depletion. -- Steve Maraboli
I will not try to convince you to love me, to respect me, to commit to me. I deserve better than that; I AM BETTER THAN THAT ... Goodbye. -- Steve Maraboli
Like a gift, beautifully wrapped at the foot of your bed each morning, today asks that you open it and enjoy everything inside. Exhaust yourself with all it has to offer! -- Steve Maraboli
Change is in the air. This change reminds us that we are made and beautifully sculpted by the same power that orchestrates the change of season. Let this be the season you embrace and align yourself with this change. -- Steve Maraboli
In my relationship, she is my woman and I am her man. This designation is not one of ownership, but of passion. It is a loving and passionate expression that reflects the truth that out of over seven billion people in the world, she is my ONE. -- Steve Maraboli
True friendship is rare. Don't let a little dispute ruin a friendship. -- Steve Maraboli
Appreciate your mom. She is wiser than you think and stronger than you know. Be thankful. -- Steve Maraboli
Reading the Bible will help you get to know the word, but it's when you put it down and live your life that you get to know the author. -- Steve Maraboli
There are some people who will surprise you with their perseverance ... People who survive through the tears ... Strong spirits who prove you wrong if you make the mistake of betting against them. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
How would your life be different if ... You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day ... You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey. -- Steve Maraboli
I would much rather feel the physical soreness that comes with exercise than to feel the psychological soreness that comes with regret. -- Steve Maraboli
I will spend an eternity loving you, caring for you, respecting you, showing you every day that I hold you as high as the stars. -- Steve Maraboli
The only way you can own this moment is to evict the victim mentality from the dwelling of your mind. -- Steve Maraboli
I am grateful to those who have betrayed me ... They thought they were just stabbing me in the back, but they were also cutting me free from their poisonous life. -- Steve Maraboli
Let today be the day you finally release yourself from the imprisonment of past grudges and anger. Simplify your life. Let go of the poisonous past and live the abundantly beautiful present ... today. -- Steve Maraboli
It seems to me that religion is losing momentum and God is making a comeback. -- Steve Maraboli
It's funny how, in this journey of life, even though we may begin at different times and places, our paths cross with others so that we may share our love, compassion, observations, and hope. This is a design of God that I appreciate and cherish. -- Steve Maraboli
Poisonous relationships can alter our perception. You can spend many years thinking you're worthless ... but you're not worthless, you're unappreciated. -- Steve Maraboli
Even though she would dream of love, respect, and unfettered romance ... it was a cyclical dilemma in her life that she seemed to be most attracted to poisonous men. -- Steve Maraboli
Be + Have = Behave. You will experience your success when you BEHAVE accordingly. BE and you shall HAVE. -- Steve Maraboli
It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on. -- Steve Maraboli
Your life is a print-out of your thoughts. -- Steve Maraboli
Being a hater is a measurement of cowardice. -- Steve Maraboli
Intent without dedicated action is simply not enough. Action without a clear intent is a waste. It is when these two powerful forces are aligned that the energy of the universe conspires in your favor. -- Steve Maraboli
Happiness is found in the simplest of things. Happiness is found in gratitude, in a kept promise, in a good conversation, in love, in friendship, in an achieved goal, in a fond memory; in all the simple magnificence of life. -- Steve Maraboli
The universe is so well balanced that the mere fact that you have a problem also serves as a sign that there is a solution. -- Steve Maraboli
A mindset of gratitude lifts the veil of bitterness and allows you to see beauty and possibility. -- Steve Maraboli
Get out of your own way ... What we call 'lack of willpower' is actually just losing an argument with an outdated version of yourself. -- Steve Maraboli
Wisdom that is not acted upon is just philosophy ... but when lived as a verb, wisdom will be the foundation of your success. -- Steve Maraboli
A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal. -- Steve Maraboli
I am so grateful for my troubles. As I reflect back on my life, I have come to realize that my greatest triumphs have been born of my greatest troubles. -- Steve Maraboli
Are you going to allow the world around you to change while you remain stagnant? Make this the time you throw away old habits that have hindered your happiness and success and finally allow your greatest self to flourish. -- Steve Maraboli
You didn't break my heart; you freed it. -- Steve Maraboli
Leadership is the bridge of integrity that connects goals, desires, and actions. -- Steve Maraboli
The writers of religious scriptures and texts would have done humanity a grand service if they would have used just one sentence, in one of the pages out of the thousands, to support respectful and peaceful disagreement. -- Steve Maraboli
Free yourself from fruitlessly worrying about things you can't control and put your energy towards the things you can. Seize the day and take effective action on things you can change. -- Steve Maraboli
If you would stop worrying about things you don't control and release what God has put into you, you will change everything around you. -- Steve Maraboli
There is no 'secret' to success.
There is a BEHAVIOR to success.
Decide what you want and act accordingly.
Dream. Plan. Execute. -- Steve Maraboli
Cutting out drama... Healthy mind and body choices... Intent followed by action... Keeping real friends and letting go of the pretends... Livin' clean for Twenty Seventeen! -- Steve Maraboli
You cannot continue on the same path and arrive at a different destination. Make the choice to have your actions reflect your goals. -- Steve Maraboli
We may argue and have our ups and downs, but any poor soul who ever tries to get between us will find out that our love is stronger than ever. -- Steve Maraboli
This is not the time to be passive. This is the time to shape, sculpt, paint, participate ... the time to get sweaty, to get dirty, to fall in love, to forgive, to forget, to hug, to kiss ... this is the time to experience, participate and live your life as a verb. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't lie. Life is a puzzle and we are all unique pieces. When you lie, you make it impossible to find your true place in the grand design. -- Steve Maraboli
Red Carpet Events:Sitting on the couch and watching people who actually chase their goals and dreams; criticizing what they're wearing ... and wondering why we're depressed. -- Steve Maraboli
Meeting you was not the first day of the rest of my life; it was the first day of the BEST of my life. -- Steve Maraboli
Life is too short to not kick fear in the ass and allow yourself to love again. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
You unlock the door to greater levels of excellence and success when you accept who you are. It is from the point of acceptance that we can create a masterful life. -- Steve Maraboli
Apathy is a trap. There is no challenge ... so there is no reward. Remember, there is always free cheese in a mousetrap. -- Steve Maraboli
You can speak with spiritual eloquence, pray in public, and maintain a holy appearance ... but it is your behavior that will reveal your true character. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
If people refuse to look at you in a new light and they can only see you for what you were, only see you for the mistakes you've made, if they don't realize that you are not your mistakes, then they have to go. -- Steve Maraboli
The strength of a man isn't seen in the power of his arms. It's seen in the love with which he EMBRACES you. -- Steve Maraboli
Your words say it to me ... Your actions tell it to me. -- Steve Maraboli
You have been blessed with immeasurable power to make positive changes in your life. -- Steve Maraboli
Your silence is loudest to those who love you most. -- Steve Maraboli
You are where you are right now because of the actions you've taken, or maybe, the inaction you've taken. -- Steve Maraboli
Free yourself from the need to blame others. There are two reasons that you are where you are right now; action or inaction. -- Steve Maraboli
You are my favorite song; a rhythm of beauty that captures my spirit. -- Steve Maraboli
The universe makes it possible. Your mindset makes it probable. Your action makes it reality. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't waste your time hating me; you can't change me. Instead, hate your impotent life; THAT you can change. -- Steve Maraboli
The greatest love stories are not those in which love is only spoken, but those in which it is acted upon. -- Steve Maraboli
A beautiful thing happens when we start paying attention to each other. It is by participating more in your relationship that you breathe life into it. -- Steve Maraboli
Never compromise your values. -- Steve Maraboli
Our efforts and actions produce results. These results come unlabeled. WE label them as success or failure based on OUR expectations. Don't forget that these labels are interchangeable if we allow ourselves to be free from an unhealthy attachment to our expectations. -- Steve Maraboli
Wisdom stems from personal accountability. We all make mistakes; own them ... learn from them. Don't throw away the lesson by blaming others. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't just be a taker; healthy relationships require balance. Give with your words and be extra generous with your deeds. -- Steve Maraboli
You always knew that one day you would stand up for yourself ... That one day you would raise the standard of your life ... That one day would say to yourself, "Enough with this bullshit" ... You might as well make today that day. -- Steve Maraboli
Pay attention! At all moments of the day you are either leading or being led. -- Steve Maraboli
The successful person and the unsuccessful person are looking at the same world; the difference between them is what they see. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't worry about the haters ... They are just angry because the truth you speak contradicts the lie they live. -- Steve Maraboli
When we replace a sense of service and gratitude with a sense of entitlement and expectation, we quickly see the demise of our relationships, society, and economy. -- Steve Maraboli
A sense of entitlement is a cancerous thought process that is void of gratitude and can be deadly to our relationships. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop allowing your outdated ideas to hinder your progress. How would your life be different if you became open to new information that can refine, improve, enhance your way of thinking, and empower your way of living? -- Steve Maraboli
You were born to journey in the direction of your purpose. Anything that halts your progress is contrary to your design. -- Steve Maraboli
There is no problem this universe can hand you that you aren't innately designed to solve. If it has been handed to you, it can be handled by you. This is the brilliant effectiveness of our design. -- Steve Maraboli
Intent not followed by action is an insult to your design. Decide what you want, create a plan, and get your ass out there! -- Steve Maraboli
BREAKING NEWS: You're awesome and designed for success; live this day accordingly! -- Steve Maraboli
I feel keeping a promise to yourself is a direct reflection of the love you have for yourself. I used to make promises to myself and find them easy to break. Today, I love myself enough to not only make a promise to myself, but I love myself enough to keep that promise -- Steve Maraboli
Be purposeful in your actions. Be mindful to keep your behavior in alignment with your goals. Remember, you can refine, improve, and enhance yourself; all other control is illusory. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop blaming other people and circumstances for killing your dreams. The truth is; we tend to talk ourselves out of acting upon our dreams. Most dreams die of suicide, not murder. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
