“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.”
— 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“Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.”
— 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“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“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“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“You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway.”
— 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“My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.”
— 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“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“There is nothing more beautiful than seeing a person being themselves. Imagine going through your day being unapologetically you.”
— Steve Maraboli“Smile at strangers and you just might change a life.”
— Steve Maraboli“Live authentically. Why would you continue to compromise something that's beautiful to create something that is fake?”
— Steve Maraboli“People will always have opinions about your decision because they're not courageous enough to take action on their opinion.”
— Steve Maraboli“Don’t tell me about your god with your words. Show me about your god with your actions.”
— Steve Maraboli“Your life is a print-out of your thoughts.”
— 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“No matter what your history has been, your destiny is what you create today. What are you going to create?”
— Steve Maraboli“How would your life be different if…You stopped validating your victim mentality? Let today be the day…You shake off your self-defeating drama and embrace your innate ability to recover and achieve.”
— Steve Maraboli“When you are living the best version of yourself, you inspire others to live the best versions of themselves.”
— 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“In a strong relationship, you should love your companion more than you need them.”
— Steve Maraboli“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love—then make that day count!”
— Steve Maraboli“When you say I and my too much, you lose the capacity to understand the we and our.”
— 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“At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.”
— 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“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“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“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“Sometimes letting go is simply changing the labels you place on an event. Looking at the same event with fresh eyes.”
— Steve Maraboli“Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.”
— Steve Maraboli“Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it.”
— 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“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“You’re frustrated because you keep waiting for the blooming of flowers of which you have yet to sow the seeds.”
— Steve Maraboli“If you are not the hero of your own story, then you're missing the whole point of your humanity.”
— Steve Maraboli“Every single time you help somebody stand up you are helping humanity rise.”
— 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“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“How would your life be different if…You didn’t allow yourself to be defined by your past? Let today be the day…You stop letting your history interfere with your destiny and awaken to the opportunity to release your greatest self.”
— Steve Maraboli“Sometimes problems don’t require a solution to solve them; instead they require maturity to outgrow them.”
— Steve Maraboli“When was the last time you woke up and realized that today could be the best day of your life?”
— Steve Maraboli“Sometimes it's the same moments that take your breath away that breathe purpose and love back into your life.”
— 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“No matter what the cause, God is only as willing as you are.”
— 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“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