Quotes by Steve Maraboli

Ladies, most of you have no idea how beautiful you are. Dont 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... dont 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.

The truth is never dressed for the occasion.

Sure I find it very liberating and empowering now; but at first, it took me a while to get used to the uncomfortably vulnerable feeling that comes along with being honest.

Don’t condemn me to the prison of your bullshit.

Outdated ideas inevitably lead to outdated behaviors.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?

Nobody hates being lied to more than a liar.

Lie to yourself if you want, but you’re not fooling me. Your excuses tell me that you didn’t really want it.

Your silence is loudest to those who love you most.

The writers of religious scriptures and texts would have done humanity a grand service if they would have used just one sentence, in one of the pages out of the thousands, to support respectful and peaceful disagreement.

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 arent 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.

Stay alert! Don’t let someone’s words blind you from their behavior... They can say all the right things, they can make you feel things youve never felt before, but dont be fooled; their actions will reveal their true character, desires, and priorities. Behavior speaks; pay attention to what it tells you. Behavior is math; pay attention to what it reveals.