Steve Maraboli Quotes - Page 5

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.
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Judge me if you want, but at the end of my life I choose to have memories not regrets.
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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?
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When you hate something, you chain yourself to it.
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Don’t waste your time hating me; you can’t change me. Instead, hate your impotent life; THAT you can change.
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The only thing sadder than hateful people’s willingness to drag us down to their level, is our willingness to oblige.
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I will never forget seeing what hate can destroy… I will never forget seeing what love can heal…
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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.
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Never again will I underestimate the greatness inside of me just because of the hate and limited thinking inside of others.
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Stop allowing your outdated ideas to hinder your progress. Become open to new information that can refine, improve, and enhance your way of thinking. This will empower your way of living.
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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!
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Be the type of man a wife would cherish and a child would admire.
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Don't keep all your feelings sheltered - express them. Don’t EVER let life shut you up.
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Some people behave as though they are having an allergic reaction to feelings.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Learn to say “please” and “thank you” in multiple languages.
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Spirituality is the poetry of our experience. Science is the gauge of our reality. Together, they create the essence of our humanity.
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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.
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Happiness, Success, Excellence: They are not something you get for knowing the path; they are something you experience by walking it.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You gotta be in the NOW to create and experience the WOW!
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Soul MateWhen we are born, the soul we are given is split apart and half of it is given to someone else. Throughout our lives, we search for the person with the other half of our soul. Very few ever succeed.I am blessed that we have met. In a sudden moment, warm within your loving glare, my soul said, “At last! I can rest. I have found my missing half.” When this happens, it is said we have found our soul mate. We are happy and at peace. When we shared ourselves, we were engulfed in eternity, dancing in a timeless universe. I am truly blessed because that day, my heart recognized you as a part of its own.Thank you for blessing me with you. Thank you for dreaming with me - for seeing the same future as I do. For your beautiful eyes, reminding me of the truest bliss in life. I am forever grateful for you.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. I am sorry that it’s taken me this long to find you – I shall make it up to you, my flower, as long as we live. I love you!
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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.
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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.
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Many people experience the travesty of regret in their end days; the realization that nothing held them back, that nothing was in their way, that there is no one to blame, only themselves. Don't just sit by waiting for your life to happen, make it happen! Don’t just hope your dreams will come alive, breathe life into them! Don't let your fear help you birth a well-nourished regret, take action today! At the end of the day, at the end of the year, at the end of your life, live in such a manner that you can hold your head up high, smile, and be proud of a life well lived.
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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.
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Take ACTION! When we DO NOT take action, our potentiality becomes the soil that houses the seeds of our regret.
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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.
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Happiness, success, peace, and love are experienced when we live accordingly. They are not something you have, they are something you DO.
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Let your words merely reiterate what your actions have already stated.
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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.
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You were not meant for a life of mediocrity! Stop letting the regret of yesterday and the insecurity of tomorrow steal your today. Live this day! Do not allow your spirit to be softened or your happiness to be limited by a day you cannot have back or a day that does not yet exist. Take charge! Seize this day and allow upon this fertile day to be planted the seeds of your happiness and success.
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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.
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Stop walking through the motions of a conditioned routine and start consciously taking action on your visualized intent.
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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.
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When you pray, you are speaking to yourself. When you take action, you are speaking to God.
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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.
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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.
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Without action to back them, your affirmations become the soundtrack of your personal imprisonment; the creed of your stagnancy.
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There is no 'secret' to success.There is a BEHAVIOR to success.Decide what you want and act accordingly.Dream. Plan. Execute.
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Wisdom that is not acted upon is just philosophy... but when lived as a verb, wisdom will be the foundation of your success.
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So grateful for those who truly love me... they hear everything I don't say.
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What we call consciousness is our ability to perceive stimuli and to file it within the parameters of our personal story.
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Don't let the evil actions of broken people define your view of our world! Don't be terrorized into a diluted, hopeless reality.
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Don't let the evil actions of broken people define your view of our world! Don’t be terrorized into a diluted, hopeless reality.
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Let today be the day you learn the grace of letting go and the power of moving on.
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Two Immeasurable Things: The healing power of love and the destructive power of hate.
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Never underestimate the healing power of silliness and absurdity.
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Sometimes we just need to be heard… There are times in life when being heard leads to being healed.
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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!
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Just because you are available for a relationship, doesn't mean you are ready for one. Sometimes you need a break from external relationships to nourish the internal one.
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For all its accolades and celebrated recognition as sound guidance, I have personally noticed that sometimes, 'follow your heart,' is really bad advice.
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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.
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You're not asking me for advice, you're asking me for permission.
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The longer you chase the wrong person, the further you travel in the wrong direction. You're better than that.
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