Quotes from Steve Maraboli

The people who are happy for your happiness and sad for your sadness... keep them around.

Nostalgia... the blessing of a merciful memory.

We could do ourselves a tremendous favor by letting go of the people who poison our spirit.

Don't let the evil actions of broken people define your view of our world! Don't be terrorized into a diluted, hopeless reality.

What we call consciousness is our ability to perceive stimuli and to file it within the parameters of our personal story.

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.

Some people behave as though they are having an allergic reaction to feelings.

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.

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?

Pay attention: Are your daily choices in alignment with the life you want for yourself? If not, nothing will change.

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

Those with a perpetual victim mindset tend to create the situations from which they suffer.

Behavior slays the dragon of illusion and reveals the truth.

Behavior is math: Truth is found in the sum of its parts.

Karma: The delusion of the pretentious who think the Universe should act as their debt collector.

It's my life and I'm not afraid to LIVE it! I would rather experience the ups and downs of a life I have chosen, than to suffer the regret of a life I have settled for.

Actions reveal… If you have to TELL me you're honest, caring, generous, spiritual, kind, loving, and a good person... you're doing it wrong.

It's a cycle... Religion is a source of relief for those who seek to anesthetize the pain that comes from following its beliefs.

The truth of who you are and what you believe is projected in your behavior. Everything else, either positive or negative, is a mix of stories, lies, delusions, and manipulations.

Some people will try to condemn you to the prison of their bullshit. They tell you they want a soulmate, but they're actually creating a cellmate.

So grateful for those who truly love me... they hear everything I don't say.

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.