Steve Maraboli Quotes

Sometime people are disempowered because they subconsciously identify themselves by their temporary circumstances instead of connecting with their innate value and truth.

A healthy choice for your overall health and well-being is one of a happy and positive disposition.

When you judge a woman by her appearance, it doesn't define her, it defines you. Ladies, never allow yourself to be defined by someone's inability to appreciate your unique beauty.

Religion imprisons God. By its own accord, if we are made in the image and likeness of God, then His condemnation of the sinner is an act of hypocrisy. I believe God to be greater than that.

We each contribute our own book to the great library of humanity.

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.

The knives of betrayal and drama cut deep and hurt… but they also trim away the nonsense and reveal your true friends.

Bitterness and resentment are a bottomless well. They can only be healed by the phenomenon of someone else's sorrow rising to your level of pain... it never happens - save yourself endless hurt.

Gratitude opens our eyes… We are often praying for something God has already given us.

I am grateful to those who have betrayed me… They thought they were just stabbing me in the back, but they were also cutting me free from their poisonous life.

Gratitude is the bridge that merges your love with longevity. It is the vital ingredient for a lasting relationship.

Appreciate your mom. She is wiser than you think and stronger than you know. Be thankful.

Gratitude is nutrition for a living relationship.

Beware: It is a quick transition from a nourishing sense of gratitude to a poisonous sense of entitlement.

I am so grateful for the many times God has shown me the mercy of not giving me what I want.

A mindset of gratitude lifts the veil of bitterness and allows you to see beauty and possibility.

Your ability to see beauty and possibility is proportionate to the level at which you embrace gratitude.

They may call your victories, "lucky"...They may mock your failures...They may laugh at your heartache...But still, they will never be happy. This is the cyclical emptiness of the hater mindset.

Your labels don’t limit me… they limit your experience of me.

I knew you were the one when I realized your smile was my heaven, your laugh my favorite song, and your arms my home.

We'll all be better off the day we stop letting unhappy, unsuccessful people tell us how to be happy and successful. You already know the way... follow it.

You will always define events in a manner which will validate your agreement with reality.

The way you live each day is a sentence in the story of your life. Every day, you make the choice whether the sentence ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation point.

Walk away from gossip and verbal defamation. Speak only the good you know of other people and encourage others to do the same.

God is the story nature tells to those who are listening.

You unlock the door to greater levels of excellence and success when you accept who you are. It is from the point of acceptance that we can create a masterful life.

When I accept myself, I am freed from the burden of needing you to accept me.

It would be ridiculous to hold your breath and blame others for your inability to breathe. In the same sense, it is ridiculous to live an unaligned life and blame God for your misfortune.

We must remember balance and moderation. Patience can be spiritually enriching and virtuous… but when taken in excess, it turns to procrastination, the poison of inaction.

The greatest leaders can inspire you and lead the way without ever having to give you their back.

Sometimes love can be both the punishment and the crime.

Behavior speaks... When you need money, the church tells you to pray. When the church needs money, they pass around a basket.

I fell in love... she caused a type of smile within me that nothing else can or has.

Poisonous relationships can alter our perception. You can spend many years thinking you’re worthless… but you’re not worthless, you’re unappreciated.

When we see someone or something as imperfect, it is a reflection of our limitations, not theirs.

Intimacy transcends the physical. It is a feeling of closeness that isn’t about proximity, but of belonging. It is a beautiful emotional space in which two become one.

Someone who loves you will reveal beautiful things within yourself... things you had never noticed before... things nobody else cared to.

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.

...be more than a person she would settle for... be a person she would yearn for.

When you finally meet the right one for you, it suddenly becomes clear why everyone else was so wrong.

May the way I look at you, the way I speak with you, and the way I treat you reflect the truth that... I have loved you since forever.

Being with you today is worth all the broken hearts of yesterday.

Love encompasses so much, reaches so far, and heals so deeply, that any attempt to describe it, no matter how poetic, only dilutes it.

Forever is a measure of time used by people who share an ordinary love. Our extraordinary love is immeasurable...for us, forever just won’t do.

Sometimes in the quest for enlightenment the only thing that gets lighter is your wallet.

Don't confuse poor decision making with destiny. Take accountability for your life, cut out the drama, distance yourself from negativity, and move your life into a healthy direction.

The victim mindset will have you dancing with the devil, then complaining that you're in hell.

I've come to learn that being alone is better than being next to someone and feeling alone.

Just because you're with someone, doesn't mean you're not alone.

When the world makes me feel like I am alone, love reminds me otherwise.