The greatest way to ensure your company's failure is to appoint leaders who see a divide between themselves and the team; who are more fixated on their elevated role than on the act of leading. -- Steve Maraboli
Harness the power of today. Seize the blessings of today! Make something happen, enhance your life, make someone laugh, help a friend, love, love, love! -- Steve Maraboli
She is delightfully chaotic; a beautiful mess. Loving her is a splendid adventure. -- Steve Maraboli
I could see that others had confused her disorganized passion for volatility. In reality, she was a scrumptious mess; deliciously majestic. She was on her way to great things in this life. -- Steve Maraboli
Not matter what your sacred or religious book is, it's not how well you know the book, it's how well you're in alignment with the author. -- Steve Maraboli
ACT on your dreams! It is not enough to just want it. Don't throw away another day. Take action and watch them come alive! -- Steve Maraboli
There is a difference between talented people and gifted people.Talented people are good AT something; Gifted people ARE that something. -- Steve Maraboli
At some point, I finally realized that stress made a really bad companion ... so I had it pack its shit and leave. -- Steve Maraboli
What we call consciousness is our ability to perceive stimuli and to file it within the parameters of our personal story. -- Steve Maraboli
There are some people who will never see you as being good enough. That is their short-coming not yours. Be merciful enough to yourself to cut them out of your life. -- Steve Maraboli
Do what you think is right. Don't let people make the decision of right or wrong for you. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime. -- Steve Maraboli
I believe in romance ... in playfulness ... in passion ... in expressing feelings ... in friendship ... in all the ways love heals, nourishes, and transforms "you" and "me" into an "us". -- Steve Maraboli
The reason many people in our society are miserable, sick, and highly stressed is because of an unhealthy attachment to things they have no control over. -- Steve Maraboli
When in a relationship, a real man doesn't make his woman jealous of others, he makes others jealous of his woman. -- Steve Maraboli
Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes life knocks you on your ass ... get up, get up, get up!!! Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them. -- Steve Maraboli
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
Live authentically. Why would you continue to compromise something that's beautiful to create something that is fake? -- Steve Maraboli
I thought I was rescuing her ... I thought I was the knight in shining armor ... But it turns out; she was the badass princess that was rescuing me. -- Steve Maraboli
They didn't change; they just got tired of pretending. -- Steve Maraboli
A lack of clarity could put the brakes on any journey to success. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
When I left, they were stuck with the burden of finding someone else to blame for their life ... Pointing their anger everywhere, but never looking in the mirror ... Continuing the cycle that led to their misery. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop telling me that love is blind. Love doesn't need to be blind; it is accepting. It can see everything and still be unconditionally strong. Love sees you and accepts you for who you are. -- Steve Maraboli
Just an observation: it is impossible to be both grateful and depressed. Those with a grateful mindset tend to see the message in the mess. And even though life may knock them down, the grateful find reasons, if even small ones, to get up. -- Steve Maraboli
Live Today! Do not allow your spirit to be softened of your happiness to be limited by a day you cannot have back or a day that does not yet exist. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't think that just because you made it to the next level that the haters and naysayers disappear. Remember, new levels bring new devils. -- Steve Maraboli
Haters never seem to realize that jealousy is an infinite torture to which you condemn yourself. -- Steve Maraboli
Gratitude is the bridge that merges your love with longevity. It is the vital ingredient for a lasting relationship. -- Steve Maraboli
Your greatest self is never caused by a product; it is revealed by a choice to embrace your truth. -- Steve Maraboli
Give freely, love fully, and play with fervor! Don't put so many conditioned rules on your happiness. Life can be a beautiful experience if we allow it. -- Steve Maraboli
Luck is a word the bitter teach to the ignorant. -- Steve Maraboli
Beware of perpetrators in disguise ... Some people set fires wherever they go, and have mastered the art of playing the burn victim. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
You have the ability to choose your reactions. -- Steve Maraboli
We must never forget that while striving to leave a better planet to our kids, it is just as important that we strive to leave better kids to our planet. -- Steve Maraboli
Visionary', is what we call successful people who were wise enough to not listen when we called them delusional. -- Steve Maraboli
Beaches are God's poetry. -- Steve Maraboli
Being with you today is worth all the broken hearts of yesterday. -- Steve Maraboli
I'm not crying because of you; you're not worth it. I'm crying because my delusion of who you were was shattered by the truth of who you are. -- Steve Maraboli
You didn't just cheat on me; you cheated on us. You didn't just break my heart; you broke our future. -- Steve Maraboli
When you put yourself in the customer's shoes and begin your dialog from there, an immediate connection develops that stems beyond basic commerce and encourages loyalty. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't wait for other people to be loving, giving, compassionate, grateful, forgiving, generous, or friendly ... lead the way! -- Steve Maraboli
Don't wait for a future moment; the time is NOW! The life of your dreams awaits ... UN-ASS the couch and go get it! -- Steve Maraboli
When you truly embrace your human impermanence you connect with the power you have, and influence you have, over the time you have. -- Steve Maraboli
We may place blame, give reasons, and even have excuses; but in the end, it is an act of cowardice to not follow your dreams. -- Steve Maraboli
Rise to the challenge of bringing your dreams to life! Do not be discouraged by resistance, be nourished by it. Success is the experience of rising to the level of your true greatness. -- Steve Maraboli
Squeeze this amazing human experience for all its nourishing juices. Take action towards the life you see for yourself. Don't just look to the sky and beg for it; put your feet on the ground and create it! -- Steve Maraboli
I have so much love for you ... for us ... I am overcome with this feeling that just one life will not be enough to give to you ... and forever won't nearly be long enough to spend with you. -- Steve Maraboli
When you stop existing and you start truly living, each moment of the day comes alive with the wonder and synchronicity. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't give up! Remember, we love to be enchanted by flowers in bloom ... but don't forget that it took many rainy days to achieve such beauty. Your bloom is coming! -- Steve Maraboli
We'll all be better off the day we stop letting unhappy, unsuccessful people tell us how to be happy and successful. You already know the way ... follow it. -- Steve Maraboli
What good has impatience ever brought? It has only served as the mother of mistakes and the father of irritation. -- Steve Maraboli
Take back your power! I wish you the wisdom to realize that the problem isn't that they keep lying to you; it's that you keep believing them. -- Steve Maraboli
If the universe does consist of a battle between the devil and God, the final analysis should conclude that religion would have been the devil's most brilliant move and science, God's. -- Steve Maraboli
God doesn't care how well you can preach about forgiveness ... what He looks at is your behavior when presented the opportunity to practice it. -- Steve Maraboli
God didn't give fear a body. God gave love a body. -- Steve Maraboli
Accept yourself, your strengths, your weaknesses, your truths, and know what tools you have to fulfill your purpose. -- Steve Maraboli
Be careful ... not all are what they seem. Some people pretend to be the beach, but they're actually quicksand. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't let the tall weeds cast a shadow on the beautiful flowers in your garden. -- Steve Maraboli
I put down my phone ... Hugged her from behind ... Kissed the back of her neck ... Our fingers entwined ... Bliss ... -- Steve Maraboli
Forever is a measure of time used by people who share an ordinary love. Our extraordinary love is immeasurable ... for us, forever just won't do. -- Steve Maraboli
There is no humility in calling yourself a Christian; placing Christ in the role of colleague. The humility lies in the truth of your imperfection and a more accurate description as a student of Christianity; placing Christ back in the role as head teacher. -- Steve Maraboli
Social Media isn't creating the problems in our relationships; it's only exposing the ones that already existed. -- Steve Maraboli
Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity and fear of others. Never decide to do nothing just because you can only do little. Do what you can. You would be surprised at what "little" acts have done for our world. -- Steve Maraboli
Why are we so quick to limit the possibility of our own happiness? -- Steve Maraboli
Eden is within you; it is your life's garden. It is from this internal garden that you experience your external life. If you see weeds, pluck them! -- Steve Maraboli
Although initially only few in numbers, it seems my gray hairs have launched an effective peer-pressure campaign intended to convert the others. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes you're drowning yourself in your own words. -- Steve Maraboli
Most people will talk the talk, few will walk the walk; be amongst those few. -- Steve Maraboli
When you're crying, your tears may be watering the seeds of your come-back. -- Steve Maraboli
The art of letting go is simply about personal empowerment. Realizing what you're in charge of, realizing what you control, and more importantly, what you don't control. -- Steve Maraboli
This moment is yours and yours alone! Take charge, seize this moment and allow it to propel you to the high levels of an empowered life. Allow upon this fertile moment to be planted the seeds of your happiness and success. -- Steve Maraboli
So grateful for those who truly love me ... they hear everything I don't say. -- Steve Maraboli
Live your vision and demand your success. -- Steve Maraboli
The scale can only tell you what you weigh; not who you are. -- Steve Maraboli
I will be generous with my love today. I will sprinkle compliments and uplifting words everywhere I go. I will do this knowing that my words are like seeds and when they fall on fertile soil, a reflection of those seeds will grow into something greater. -- Steve Maraboli
It made a big difference in my life to grow up with a dad who wasn't afraid of how great my mom was. -- Steve Maraboli
There is great change to be experienced once you learn the power of letting go. Stop allowing anyone or anything to control, limit, repress, or discourage you from being your true self! Today is YOURS to shape - own it - break free from people and things that poison or dilute your spirit. -- Steve Maraboli
Through all the challenges life may throw at us; let's not forget that we are soul mates ... companions ... individuals ... divinely fused together by the immeasurable power of love ... and that we can get through it all ... as one. -- Steve Maraboli
Their love was like a prison, and I the willing inmate. -- Steve Maraboli
Search for contentment in each person you meet. -- Steve Maraboli
From warm meals, to daily exercise, to healthcare; one can't help but wonder how our society would be different if tended to the elderly as we do to our imprisoned. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes the comfort of being in a relationship lulls you into mundane complacency; you become irrelevant in each other's lives. We call this phenomenon
'growing apart'. -- Steve Maraboli
