Not Settling Quotes

The right one for you will move mountains to be with you - he won't hide behind them.

Someone out there is looking for exactly what you've got…and will never try and undercut your value or question your worth. Some things in life just can’t be bartered over or placed on the sale rack – and your self-worth is at the top of the list.

He looked around. The room, a few suitcases, some belongings, a handful of well-read books— a man needed few things to live. And it was good not to get used to many things when life was unsettled. Again and again one had to abandon them or they were taken away. One should be ready to leave every day. That was the reason he had lived alone— when one was on the move one should not have anything that could bind one. Nothing that could stir the heart. The adventure— but nothing more.

Erich Maria Remarque

Happily Single is permission to CHOOSE your life rather than having it handed to you, and it’s living life on your own terms instead of those that are expected of you.

Single ladies, the only thing we need to be rescued from is the notion that we need to be rescued.

When you refuse to settle for less than the best...the best tends to track you down.

If you want your life to be a five-star reality, you have to stop settling for a fast food mentality!

Here's a glorious thought: You don't have to settle. Ever. In life, in love, in your career…ANYWHERE!

It takes guts and bravery and heart to walk a mile in a single girl’s shoes. And sometimes a fabulous pedicure.

You don’t need a significant other to lead a significant life.

Happily Single is holding out for the best and letting go of the rest. It’s saying “I will and I can” to YOURSELF before you say “I do” to someone else.

Not everyone has to ride off into the sunset with a man. Some of us just want a tan.

Next time you hit a speed bump otherwise known as the age-old question “Why are you still single?” look ’em in the eye and say: “Because I’m too fabulous to settle.

Think about it this way: While being married is about becoming the WIFE you are meant to be, being single allows you to focus on becoming the WOMAN you were born to be.

Stop inviting people who don't celebrate you to your party! It's YOUR life - you have the right to be exclusive.

If a man WANTS to be with you, he will make his actions clear. There won’t be any questions, murkiness, cloudiness, or fear.

Breakups have a way of shaking us awake and helping us see what we really want vs. what we are willing to settle for.

If something on the inside is telling you that someone isn’t right for you, they’re NOT right for you, no matter how great they might look on paper. When it’s right for you, you will know. And when it’s not – it’s time to go.

Love shouldn’t require Windex to be clear. It either is or it isn’t.

The wonderful, beautiful thing that happens when you rid yourself of the things that don’t see your worth? You make space in your life for all the glorious things you deserve.

Too easy to get = Just as easy to forget.

It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it.

Ten years from now, make sure you can say that you CHOSE your life, you didn’t SETTLE for it.

Single" means you are brave enough to face the glorious unknown of the unaccompanied journey.

Single |sin•gle| (adjective) - Too fabulous to settle.

Gratitude was never a noun; it's secretly a verb. It is not a place you accept defeat, settle in for broken dreams or call it the best life will get. Gratitude is getting out of laziness, self pity, denial and insecurity, in order to walk through that door God has been holding open for you this entire time.

Shannon L. Alder

Single” is an opportunity to live life on your own terms and not apologize.

Single is no longer a lack of options – but a choice. A choice to refuse to let your life be defined by your relationship status but to live every day Happily and let your Ever After work itself out.

Hope for love, pray for love, wish for love, dream for love…but don’t put your life on hold waiting for love.

Two things you will never have to chase: True friends & true love.

One of the best times for figuring out who you are & what you really want out of life? Right after a break-up.

A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence.

Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake & help us see we are worth so much more than we're settling for.