Steve Maraboli Quotes

Don't be fooled...If they gossip to you, they'll gossip about you.
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The longer you blame the mirror, the longer you throw away the power to change what it is reflecting.
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No Blame: The most liberating and empowering day of my life was the day I freed myself from my own self-destructive nonsense.
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The victim mindset produces a delusion of fault and blame that blinds you from the simple truth of cause and effect.
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Blame is the coward’s retreat.They think it frees them, but it confines them… Blame is also the coward’s warden.
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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
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
Don’t let psychological warfare from an advertisement campaign blind you from the truth of your beauty, possibility, worthiness, and purpose.
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The volume of your voice does not increase the validity of your argument.
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Life is too short to waste time waiting for other people's approval on how you live it.
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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.
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Don't dilute yourself for any person or any reason. You are enough! Be unapologetically you.
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Don't let other people's opinions distort your reality. Be true to yourself. Be bold in pursuing your dreams. Be unapologetically you!
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It's simple; be YOU. If you're not being you, you're being someone else. YOU are not here to be someone else.
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Be You! It is so enchanting to see the beauty that radiates from someone freely expressing their uniqueness.
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Their love was like a prison, and I the willing inmate.
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I wish for you the wisdom to realize that forgiveness has nothing to do with an apology.
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I've learned that just because I don't know how to break up with someone, doesn't mean they were worth keeping.
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I wish for you the wisdom to mind your own business.
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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.
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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.
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Boredom is restlessness of the soul. It is an internal message reminding you that you're better than the stagnancy you've settled for.
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Emotional self-defense...Those who care so much, maybe too much, know that it takes wisdom and courage to sometimes say, “no” to others.
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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.
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LOVE – PEACE – SUCCESS: When they are what we desire, they fuel our hope… When they are seen in our behavior, they change our lives.
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Just because your pain is understandable, doesn't mean your behavior is acceptable.
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If they do it often, it isn’t a mistake; it’s just their behavior.
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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.
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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.
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If they do it often, it isn't a mistake; it’s just their behavior.
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Set a high standard on how you treat women. Whether they appreciate it or not, don’t lower your own standards of behavior.
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BEHAVIOR is the bridge between what you want and what you have.
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Behavior is math: Truth is found in the sum of its parts.
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Behavior slays the dragon of illusion and reveals the truth.
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It took me a long time to realize that when someone is not sorry for their behavior, that's their problem, not mine... I'll forgive them anyway, for me. Sometimes forgiveness is loving yourself enough to move on.
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Pay attention, behavior speaks… While preacher are telling you to pray for abundance, they’re passing around a basket.
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Behavior speaks… If you’re chasing them, it means they’re running from you. Save your energy.
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Do not exchange your dignity for popularity.
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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.
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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.
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Apathy is a trap. There is no challenge... so there is no reward. Remember, there is always free cheese in a mousetrap.
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(Sometimes it seems that haters are just fans who are in denial.)
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I put down my phone... Hugged her from behind… Kissed the back of her neck... Our fingers entwined… Bliss…
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Pay attention to the behavior of the most successful people.
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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.
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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.
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Sometimes the most painful lessons are delivered by someone masquerading as a soul mate.
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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.
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I have found that as your wisdom and maturity develop, the number of other people you blame for your own circumstances shrinks.
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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.
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At some point, I finally realized that stress made a really bad companion... so I had it pack its shit and leave.
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Pay attention! At all moments of the day you are either leading or being led.
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Life has a way of answering questions you didn't even ask.
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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.
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Sometimes it's the person giving you the medicine who's making you sick.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Selfish people tend to only be good to themselves... then are surprised when they are alone.
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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.
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