It's my life and I'm not afraid to LIVE it! I would rather experience the ups and downs of a life I have chosen, than to suffer the regret of a life I have settled for. -- Steve Maraboli
Many great ideas, great love stories, and great achievements are born from a healthy irrationality. -- Steve Maraboli
You want a great life? Well, greatness is on the other side of that f***ing wall ... don't just go over it, go through it! What are you waiting for? -- Steve Maraboli
There comes a day that we become tired of hearing empty promises and insincere apologies; not just from others, but also from ourselves. -- Steve Maraboli
One day I just woke up and realized that I can't touch yesterday. So why the heck was I letting it touch me? -- Steve Maraboli
You'll drive yourself crazy trying to control something that isn't yours to control. Let go. Free yourself. Allow your mind and energy to focus on something positive ... to build something beautiful. -- Steve Maraboli
What we call "imperfections" are illusions caused by expectation. They are a psychological warning that we are not seeing true potential, but self- imposed limitation. -- Steve Maraboli
Our moral economy went bankrupt long before our financial one. -- Steve Maraboli
Hate is self-inflicted torture. It hungers for revenge, damage, division, and violence, but is never satiated. Hate is a psychological hell to which we condemn ourselves and endeavor to burn others. -- Steve Maraboli
The victim mindset produces a delusion of fault and blame that blinds you from the simple truth of cause and effect. -- Steve Maraboli
I don't know what's wrong with this world, but I do know what's right with it: Love. I have studied enough history to see that no matter how cruel the behavior of tyrants and no matter how dark the moments have been, Love has always prevailed. Always. -- Steve Maraboli
If you intend to change, decide what you want and live your life accordingly. -- Steve Maraboli
You've been given the innate power to shape your life ... but you cannot just speak change, you have to LIVE change. Intent paired with action builds the bridge to success. You can't just want it; you have to do it, live it ... BE it! Success isn't something you have, it's something you DO! -- Steve Maraboli
History reveals there is no moral high ground; there is only perspective. We often exhibit the same behaviors for which we condemn others. -- Steve Maraboli
My love for her is beyond any love I have ever heard described. It is a love that is beyond love; a soul connection in which no seam is visible. -- Steve Maraboli
Forget yesterday - it has already forgotten you. Don't sweat tomorrow - you haven't even met. Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift - today. -- Steve Maraboli
Participate in your dreams today. There are unlimited opportunities available with this new day. Take action on those wonderful dreams you've had in your mind for so long. Remember, success is something you experience when you act accordingly. -- Steve Maraboli
I've come to learn that being alone is better than being next to someone and feeling alone. -- Steve Maraboli
If you want something different, do something different. "Same crap, different day" doesn't describe the day; it describes your attitude towards it. -- Steve Maraboli
Endless love is fueled by endless friendship. If you want to have the greatest romance ever, have the greatest friendship ever. Cultivate it; do not let your friendship die. Remember, it's not a lack of love that destroys relationships; it's usually a lack of friendship. -- Steve Maraboli
It would be ridiculous to hold your breath and blame others for your inability to breathe. In the same sense, it is ridiculous to live an unaligned life and blame God for your misfortune. -- Steve Maraboli
No Blame: The most liberating and empowering day of my life was the day I freed myself from my own self-destructive nonsense. -- Steve Maraboli
Just because your pain is understandable, doesn't mean your behavior is acceptable. -- Steve Maraboli
Life is a balanced system of learning and evolution. Whether pleasure or pain; every situation in your life serves a purpose. It is up to us to recognize what that purpose could be. -- Steve Maraboli
What are you willing to have left undone in your life? Don't let yourself be another example of a life gambled but not lived. Do not waste another day! If not now, when? -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
I want you to embark on the truth of loving yourself because when you love yourself and when you appreciate yourself, you will make healthy changes in your life for healthy reasons. -- Steve Maraboli
Nobody hates being lied to more than a liar. -- Steve Maraboli
Let today be the day you are no longer intimidated by the monumental size of the change you want, but instead be empowered by your ability to make that change one step at a time. -- Steve Maraboli
Forgiveness: It's not because they deserve it; it's because you do. Sometimes forgiveness is about loving yourself enough to move on. -- Steve Maraboli
Your greatest self has been waiting your whole life; don't make it wait any longer. -- Steve Maraboli
Be happy with who you are and what you do, and you can do anything you want. -- Steve Maraboli
Focusing on what you don't want instead of focusing on what do want gets you nowhere. Negativity makes a horrible motivator. Decide what you want and move in that direction. -- Steve Maraboli
We're a society that creates super heroes who aren't really super heroes. They are just regular people who live in alignment with their goals and dreams. They don't just talk about it, the LIVE it. You can choose to do the same. -- Steve Maraboli
Behavior speaks ... If you're chasing them, it means they're running from you. Save your energy. -- Steve Maraboli
One of the most healing things you can do is recognize where in your life you are your own poison. -- Steve Maraboli
Change is the parent of progress. -- Steve Maraboli
Resolutions: So many will fail; NOT because they didn't set goals, but because they didn't set behaviors. -- Steve Maraboli
A healthy relationship is one in which love enriches you; not imprisons you. -- Steve Maraboli
Love yourself ... enough to take the actions required for your happiness ... enough to cut yourself loose from the drama-filled past ... enough to set a high standard for relationships ... enough to feed your mind and body in a healthy manner ... enough to forgive yourself ... enough to move on. -- Steve Maraboli
I love connecting with people who have been through the fire and come out stronger and wiser. Using their experiences to inspire and empower others. Those are my people. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't be fooled ...
If they gossip to you, they'll gossip about you. -- Steve Maraboli
Today's man should do more than just talk; he should act. He should do more than just promise; he should deliver. -- Steve Maraboli
Judging is preventing us from understanding a new truth. Free yourself from the rules of old judgments and create the space for new understanding. -- Steve Maraboli
It's time for a spring cleaning of your thoughts, it's time to stop to just existing it's time to start living. -- Steve Maraboli
How do I shape my reality? I use wisdom and strategy to shift the possible to the probable ... Then, effort and consistency will bridge the probable to the inevitable. Success is a behavior ... I make sure my mindset and actions are working in alignment. -- Steve Maraboli
While you're telling yourself you'll 'do it tomorrow', I'm doing it today. And while I'm living my success, you'll be using words like 'lucky' to mask your jealousy and regret. -- Steve Maraboli
Some people seem to overestimate the amount of nonsense I am willing to accept from them. -- Steve Maraboli
You are my beautiful forever ... a connection so deep that even an eternity doesn't seem long enough to spend with you. -- Steve Maraboli
As I get older, I am becoming more selective of who I consider a friend. I find that I would rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies. -- Steve Maraboli
As jealousy entered, trust left ... and their dream of a relationship began to wither into a nightmare ... a nightmare in which love just wasn't enough. -- Steve Maraboli
There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty. -- Steve Maraboli
At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets. -- Steve Maraboli
Judge me if you want, but at the end of my life I choose to have memories not regrets. -- Steve Maraboli
Yesterday was not your defining moment. The calendar moved forward; why not you? -- Steve Maraboli
Just because we're related, doesn't mean we're family. -- Steve Maraboli
Be creative and daring in your dreams and the steps you take to bring them to fruition. -- Steve Maraboli
Dream your dream; and realize that you are more than just the dreamer, you are the point of origin for its reality. -- Steve Maraboli
If life is a poem, be the poet. If life is a story, be the author. If life is an adventure, be the hero. To live any other way is a waste of this experience we call life. -- Steve Maraboli
Life is a miracle. YOU are a unique expression of this purposeful miracle. Think of how GREAT that makes you. Live big! You are not here to dwell within the basement of your potentiality. -- Steve Maraboli
Faith is the poetry of our dreams; action is the builder of our reality. -- Steve Maraboli
YOU are your love of a lifetime. -- Steve Maraboli
Failure is a mindset, not a circumstance. I let my experiences strengthen me. You think I fell on my face, but I'm down here doing pushups. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop walking through the motions of a conditioned routine and start consciously taking action on your visualized intent. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't be so quick to count out the teenagers. Some of the world's greatest changes, brilliant poetry, and innovations have come from the teenage mind. -- Steve Maraboli
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 to a heart that hurts. -- Steve Maraboli
Sweetheart, the right guy will make you a priority. If you find yourself feeling like you're not good enough, it's because he's not good enough. -- Steve Maraboli
Today is the only day in which we have any power. -- Steve Maraboli
My strategy for success, you ask? I don't just verbalize, I demonstrate. Try it for yourself and watch each day come alive! -- Steve Maraboli
How many books on manifesting will you buy before your realize that all you have manifested is a bunch of useless books? Do more than just wish; CREATE! Do more than just want; ACT! -- Steve Maraboli
When you establish a destination by defining what you want, then take physical action by making choices that move you towards that destination, the possibility for success is limitless and arrival at the destination is inevitable. -- Steve Maraboli
Interrupt your thoughts of "I should", with your action of doing. -- Steve Maraboli
You are the point of origin for everything in your world: you set the standard for yourself. -- Steve Maraboli
We can't continuously be a society of well-wishers. We must take action to bring those wishes to fruition. -- Steve Maraboli
May the way I look at you, the way I speak with you, and the way I treat you reflect the truth that ... I have loved you since forever. -- Steve Maraboli
Be driven with purpose. Be relentless in your alignment with excellence. Pay no mind to the disimpassioned impotent haters. -- Steve Maraboli
Words reveal your beliefs and intentions. Actions reveal your character. When they are in alignment, they reveal your greatest life. -- Steve Maraboli
I don't have time, energy, or interest in hating the haters; I'm too busy loving the lovers. -- Steve Maraboli
God is the composer; you are the song. -- Steve Maraboli
In many ways, life is about managing your delusions; keeping the ones that nourish and eliminating the ones that poison. -- Steve Maraboli
Let today be the day that you become committed in being, in doing, in getting, achieving, in experiencing. Let today be the day that you are committed to being the change you wish to see and living the life you wish to live. -- Steve Maraboli
I believe in the immeasurable power of love; that true love can endure any circumstance and reach across any distance. -- Steve Maraboli
Love and hate are not opposites; they are siblings birthed by obsession. -- Steve Maraboli
Everyone wants to look great in the summer ... Don't just dream, take action!
