Steve Maraboli Quotes
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.
Take ACTION! When we DO NOT take action, our potentiality becomes the soil that houses the seeds of our regret.
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.
Happiness, success, peace, and love are experienced when we live accordingly. They are not something you have, they are something you DO.
Let your words merely reiterate what your actions have already stated.
You gotta be in the NOW to create and experience the WOW!
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.
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.
Spirituality is the poetry of our experience. Science is the gauge of our reality. Together, they create the essence of our humanity.
Learn to say “please” and “thank you” in multiple languages.
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.
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.
Don't keep all your feelings sheltered - express them. Don’t EVER let life shut you up.
Be the type of man a wife would cherish and a child would admire.
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!
Never again will I underestimate the greatness inside of me just because of the hate and limited thinking inside of others.
Stop allowing your outdated ideas to hinder your progress.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.
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.
I will never forget seeing what hate can destroy… I will never forget seeing what love can heal…
The only thing sadder than hateful people’s willingness to drag us down to their level, is our willingness to oblige.
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?
Judge me if you want, but at the end of my life I choose to have memories not regrets.
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.
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.
Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness.
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?
The only permission, the only validation, and the only opinion that matters in our quest for greatness is our own.
The truth is simple.Lies are complex.The truth comes in sentences.Lies... in paragraphs.Pay attention to this when someone is communicating with you.
Outdated ideas inevitably lead to outdated behaviors. When ignorance and hate enter the room, progress makes its exit.
I find few things more personally enriching than exploring the parameters of my own ignorance.
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?
Lie to yourself if you want, but you’re not fooling me. Your excuses tell me that you didn’t really want it.
I am in love with the serendipitous poetry with which this universe expresses itself.
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.
It’s such an amazing awakening to realize that nothing in this universe happens TO YOU, 100% happens FOR YOU.
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.
You express the truth of your character, your dedication to your goals, and your commitment to your relationships with the choice of your actions.
You express the truth of your character with the choice of your actions.
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.
It is an unnecessary burden to make negative judgmental assumptions about others. We are all on a journey.
You were born to journey in the direction of your purpose. Anything that halts your progress is contrary to your design.
Pay attention: Are your daily choices in alignment with the life you want for yourself? If not, nothing will change.
If you want change and don’t make choices that reflect the change, you are making a choice to keep things the same.
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.