Your journey to being a summer yummer starts today. -- Steve Maraboli
This is my life ... my story ... my book. I will no longer let anyone else write it; nor will I apologize for the edits I make. -- Steve Maraboli
My soul feels reborn each time I see you; falling in love with you again and again. -- Steve Maraboli
Our love is sharpened by the stone of our challenges and strengthened by the struggles of our growth. -- Steve Maraboli
Love encompasses so much, reaches so far, and heals so deeply, that any attempt to describe it, no matter how poetic, only dilutes it. -- Steve Maraboli
Let's agree to be honest from the start. I would rather feel the disappointment that comes with the realization that we are incompatible than to feel the pain and betrayal that comes with finding out that you're full of crap. -- Steve Maraboli
Each day brings a fresh opportunity for you to set the standard of how dedicated and committed you are to your needs, wants, goals, and relationships. -- Steve Maraboli
The difference between your crazy and my crazy is that you don't think you're crazy. -- Steve Maraboli
You are the ocean; everything else is just waves and wind. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop living within the confines of -- Steve Maraboli
If you hang out with chickens, you're going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you're going to fly. -- Steve Maraboli
Ladies, most of you have no idea how beautiful you are. Don't let mean words from an insecure soul blind you from the truth of your beauty. You are beautiful by design ... just the way you are. -- Steve Maraboli
Today you will have countless opportunities to take action towards any dream or goal you've ever had. No matter how long you've waited, it's never too late. Let today be the day you give life to your dreams and goals. Don't throw away another day! -- Steve Maraboli
I want to help you, but you have to be a willing participant. If you're not, then I am no longer helping you up; it is you who is pulling me down. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop letting your fear condemn you to mediocrity. -- Steve Maraboli
Once you understand how powerful you are within, you exponentially increase the power and potentiality of everything outside of you. -- Steve Maraboli
Your life is a reflection ... you don't get what you WANT, you get what you ARE. You gotta BE it to SEE it. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop blaming outside circumstances for your inside chaos. -- Steve Maraboli
It's time to care; it's time to take responsibility; it's time to lead; it's time for a change; it's time to be true to our greatest self; it's time to stop blaming others. -- Steve Maraboli
Moving on is not about forgetting the past; it's about learning from it. Find the message in the mess ... Cry. Forgive. Learn. That's moving on. -- Steve Maraboli
You would not be here TODAY if YESTERDAY was your defining moment. LIVE THIS DAY and move towards your dreams. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't throw away another day! No more procrastinating! Only YOU can make it happen. So, UN-ASS the couch and make it happen! -- Steve Maraboli
Don't let psychological warfare from an advertisement campaign blind you from the truth of your beauty, possibility, worthiness, and purpose. -- Steve Maraboli
Nothing is so unpopular as positive change amongst friends. It seems when you change for the better, the people around you will be inspired to change ... But only after trying their hardest to make you stop. Live your truth and don't EVER let anyone dilute your power to change! -- Steve Maraboli
Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people's opinions is greater than your dedication to your own emotions! -- Steve Maraboli
Fear and doubt do not kill courage and faith; they birth them. You cannot have courage without fear. You cannot have faith without doubt. -- Steve Maraboli
Be the type of man a wife would cherish and a child would admire. -- Steve Maraboli
Each day gives the opportunity for you to be treated right, to feel worthy, and to be successful. It's a choice you have to make, a faith you have to embrace, and a standard you have to set. -- Steve Maraboli
Each day carries in the blessings of God and you have unlimited access to all it offers. -- Steve Maraboli
The volume of your voice does not increase the validity of your argument. -- Steve Maraboli
You have had a dream for so many years. Let today be the day you make a plan for it. Just think about how much more likely you are to hit your target when you finally aim at it. -- Steve Maraboli
Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it. -- Steve Maraboli
Boredom is restlessness of the soul. It is an internal message reminding you that you're better than the stagnancy you've settled for. -- Steve Maraboli
It is only with true love and compassion that we can begin to mend what is broken in the world. It is these two blessed things that can begin to heal all broken hearts. -- Steve Maraboli
If you want to find happiness, find gratitude. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop trying to explain yourself. People only understand things from their level of perception; within the parameters of their agreement with reality. Save your energy. -- Steve Maraboli
I'm grateful for past betrayals, heartaches, and challenges ... I thought they were breaking me; but they were sculpting me. -- Steve Maraboli
Happiness has to do with your mindset, not with outside circumstance. -- Steve Maraboli
Behavior speaks... When you need money, the church tells you to pray. When the church needs money, they pass around a basket. -- Steve Maraboli
Start shaping your own day. Start walking your own walk. This journey is yours, take charge of it. Stop giving other people the power to shape your life. -- Steve Maraboli
A lot of books in the self-help section of your bookstore really belong in the fiction section. -- Steve Maraboli
We are designed with a dreaming brain and a hopeful spirit; it is our nature to envision the life of our dreams. And while dreaming comes easy to us, we must never forget that it takes strength, dedication, and courageous action to bring that dream to life -- Steve Maraboli
The dream is yours ... why are you asking others to validate or nourish it? Your journey must be self-propelled. It must be fueled from within. -- Steve Maraboli
Many people strive for success in order to find happiness when, in fact, the inverse is true. Strive for happiness and you shall find success. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop pointing fingers and placing blame on others. Your life can only change to the degree that you accept responsibility for it. -- Steve Maraboli
You are beautiful. Your beauty, just like your capacity for life, happiness, and success, is immeasurable. -- Steve Maraboli
It's a cycle ... Religion is a source of relief for those who seek to anesthetize the pain that comes from following its beliefs. -- Steve Maraboli
Someone who loves you will reveal beautiful things within yourself ... things you had never noticed before ... things nobody else cared to. -- Steve Maraboli
...she doesn't have to choose between being gentle or being fierce. Both exist in nature and both exist in her. That's ok. She'll know to nourish them both and when applicable, use each unapologetically. -- Steve Maraboli
This magical universe is so faithful in waiting for us to get out of our own way. No matter how long you have gone astray, when you take action, the universe moves to support the act. Move in the direction of your goals and watch the magic flow. -- Steve Maraboli
Love has no limitations. It cannot be measured. It has no boundaries. Although many have tried, love is indefinable. -- Steve Maraboli
When did I know I was in love? I knew it the moment I realized that even the smallest room seemed so vastly empty when she was not near me. -- Steve Maraboli
Pay attention to what you pray for. Your prayers are not just a reflection of your desires and hopes; they are a guide for personal behavior. PRAY it, BE it, and you will SEE it. -- Steve Maraboli
It is love's nature to be expressed. -- Steve Maraboli
Life had broken her; just as it had broken him. But when they got together, their pieces became whole. And they continued on their journey, together, mended as one. -- Steve Maraboli
The process of discovering your greatest self is of refinement, not adding. The best way to reconnect with your freedom is to look at the rules you have that govern and hinder it. -- Steve Maraboli
I feel like when I give trust that isn't earned, I receive hurt that isn't deserved. -- Steve Maraboli
A lot of the conflict you have in your life exists simply because you're not living in alignment; you're not be being true to yourself. -- Steve Maraboli
Bitterness and resentment are a bottomless well. They can only be healed by the phenomenon of someone else's sorrow rising to your level of pain ... it never happens - save yourself endless hurt. -- Steve Maraboli
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! -- Steve Maraboli
When civility is illusory, war is inevitable. -- Steve Maraboli
Without action to back them, your affirmations become the soundtrack of your personal imprisonment; the creed of your stagnancy. -- Steve Maraboli
If you surround yourself with clowns, don't be surprised when your life resembles a circus. -- Steve Maraboli
Messy" is a word we use to explain a conflict with an expectation we had. Eliminate the expectation, and you eliminate the "messy". -- Steve Maraboli
I am self-propelled; fueled from within. I appreciate people's opinions, but I'm not attached to them. I learned a long time ago that if I give them the power to feed me, I also give them the power to starve me. -- Steve Maraboli
When I tell you that you're beautiful, I don't just mean your appearance. I mean all of you; who and what you are, is beautiful. -- Steve Maraboli
You're not asking me for advice, you're asking me for permission. -- Steve Maraboli
For most people, blaming others is a subconscious mechanism for avoiding accountability. In reality, the only thing in your way is YOU. -- Steve Maraboli
I know my worth. Never again will I condemn myself to the prison of a bad relationship. -- Steve Maraboli
There is no greater force for change than people inspired to live a better life. -- Steve Maraboli
Regret is a self-inflicted emotional scar. -- Steve Maraboli
To imprison yourself and then beg to be freed; this is the dynamic of a victim mindset. -- Steve Maraboli
A very small percentage of the people in this world will actually experience and live today. So many people will be stuck on another day, another time that traumatized them and caused them to spiritually stutter so they miss out on this day. -- Steve Maraboli
Freedom is more than just a patriotic concept; it is the purest intent of our design. Be you. Be free. Be nice. -- Steve Maraboli
My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me. -- Steve Maraboli
If you fuel your journey on the opinions of others, you are going to run out of gas. -- Steve Maraboli
If I told you to wish for good health, you would think I'm ridiculous; but when I exchange the word "wish" for the word "pray", you believe it can work. That is the disempowering delusion religions have brought us. -- Steve Maraboli
The power to change your life lies in the simplest of steps. -- Steve Maraboli
No more excuses or procrastination! Stop allowing your days to be stolen by busy nothingness and take calculated steps towards your goals. -- Steve Maraboli
Set a high standard on how you treat women. Whether they appreciate it or not, don't lower your own standards of behavior. -- Steve Maraboli
She is a beautiful recipe of so many wonderful things. -- Steve Maraboli
Look around you. Everything changes. Everything on this earth is in a continuous state of evolving, refining, improving, adapting, enhancing ... changing. You were not put on this earth to remain stagnant. -- Steve Maraboli
It's not about having an absence of fear, it's about having dominance over it. -- Steve Maraboli
Beliefs will nourish or poison depending on their compatibility with reality. -- Steve Maraboli
The people who are happy for your happiness and sad for your sadness ... keep them around. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
Every single time you help somebody stand up you are helping humanity rise. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes it seems that the louder someone claims sainthood,
the bigger the horns they are hiding. -- Steve Maraboli
It has been noted that actions speak louder than words. Truth is, I have found that during many situations in life, words are just noise ... and actions are the ONLY things that speak. -- Steve Maraboli
Although goals are important, having a plan of action is vital to the success of those goals. Having a goal with no plan of action is like wanting to travel to a new destination without having a map. -- Steve Maraboli
Boredom is a symptom of a conditioned and closed mind. If you are bored, you're doing yourself a tremendous disservice. Open your mind, break-free from your conditioned routine, and reignite the flames of excitement and discovery. -- Steve Maraboli
If they do it often, it isn't a mistake; it's just their behavior. -- Steve Maraboli
The future is greatly different than your life now, the actions that you take must also be greatly different. You cannot do the same thing and get something different. -- Steve Maraboli
Those who care about you can hear you even when you are quiet. -- Steve Maraboli
Statistics lie. They are designed to sway opinions. Take the time to keep yourself informed on things that matter. -- Steve Maraboli
If you behave in a manner that poisons your relationship, don't be surprised when it dies. -- Steve Maraboli
Think of what makes you smile; makes you happy ... and do more of that shit. -- Steve Maraboli
Stagnancy will suffocate a business ... Leadership must be dynamic and evolving to ensure successful growth, enhancement, and longevity. -- Steve Maraboli
The most successful businesses have leaders that see the correlation between customer service and sales ... not as separate departments, but as complimentary components for growth. -- Steve Maraboli
Challenges in life can either enrich you or poison you. You are the one who decides. -- Steve Maraboli
Never question the power of one! Throughout history it has been the actions of only one person who has in inspired the movement of change. -- Steve Maraboli
Rename your "To-Do" list to your "Opportunities" list. Each day is a treasure chest filled with limitless opportunities; take joy in checking many off your list. -- Steve Maraboli
Temptation is the feeling we get when encountered by an opportunity to do what we innately know we shouldn't. -- Steve Maraboli
You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it courageously. -- Steve Maraboli
Remember:
It's all in your head ... all of it.
If you don't like the story, change it.
If the people around don't accept your new story; change them. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't count me out ... I have been built and strengthened by life's battles. When you think I'm tired; I'm just getting started. When you think I'm dead; that's when I'm most alive. -- Steve Maraboli
Your capacity to experience the fullness of life is directly proportionate to your capacity to experience the fullness of love. -- Steve Maraboli
It's not that "sorry" doesn't mean anything; it just doesn't mean anything when some people say it ... Don't be one of those people. -- Steve Maraboli
Life has a way of answering questions you didn't even ask. -- Steve Maraboli
When love is at the base of something, it is a masterpiece. -- Steve Maraboli
When we are judging everything, we are learning nothing. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes letting go is simply changing the labels you place on an event. Looking at the same event with fresh eyes. -- Steve Maraboli
Dare to exhaust yourself with all the opportunities this day offers. -- Steve Maraboli
Emancipate yourself from the impotent mindset of, "It is what it is". Life does not come labeled; it is what you make it. -- Steve Maraboli
Wishful thinking does wonders for a wishful mind; but in the end, reality always has the final say. -- Steve Maraboli
Some people behave as though they are having an allergic reaction to feelings. -- Steve Maraboli
The only thing sadder than hateful people's willingness to drag us down to their level, is our willingness to oblige. -- Steve Maraboli
Choose to do more than just exist; choose to live. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
We can't undo a single thing we have ever done, but we can make decisions today that propel us to the life we want and towards the healing we need. -- Steve Maraboli
Call me a 'hopeless romantic'? I'm a romantic, but I'm not hopeless. I know there are good people out there; and that at least one of them is right for me. I won't let you convince me to settle for less. -- Steve Maraboli
Country music is the poetry of the American spirit. -- Steve Maraboli
Resolutions are most often empty promises for those who have an abundance of dreams, but refuse to wake up and live them. -- Steve Maraboli
It's hard not to stand in awe and enchantment with the beauty in which nature expresses herself. -- Steve Maraboli
Some people get exactly what they always wanted ... and throw it away. This is the cyclical behavior of someone who has built a life on the foundation of a victim mentality. -- Steve Maraboli
They may call your victories, "lucky"...
They may mock your failures...
They may laugh at your heartache...
But still, they will never be happy.
This is the cyclical emptiness of the hater mindset. -- Steve Maraboli
Behavior speaks ... I need not listen to someone's apology; I'll watch for it. I've learned not to let someone's words blind me from their behavior. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't keep all your feelings sheltered - express them. Don't EVER let life shut you up. -- Steve Maraboli
Your opinion is not my reality. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop waiting for the perfect day or the perfect moment ... Take THIS day, THIS moment and lead it to perfection. -- Steve Maraboli
The empowered woman is powerful beyond measure and beautiful beyond description. -- Steve Maraboli
I look at you and I can't believe someone didn't think you were enough... you're my everything. -- Steve Maraboli
It's up to you today to start making healthy choices. Not choices that are just healthy for your body, but healthy for your mind. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't let the evil actions of broken people define your view of our world! Don't be terrorized into a diluted, hopeless reality. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't choose to walk the well-worn path to regret. Be amongst the few who dare to follow their dreams! -- Steve Maraboli
The efforts of a leader will be emulated. Depending on the quality of appointed leadership, this can be medicine or poison to a living business. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop throwing away days, weeks, months, and years by simply day-dreaming about what you wish your life would be. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes in the quest for enlightenment the only thing that gets lighter is your wallet. -- Steve Maraboli
No matter how they abuse you; toleration is how you abuse yourself. -- Steve Maraboli
Many companies expect loyal customers without providing loyal service. This has been the visionary failure of countless corporations. -- Steve Maraboli
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!! -- Steve Maraboli
Parental Alienation is an emotional act of violence that is aimed at an adult, but critically wounds a child. -- Steve Maraboli
Be mindful of your social environment. By nature, the group you hang-out with will develop a common behavior and mindset. This behavior usually gravitates towards the lowest common denominator. Choose your group wisely. -- Steve Maraboli
It's such an amazing awakening to realize that nothing in this universe happens TO YOU, 100% happens FOR YOU. -- Steve Maraboli
In every ancient religious and sacred text, faith is a verb; a thing to be demonstrated. It is in modern days that we have diluted faith from an act to a philosophy. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't let your idea of God be limited to the imagination of others. Don't let them define your God and don't let them tell you how to express your faith. -- Steve Maraboli
A healthy choice for your overall health and well-being is one of a happy and positive disposition. -- Steve Maraboli
With one kind gesture you can change a life. One person at a time you can change the world. One day at a time we can change everything. -- Steve Maraboli
Being close but feeling far, talking but not being heard, loving but not being loved, that is the painful reality of a dying relationship. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes the memory of someone is better than the reality of them. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop lying to yourself. When we deny our own truth, we deny our own potential. -- Steve Maraboli
When was the last time you woke up and realized that today could be the best day of your life? -- Steve Maraboli
Old religious dogma attempts to convince you that you are on a journey to God, then makes you pay tolls along that roadway. -- Steve Maraboli
Let today be the day you learn the grace of letting go and the power of moving on. -- Steve Maraboli
The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go. -- Steve Maraboli
The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself. -- Steve Maraboli
I have come to believe that our innate purpose is nothing more than to be the greatest version of ourselves. It is a process of refinement, improvement, and enhancement. When you are aligned with this process and living your purpose, you have the potential of creating something amazing. -- Steve Maraboli
I always thought they were a God-send; and they were ... But then again, so was the Great Flood. -- Steve Maraboli
Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you. -- Steve Maraboli
It is an unnecessary burden to make negative judgmental assumptions about others. We are all on a journey. -- Steve Maraboli
Cheaters are cowards that are tempted to chase the fantasy of what could be ... instead of courageously addressing their own self-destructive behavior and cultivating what is. -- Steve Maraboli
Finding happiness should not be seen as finding a needle in a haystack. Happiness is within. Each day is a blessing that brings an abundance of happiness. Therefore, finding happiness should be like finding a gift in a stack of gifts. -- Steve Maraboli
Relationships: It takes wisdom to know when to turn the page and courage to know when to close the book. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes it seems that those with the greatest disregard for our laws are the same people in charge of creating or enforcing them. -- Steve Maraboli
Our thoughts and desires are based in hope, but our behaviors are based in fear. This misalignment often causes a feeling of hopelessness and continues the cycle of feeding outdated ideologies and Guru genres offering gimmicks to anesthetize the pain. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't let someone's words blind you from their behavior. -- Steve Maraboli
Get-rich-quick schemes are for the lazy & unambitious. Respect your dreams enough to pay the full price for them. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop giving meaningless praise and start giving meaningful action. -- Steve Maraboli
The Spirituality and Self-Help industry wants you to be empowered enough to buy their products, but disempowered enough to still think you need them. -- Steve Maraboli
It's never pretty when you leave an abusive and controlling relationship. The warden always protests when the prison gets shut-down. -- Steve Maraboli
Blame is the coward's retreat.
They think it frees them, but it confines them ...
Blame is also the coward's warden. -- Steve Maraboli
Letting go isn't about having the courage to release the past; it's about having the wisdom to embrace the present. -- Steve Maraboli
In my opinion, being a Christian is a noticeable behavior. If you have to tell somebody you're a Christian, then you're probably not doing it right. -- Steve Maraboli
Instructions for successful living: Dream it. Plan it. Do it. Repeat. -- Steve Maraboli
A new day: Be open enough to see opportunities. Be wise enough to be grateful. Be courageous enough to be happy. -- Steve Maraboli
A grateful mindset can set you free from the prison of disempowerment and the shackles of misery. -- Steve Maraboli
Your dreams are a poetic reflection of your soul's wishes. Be courageous enough to follow them. -- Steve Maraboli
Behavior speaks ... Before you even open your mouth, your actions have told me who you are and what you're about. -- Steve Maraboli
Love is something you do; something not just to be said, but also to be shown. Let your love flow through your actions. -- Steve Maraboli
The people we consider successful in our society are all people that seize every moment and make the best of each situation. -- Steve Maraboli
Learn to say "please" and "thank you" in multiple languages. -- Steve Maraboli
Sports Jerseys: To wear another man's name on your back is a subconscious slap in the face to who you are. Don't fantasize about being someone else. Put in the work required to rise to the level of your greatest self. -- Steve Maraboli
Your fear of the truth does not hide or dilute it. -- Steve Maraboli
Free yourself from the burden of feeling the need to hold on to anything. Let go ... you are a part of everything. -- Steve Maraboli
Action separates the heroes from the cowards, the achievers from the complainers, the successful from the mere dreamers, the happy from the envious; it separates those who rise to the challenge of their goals from the haters who cower in the shadow of stagnancy. -- Steve Maraboli
A broken heart bleeds tears. -- Steve Maraboli
The disempowered mind believes dreams come true; the empowered mind knows you bring your dreams to life. -- Steve Maraboli
An empowered life begins with serious personal questions about oneself. Those answers bare the seeds of success. -- Steve Maraboli
You can put all your effort in trying to make someone happy ... but there comes a time when we become tired of trying to fill a bucket that is leaking from the inside. -- Steve Maraboli
Love: The heart wants what it wants. It doesn't seek other people's opinions; sometimes not even your own. -- Steve Maraboli
The greatest relationships are those in which love is not treated as a noun, but as a verb; with romance not viewed as a burden, but lived as a poem. -- Steve Maraboli
Relationships fail when people take their own insecurities and project them as their partner's flaws. -- Steve Maraboli
When you finally meet the right one for you, it suddenly becomes clear why everyone else was so wrong. -- Steve Maraboli
The only thing that makes life unfair is the delusion that it should be fair. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't ask me to apologize for holding up a mirror. If you don't like what it's reflecting, take accountability and change it. -- Steve Maraboli
I'm just being me ... Success is more than just a wish or desire; it's a behavior. A byproduct of living this way is that I consistently draw the envy of haters while also disappointing those who have bet against me. But that's just me ... Unapologetically driven. -- Steve Maraboli
Spread your happiness to others and let them spread theirs to you. -- Steve Maraboli
Nostalgia is your brain's way of photoshopping the blemishes of your past. -- Steve Maraboli
God is the name we give to the science we don't understand. Science is the name we give to the God we don't understand. -- Steve Maraboli
Learn from your history, but don't live in it. -- Steve Maraboli
Think of the patience God has had for you and let it resonate to others. If you want a more patient world, let patience be your motto -- Steve Maraboli
Acceptance makes an incredible fertile soil for the seeds of change. -- Steve Maraboli
It's bad when they don't treat you right ... but it's tragic that you continue to allow it. Let today be the day you love yourself enough to say, NEVER AGAIN! -- Steve Maraboli
When you hold a grudge, you want someone else's sorrow to reflect your level of hurt but the two rarely meet. -- Steve Maraboli
Education is the antidote to many poisons. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't tell me about your god with your words. Show me about your god with your actions. -- Steve Maraboli
Most people throw away their personal power ... If you want to know where, look at who and what you hate, blame, resent, and envy. -- Steve Maraboli
Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action towards your dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering. -- Steve Maraboli
When you say "I" and "my" too much, you lose the capacity to understand the "we" and "our". -- Steve Maraboli
Be You! It is so enchanting to see the beauty that radiates from someone freely expressing their uniqueness. -- Steve Maraboli
Our eyes met, our souls embraced, and our spark of love ignited into a blissfully intense flame. -- Steve Maraboli
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 -- Steve Maraboli
Want to enhance your family life and relationships? PUT DOWN YOUR PHONE! You will be surprised how enriching it can be. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn't what you GET for it, but what you BECOME for it. -- Steve Maraboli
You are my home; it is in your loving gaze that I find the comfort, acceptance, and the sense of belonging. -- Steve Maraboli
Empowerment is being aware that there is no one to blame for my choices and actions; that I have a personal choice and responsibility for my life. -- Steve Maraboli
The only people who experience no resistance are the unambitious and the dead. If you feel no resistance in your life, you need greater goals or you need to check your pulse. Life and movement come with resistance. Don't be discouraged by it, be strengthened by it. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop focusing on what you don't want; it's a tremendous waste of time and energy. Instead, start focusing on what you do want. This is the only way to create a plan of action which will enable you to experience the life you envision. -- Steve Maraboli
Have a clear goal and plan. Waste no effort in your journey. Be strong, committed, and effective and you will experience a level of success few will ever know. -- Steve Maraboli
You want to BE happy and HAVE success? Join those words, BE+HAVE ... To experience success in your life requires that you decide what you want and BEHAVE accordingly. -- Steve Maraboli
The greatest enemy to fear is truth. -- Steve Maraboli
Excuses, criticisms, and superstitions are vitamins for haters, but poison for the successful. Rise above! -- Steve Maraboli
Anyone who ever bet against you was wrong. Don't let their opinion blind you from your reality. You were not meant to live their life; LIVE yours! -- Steve Maraboli
Walk away from gossip and verbal defamation. Speak only the good you know of other people and encourage others to do the same. -- Steve Maraboli
When people tell me they can't afford to join a gym, I tell them to go outside; planet Earth is a gym and we're already members. Run, climb, sweat, and enjoy all of the natural wonder that is available to you. -- Steve Maraboli
On Valentine's Day, we are reminded what our relationships could be like the other 364. -- Steve Maraboli
They thought they were helping me ...
but I didn't need help.
They thought they were fixing me ...
but I wasn't broken.
They thought they were watering me ...
but they were drowning me. -- Steve Maraboli
Emotional self-defense ... Those who care so much, maybe too much, know that it takes wisdom and courage to sometimes say, "no" to others. -- Steve Maraboli
There will always be fear; do it anyway. Let your courage inspire the world around you. -- Steve Maraboli
If I do not personify God, you call me an atheist. But I do not personify God because I refuse to limit God to the boundaries of my imagination ... or yours. -- Steve Maraboli
Be consistent in your dedication to showing your gratitude to others. Gratitude is a fuel, a medicine, and spiritual and emotional nourishment. -- Steve Maraboli
There is no greater symphony of self-destruction than the beautifully poisonous melody found in our excuses. -- Steve Maraboli
Your life is a reflection of how effectively you balance potential and kinetic energy. -- Steve Maraboli
When you are just EXISTING, life happens to you ... and you manage; when you are truly LIVING, you happen to life ... and you lead. -- Steve Maraboli
Prayer is inward communication with yourself; action is outward conversation with God. -- Steve Maraboli
Some people will try to talk you out of chasing your goals; not because they think you'll fail, but because they are scared you'll succeed. -- Steve Maraboli
If you can see the vision of your goal clearly, you can plan and map effectively, and navigate efficiently. -- Steve Maraboli
Do not question your ability or worthiness. God is a universe of purpose-driven balance. If you have been called to action, it is because you have it within you to rise to the challenge of your calling. Now, RISE to it! -- Steve Maraboli
Nostalgia... the blessing of a merciful memory. -- Steve Maraboli
Teamwork: I find it fascinating that a snowflake, by itself, can be so delicate; but when they team-up, they can close-down an entire city. -- Steve Maraboli
I want love, passion, honesty, and companionship ... sex that drives me crazy and conversation that drives me sane. -- Steve Maraboli
Allow yourself to enjoy each happy moment in your life. -- Steve Maraboli
I applaud those who speak, but I admire those who act. -- Steve Maraboli
I've learned that if someone threatens my peace of mind, self-respect, or self-worth ... I must walk away. I owe it to myself ... I owe it to my future. -- Steve Maraboli
While intent is the seed of manifestation, action is the water that nourishes the seed. Your actions must reflect your goals in order to achieve true success. -- Steve Maraboli
As we grow in our family ... let's not forget that we, as a couple, still need attention ... let's not lose grip of the excitement of our flirtation and our passion for each other ... while we tend to the 'we,' let's not forget the 'us'. -- Steve Maraboli
If we could see a graph of how much pain and limitation we cause in our own lives through the lies we tell ourselves, we would immediately eliminate this nasty habit. -- Steve Maraboli
Just because you're with someone, doesn't mean you're not alone. -- Steve Maraboli
Through my choices and actions, I have learned the most effective way of speaking to God is without saying a word. -- Steve Maraboli
If you can transcend from the dark rut of disempowered thinking to the bright light of an empowered agreement with reality, you will see opportunities not barriers. You will see the finish line, not the hurdles. -- Steve Maraboli
You show God what you want by showing God who you are. -- Steve Maraboli
The first thing I crave when I'm dieting is the worst thing for me. I have come to realize that the same is true when I set new relationship standards. -- Steve Maraboli
If you believe you can, you might. If you know you can, you will. -- Steve Maraboli
Today I will take the opportunity to do unanticipated good. -- Steve Maraboli
It is amazing how your life changes when you embrace the reality that you're better than the life you've settled for. -- Steve Maraboli
What we instill in our children will be the foundation upon which they build their future. -- Steve Maraboli
Only insecure boys will belittle a woman. The greatest way to "man-up" is to empower women. -- Steve Maraboli
Embracing your true self radiates a natural beauty that cannot be diluted or ignored. Confident, powerful, untamable, badass you! -- Steve Maraboli
Your purpose on earth is to participate in this human experience and to seize the opportunity within each day to reveal the greatest version of yourself. -- Steve Maraboli
Life is a treasure-chest of opportunities, choices, and time. Unfortunately, the choice many people make is to argue about the details of the chest instead of seizing the treasure within it. -- Steve Maraboli
Sure I find it very liberating and empowering now; but at first, it took me a while to get used to the uncomfortably vulnerable feeling that comes along with being honest. -- Steve Maraboli
I love that this morning's sunrise does not define itself by last night's sunset. -- Steve Maraboli
When you pray, you are speaking to yourself. When you take action, you are speaking to God. -- Steve Maraboli
The healthy life: It's not just about losing the weight; it's about losing the mentality that got you there. -- Steve Maraboli
For me, the most interesting people seem to have the bumpiest pasts. I prefer to connect with someone who has experienced the struggles, battles, and casualties of life's journey. There is beauty, wisdom, and truth to be found in the scars. -- Steve Maraboli
Let your past be your spring-board, not your quicksand. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
God's word is not just to be heard and repeated, it is to be breathed, lived, and emulated with each action. -- Steve Maraboli
You are here with a unique purpose. Stop letting others define you. Stop letting others dilute you. Don't be bullied or pressured into being less than you are. -- Steve Maraboli
Some of the most powerful speeches I have given have been delivered in the dedicated silence of my actions. -- Steve Maraboli
Do not chase happiness. Instead, define success for yourself; then go out and live it. Be unapologetic in your commitment and honorable in your behavior. When you live in this manner, happiness chases you. -- Steve Maraboli
At every given moment we are absolutely perfect for what is required for our journey. -- Steve Maraboli
As for biblical or religious theory, I don't ever want to fight about the details of the story, I want to live the reality of the message. -- Steve Maraboli
Over-analysis is a dream killer. Sometimes you can drown yourself in your own thoughts. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
Friends are medicine for a wounded heart and vitamins for a hopeful soul. -- Steve Maraboli
Pretend those around you are deaf to your words. Let your actions speak and communicate your feelings and intentions. This way of living ensures the potency of your message is delivered and serves as a gauge against our verbal nonsense. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't limit yourself to someone else's opinion of your capabilities. Be you. Dream, plan, execute! -- Steve Maraboli
There is nothing better for your family than for you to be at your best, for you to be at your own peace, for you to be showing them in every way who you are, and what you stand for. -- Steve Maraboli
One of life's great challenges is getting out of your own way after a divorce or breakup ... Heartache and anger make you feel like enemies, but your children need you to be a team. Unfortunately, few rise to this challenge, and the children pay an emotional debt they did not incur. -- Steve Maraboli
Selfish people also tend to have victim mindsets ... Their actions plant seeds of loneliness; then they cry upon the blooming. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop using, "easier said than done", as an excuse to not change! Bringing your life to a higher level is challenging; get over it and rise to the challenge! -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
Every step towards your dream today is a step away from your regret tomorrow. -- Steve Maraboli
If forgiveness is medicine for the soul, then gratitude is vitamins. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes it's the same moments that take your breath away that breathe purpose and love back into your life. -- Steve Maraboli
The truth is never dressed for the occasion. -- Steve Maraboli
If Karma is a thing, then wouldn't wanting someone to experience bad Karma also get YOU bad Karma? -- Steve Maraboli
Just because I don't believe in YOUR God doesn't mean I don't believe in God. I just choose not to be bound by the limits of your imagination or those of your ancestors. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't look for society to give you permission to be yourself. -- Steve Maraboli
Mindset matters... always. The difference found between the victorious and the envious, the successful and the haters; is mindset. -- Steve Maraboli
Do it today! It will spare you the effort of finding excuses tomorrow. -- Steve Maraboli
If God wanted you to live a mediocre life, He wouldn't have made you so awesome. Never apologize for being designed to succeed. -- Steve Maraboli
You can't fly if your wings are holding the baggage of yesterday. Let go. Fly. -- Steve Maraboli
It's simple; be YOU. If you're not being you, you're being someone else. YOU are not here to be someone else. -- Steve Maraboli
It can be a beautiful experience to look for the magic that is hidden within the realm of our lives; but let's not let the process blind us to the majesty that is right in front of us. -- Steve Maraboli
Just because she has high standards, doesn't mean she's high maintenance. Don't confuse the two. -- Steve Maraboli
When I look back, I realize I was praying for something God had already given me. -- Steve Maraboli
I am in love with the serendipitous poetry with which this universe expresses itself. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
Fear waters the weeds of regret. -- Steve Maraboli
It's not about what I SEE for our future, or humanity; It's about what I DO for our future and humanity. -- Steve Maraboli
Be more than a person she would settle for ... be a person she would yearn for. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes problems don't require a solution to solve them; instead they require maturity to outgrow them. -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
I find that being considerate of others and keeping what I say and what I do in agreement makes for a great night's sleep. -- Steve Maraboli
Happiness, success, peace, and love are experienced when we live accordingly. They are not something you have, they are something you DO. -- Steve Maraboli
Free yourself from the people who cause you drama and poison your soul. You know who they are ... The first ones you thought of when you read this. They have to go. -- Steve Maraboli
This new day has greeted us with no rules; unconditional opportunity. Do not dilute the power of this new day with the hardship of yesterday. Greet this day the way it has greeted you; with open arms and endless possibility. -- Steve Maraboli
I am who I am because the tears of my past have watered the magnificence of my present. -- Steve Maraboli
I don't think haters are small-minded; it's more tragic than that. I think they're great minded, but choose to sell themselves short every day. -- Steve Maraboli
Be more than a father, be a dad. Be more than a figure, be an example. -- Steve Maraboli
You're not bitter because you're alone... You're alone because you're bitter. -- Steve Maraboli
If at first you don't succeed, you're doing it wrong. Learn from the experience. Try again, but with a different approach. -- Steve Maraboli
I dont write books so that you can be fascinated with me. I write them so you can be fascinated with YOU! -- Steve Maraboli
Participate in your own dreams, don't just say what you want or complain about what you don't have. -- Steve Maraboli
Success is not about your techniques, it's not solely about the wisdom or the knowledge you have, it's about your mindset and your actions. -- Steve Maraboli
Those with a perpetual victim mindset tend to create the situations from which they suffer. -- Steve Maraboli
No matter what your history has been, your destiny is what you create today. What are you going to create? -- Steve Maraboli
Most haters are stuck in a poisonous mental prison of jealousy and self-doubt that blinds them to their own potentiality. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't let your fear help you birth a well-nourished regret; take action today! -- Steve Maraboli
I can't control your behavior; nor do I want that burden ... but I will not apologize for refusing to be disrespected, to be lied to, or to be mistreated. I have standards; step up or step out. -- Steve Maraboli
It's amazing how drastically your life can change when you stop accepting shit you hate. -- Steve Maraboli
Live life with a purpose and live it full out. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't be a critic. The critic is to art what the limp penis is to sex. -- Steve Maraboli
Religion is the subjective experience. Science is the objective reality. To argue either is a ridiculous waste of time and energy. -- Steve Maraboli
I am so grateful for the many times God has shown me the mercy of not giving me what I want. -- Steve Maraboli
Your ability to see beauty and possibility is proportionate to the level at which you embrace gratitude. -- Steve Maraboli
I find few things more personally enriching than exploring the parameters of my own ignorance. -- Steve Maraboli
Free yourself from the complexities and drama of your life. Simplify. Look within. Within ourselves we all have the gifts and talents we need to fulfill the purpose we've been blessed with. -- Steve Maraboli
There are some people whose turbulent waves of behaviors will drown you no matter how well you think you can swim. -- Steve Maraboli
It takes bravery to recognize where in your life you are your own poison ... it takes courage to do something about it. -- Steve Maraboli
Leadership is a mindset in which one is unapologetically driven towards their goals and in behaving accordingly, inspires those around them to join in. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't dilute yourself for any person or any reason. You are enough! Be unapologetically you. -- Steve Maraboli
Let your words merely reiterate what your actions have already stated. -- Steve Maraboli
Do not compromise yourself and put your goodness in the same impermanent category as whatever circumstance happening. Be the best you in every circumstance. -- Steve Maraboli
The more I understand the mind and the human experience, the more I begin to suspect there is no such thing as unhappiness; there is only ungratefulness. -- Steve Maraboli
Do not exchange your dignity for popularity. -- Steve Maraboli
So grateful for the people who heard me when I was silent and saw me when I was invisible. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes the most painful lessons are delivered by someone masquerading as a soul mate. -- Steve Maraboli
The purpose of fear is to raise your awareness not to stop your progress. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't be one of those who don't want others to be empowered. Share information. Try to make the next person, smarter. -- Steve Maraboli
The strong-minded rise to the challenge of their goals and dreams. The weak-minded become haters. -- Steve Maraboli
I refuse to suffer the torment of regret that comes with living a "what if" life. -- Steve Maraboli
You will always define events in a manner which will validate your agreement with reality. -- Steve Maraboli
The victim mindset dilutes the human potential. By not accepting personal responsibility for our circumstances, we greatly reduce our power to change them. -- Steve Maraboli
When you find yourself in need of spiritual nourishment, it is in the opportunities to serve others that you will find the abundance you seek. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't condemn me to the prison of your bullshit. -- Steve Maraboli
(Sometimes it seems that haters are just fans who are in denial.) -- Steve Maraboli
Don't just dream of success; create a plan and act upon it! Your momentum creates the door upon which opportunity knocks. -- Steve Maraboli
Life may bring you to your knees; pray. Then GET UP and participate in the answer. BECOME the remedy! BE the solution! -- Steve Maraboli
When you're too religious, you tend to point your finger to judge instead of extending your hand to help. -- Steve Maraboli
Every day I'm convinced that I can't possibly love you more ... and every day I'm proven wrong. -- Steve Maraboli
Simplify your life. You don't grow spiritual, you shrink spiritual. -- Steve Maraboli
Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness. -- Steve Maraboli
The people who truly care about you won't have to tell you they care; they'll show you. -- Steve Maraboli
BEHAVIOR is the bridge between what you want and what you have. -- Steve Maraboli
The tragic brilliance of politics and control is found in the ability to get the masses arguing over which poison they should drink. -- Steve Maraboli
There is beauty laced within this day ... be courageous enough to find it, be kind enough to share it, and at the end of the day, be wise enough to let it go. -- Steve Maraboli
Become the leader of your life. Lead yourself to where you want to be. Breathe life back into your ambitions, your desires, your goals, your relationships. -- Steve Maraboli
If you argue with reality, you will only cause yourself pain. However if you accept reality and build on it, the things you create will be durable, true, and healing. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes the issue isn't that your problems are so big, it's that you see yourself as being so small. -- Steve Maraboli
God is not subject to religion. Religion is subject to God. -- Steve Maraboli
In your own life it's important to know how spectacular you are. -- Steve Maraboli
Being in a relationship doesn't entitle you to anything. You don't get what you expect, you get what you create. -- Steve Maraboli
You are beautiful. Know this. Anyone who tells you otherwise is simply lying. You are beautiful. -- Steve Maraboli
There are not enough days in forever to allow me to fully express the depth of my love for you. -- Steve Maraboli
Great changes in our society are always inspired and set in motion by one person. Be that person today. -- Steve Maraboli
Love is my religion. It does not condemn. It does not judge. It does not betray. It does not begrudge. It does not war. -- Steve Maraboli
I can only love you most when I love me best. -- Steve Maraboli
Lie to yourself if you want, but you're not fooling me. Your excuses tell me that you didn't really
want it. -- Steve Maraboli
I am not a victim. No matter what I have been through, I'm still here. I have a history of victory. -- Steve Maraboli
The purpose of empowerment is to urge you towards freedom, to help each of you to break free of all limitations. It is that freedom that will give you eternal happiness and finally connect you with the unconditional realization of TRUTH. -- Steve Maraboli
The only permission, the only validation, and the only opinion that matters in our quest for greatness is our own. -- Steve Maraboli
The past will be your teacher if you learn from it; your master if you live in it. -- Steve Maraboli
The people in my circle? Those who make me feel blessed; not stressed. -- Steve Maraboli
It is our action that determines the viability of our dream. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop validating your victim mentality. Shake off your self-defeating drama and embrace your innate ability to recover and achieve. -- Steve Maraboli
It doesn't matter if you're 20, 40, 60, 80, or 100. Embrace your sexy-ass self and express it! -- Steve Maraboli
I will never let someone else's opinion define my reality. -- Steve Maraboli
Words are the tools we use to express our reality. -- Steve Maraboli
People will always have opinions about your decision because they're not courageous enough to take action on their opinion. -- Steve Maraboli
Action is the universal language of success. -- Steve Maraboli
If you have to ask if you've done enough, you haven't. Each day brings with it the opportunity to do more than you did yesterday. -- Steve Maraboli
In moments of prayer, people tend to pose as a critic and point out percieved flaws in God's art. -- Steve Maraboli
We're all ridiculous ... all of us. It's as though we use a lit torch to search for light. You are enough. Know this and proceed through life accordingly. -- Steve Maraboli
Most board meetings amount to little more than intellectual masturbation. They are ideas that cause thrills, chills, and satisfaction, but there is no impregnation. Nothing is ever born of them. It's intellectual masturbation. -- Steve Maraboli
The people who claim to be the most spiritual are usually the least so. -- Steve Maraboli
Falling in love is a wonderfully terrifying sensation. -- Steve Maraboli
If the self-help books worked, it would be a shrinking industry not a growing one. -- Steve Maraboli
Why let go of yesterday? Because yesterday has already let go of you. -- Steve Maraboli
Free yourself from the limitations you placed upon yourself. There is no-thing holding you back. -- Steve Maraboli
Happiness is a state of mind, a choice, a way of living; it is not something to be achieved, it is something to be experienced. -- Steve Maraboli
Everything is easier said than done. Wanting something is easy. Saying something is easy. The challenge and the reward are in the doing. -- Steve Maraboli
Happiness, Success, Excellence: They are not something you get for knowing the path; they are something you experience by walking it. -- Steve Maraboli
Being angry at the mirror won't change what it is reflecting. If you want to SEE something different, BE something different. -- Steve Maraboli
Excuses are a time thief. Have a goal, accept responsibility, and take action! -- Steve Maraboli
When I was young, I used to wish I would fit in ... I'm glad I didn't get my wish. -- Steve Maraboli
God is the story nature tells to those who are listening. -- Steve Maraboli
I wish you the wisdom to recognize where your past relationships were poisoned ... and the strength to break the cycle of accepting less than you deserve. -- Steve Maraboli
Map out lofty goals ... include reasonable checkpoints along the way ... refine, improve, and enhance your behavior in alignment with your goals ... . that is the dynamic of true leadership and the formula for success. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes it's the person giving you the medicine who's making you sick. -- Steve Maraboli
A life of happiness, peace, and love is all within our grasp. -- Steve Maraboli
The wise will admire you. The wishful will envy you. The weak will hate you. This is the reality for those who dare to be epic. -- Steve Maraboli
Your agreement with reality defines your life. -- Steve Maraboli
The thing you are passionate about is not random; it stems from an inner yearning. Don't ignore it or allow others to talk you out of it. Go get it! -- Steve Maraboli
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. -- Steve Maraboli
The wiser I become, the less I think beauty has anything to do with appearance. -- Steve Maraboli
The argument could be made that the word 'hero' is overused. I do not think, however, that this is the case when referring to teachers. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop allowing your day-to-day life to be clouded by busy nothingness. -- Steve Maraboli
Do you love yourself enough to BE what you love yourself enough to WANT? -- Steve Maraboli
Never confuse someone else's inability to do something with its inability to be done. -- Steve Maraboli
Keep your negativity to yourself. After watching you poison your own life with your opinions, I would be foolish to let you do the same to mine. -- Steve Maraboli
Why would you give someone the power to tell you that you can't go further when they don't even know how far you've come? -- Steve Maraboli
Most people are resentful of the happiness of others and yet we seem to seek validation from others in order to allow our own happiness ... it's easy to see the problem with this system. -- Steve Maraboli
Don't nourish your fears more than you nourish your hopes. -- Steve Maraboli
When we're not true to our thoughts and not true to the feelings we have deep inside, we find ourselves unhappy. Be courageous enough to align your life with your feelings, desires, and sense of purpose. -- Steve Maraboli
I fell in love ... she caused a type of smile within me that nothing else can or has. -- Steve Maraboli
If you are bored, you're doing yourself a tremendous disservice. Open your mind, break-free from your conditioned routine, and reignite the flames of excitement and discover. -- Steve Maraboli
Love is multidimensional...
Don't just say; DO.
Don't just speak; ACT.
Don't just promise; DELIVER. -- Steve Maraboli
Express your emotions in a multidimensional manner. Don't just speak; act! Don't just say; show! -- Steve Maraboli
Mindset fuels behavior... Great lives, great relationships, great businesses, and great love stories are cultivated from within. -- Steve Maraboli
I used to worry about the labels others placed on me ... until I realized my limitations weren't coming from their labels, but from my own. -- Steve Maraboli
Write down five character traits you admire most in your personal heroes. You now have a list of traits to emulate in your own life. -- Steve Maraboli
Products come with a WARNING label that reveals what they are made of. People come with one too; it is found in their actions. -- Steve Maraboli
Understanding the beauty of our humanity unlocks the power of our spirituality. -- Steve Maraboli
Spirituality is the poetry of our experience. Science is the gauge of our reality. Together, they create the essence of our humanity. -- Steve Maraboli
NEVER be surprised by your own success! -- Steve Maraboli
Act upon your love ... Breathe romance back into your relationship ... Let your enthusiasm break the monotony ... You deserve a love that is alive ... Bring it to life! -- Steve Maraboli
Learn from the past, but don't live in the past. -- Steve Maraboli
The victim mindset will have you dancing with the devil, then complaining that you're in hell. -- Steve Maraboli
It's a lack of clarity that creates chaos and frustration. Those emotions are poison to any living goal. -- Steve Maraboli
Let today be the day you stop having conflict between your actions and your goals and finally align your greatest intent with your purposeful actions, creating a universal symphony serenading your success! -- Steve Maraboli
I've learned that just because I don't know how to break up with someone, doesn't mean they were worth keeping. -- Steve Maraboli
I keep hearing about a spiritual awakening, but I feel what we need instead is a human one. It would be wonderful and empowering to become free from the disillusionment and nonsense being sold to us from gurus for centuries. -- Steve Maraboli
The problem you have isn't a delusion of grandeur; it's a delusion of insignificance. -- Steve Maraboli
Let go of the people who dull your shine, poison your spirit, and bring you drama. Cancel your subscription to their issues. -- Steve Maraboli
We would do ourselves a tremendous favor by letting go of the people who poison our spirit. -- Steve Maraboli
When someone tells you they are too 'busy' ... It's not a reflection of their schedule; it's a reflection of YOUR spot on their schedule. -- Steve Maraboli
For those of you who are, "waiting for a sign" ... If you woke up today, THAT'S YOUR SIGN! -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes the greatest storms bring out the greatest beauty ... Life can be a storm, but your hope is a rainbow and your friends and family are the gold. -- Steve Maraboli
Be a reflection of excellence. -- Steve Maraboli
Every great tragedy forms a fertile soil in which a great recovery can take root and blossom ... but only if you plant the seeds. -- Steve Maraboli
The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same. -- Steve Maraboli
Never underestimate the healing power of silliness and absurdity. -- Steve Maraboli
One of life's challenging realizations is that sometimes you outgrow your friends. -- Steve Maraboli
Your actions should be so dedicated that no one should have to ask you what you want. -- Steve Maraboli
Empowerment is the ability to refine, improve, and enhance your life without co-dependency. -- Steve Maraboli
Just like your body and lifestyle can be healthy or unhealthy, the same is true with your beliefs. Your beliefs can be your medicine or your poison. -- Steve Maraboli
Embrace love and compassion with all your spirit. Understand that they never hurt or offend, they just heal and empower. -- Steve Maraboli
I have found that as your wisdom and maturity develop, the number of other people you blame for your own circumstances shrinks. -- Steve Maraboli
Never again will I justify the scars just because I loved the person holding the knife. -- Steve Maraboli
Gratitude opens our eyes ... We are often praying for something God has already given us. -- Steve Maraboli
Fear can only grow in darkness. Once you face fear with light, you win. -- Steve Maraboli
The greatest leaders can inspire you and lead the way without ever having to give you their back. -- Steve Maraboli
In a strong relationship, you should love your companion more than you need them. -- Steve Maraboli
Religious structure often dilutes the spiritual experience. -- Steve Maraboli
If you are not the hero of your own story, then you're missing the whole point of your humanity. -- Steve Maraboli
When you make a mistake, give an apology without an excuse attached to it. The longer an apology, the less authentic it is. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes we just need to be heard ... There are times in life when being heard leads to being healed. -- Steve Maraboli
The longer you chase the wrong person, the further you travel in the wrong direction. You're better than that. -- Steve Maraboli
Success isn't something you have, it's something you do. Don't be fooled into taking shortcuts, they always lead to a dead-end. Instead, establish a goal, make a plan, and take purposeful action. Those who experience success are those who live it; those who earn it. -- Steve Maraboli
If you have a goal, write it down. If you do not write it down, you do not have a goal - you have a wish. -- Steve Maraboli
Today is yours to shape. Create a masterpiece! -- Steve Maraboli
If your salvation was dependent on your ability to read and understand scripture, Jesus would have been an author. -- Steve Maraboli
Karma: The delusion of the pretentious; who think the Universe should act as their debt collector. -- Steve Maraboli
Be the type of friend you would like to have. -- Steve Maraboli
When used as a tool, fear will enhance your preparedness; when used as a guide, it will stop your progress. -- Steve Maraboli
Smile at strangers and you just might change a life. -- Steve Maraboli
Spirituality is NOT the gauge at which we should measure our humanity. -- Steve Maraboli
Success is more than a desire; it's a behavior. Act accordingly. -- Steve Maraboli
Life is simple; it's just not easy. -- Steve Maraboli
I wish you the wisdom to know you're better than what you've settled for, the desire for something greater, and the courage to go get it. -- Steve Maraboli
Free yourself from the inauthenticity and disempowerment of your story. -- Steve Maraboli
Behavior is math: Truth is found in the sum of its parts. -- Steve Maraboli
Take action! An inch of movement will bring you closer to your goals than a mile of intention. -- Steve Maraboli
You gotta be in the NOW to create and experience the WOW! -- Steve Maraboli
There is a fascinating chaos to life; but there is always a message in the mess ... always. -- Steve Maraboli
Outdated ideas inevitably lead to outdated behaviors. -- Steve Maraboli
Your fear is 100% dependent on you for its survival. -- Steve Maraboli
The world is my church. My actions are my prayer. My behavior is my creed. -- Steve Maraboli
For all its accolades and celebrated recognition as sound guidance, I have personally noticed that sometimes, 'follow your heart,' is really bad advice. -- Steve Maraboli
Easier said than done' is the mantra of the stagnant; the creed of the unchanging. -- Steve Maraboli
Speak with your words and your message can be distorted ... Speak with your actions and you'll leave no doubt. -- Steve Maraboli
Make sure your business is creating a service experience so good that it demands loyalty. -- Steve Maraboli
For me, the most magical truth of this universe is that no magic is required. -- Steve Maraboli
INTENT reveals desire; ACTION reveals commitment. -- Steve Maraboli
There is a distinct, awful pain that comes with loving someone more than they love you. -- Steve Maraboli
The greater our own level of narcissism, the more we detest it in others. -- Steve Maraboli
Too much action with too little intent makes for wasteful exertion of energy and the confusion between movement and progress. -- Steve Maraboli
Let your handshake be a greater bond than any written contract. -- Steve Maraboli
The journey of success requires a map for effective navigation. Establish a destination by defining what you want. Once you have a destination, take physical action by making choices that move you towards that destination. -- Steve Maraboli
No matter what the cause, God is only as willing as you are. -- Steve Maraboli
We must transcend the illusion that money or power has any bearing on our worthiness as children of God. -- Steve Maraboli
Take accountability ... Blame is the water in which many dreams and relationships drown. -- Steve Maraboli
Fear has the role we give it. We are able to empower or poison ourselves to whatever degree we want. This is the beauty of our design. -- Steve Maraboli
Am I afraid of ghosts? My life experience has taught me to be much more afraid of what a human is capable of in broad daylight than what a ghost is capable of at night. -- Steve Maraboli
There is nothing worse for the lying soul than the mirror of reality. -- Steve Maraboli
Take ACTION! When we DO NOT take action, our potentiality becomes the soil that houses the seeds of our regret. -- Steve Maraboli
There's no need to tell me who you are; you're already showing me. -- Steve Maraboli
As soon as you start feeding yourself better emotionally, spiritually, and physically, everything responds in the positive. -- Steve Maraboli
It is important that when we make a resolution, or establish a goal, that we take the ACTION necessary to accomplish that goal. -- Steve Maraboli
The longer you blame the mirror, the longer you throw away the power to change what it is reflecting. -- Steve Maraboli
Pray. Not just with your words, but with your actions. -- Steve Maraboli
Selfish people tend to only be good to themselves ... then are surprised when they are alone. -- Steve Maraboli
Gratitude is nutrition for a living relationship. -- Steve Maraboli
The bank of love is never bankrupt. -- Steve Maraboli
Keep a gratitude list. -- Steve Maraboli
On your quest to spirituality it is often required to suspend your rationality; but true spirituality asks that you enhance your rationality. -- Steve Maraboli
Stop giving your life away to other people. -- Steve Maraboli
Whenever someone introduces themselves as a Master or a Guru, I immediately wonder ...
If those are the lies they tell themselves, what lies will they tell me? -- Steve Maraboli
The mountain is never as big as it appears. You're never as small as you believe. -- Steve Maraboli
You are not on a journey to God; you are on a journey WITH God. -- Steve Maraboli
Sometimes it seem that the people who quote scriptures the most, follow them the least. -- Steve Maraboli
Many like to ask the questions; few like to hear the answers. -- Steve Maraboli
If not for tragedy, tyrants, and injustice, there would be nothing to awaken and inspire dormant heroes. There is always a balance. Always. -- Steve Maraboli