If you’re anything like me, you’re always busy, on the move, and never seem to have enough time to fully get your sh*t together. In short, you’re always a little bit of a hot mess, extra emphasis on the "mess" part. Whether it’s wearing a hat two days in a row because you haven’t had the time to shower or knocking back coffee like it’s water after not getting enough sleep once again, you find yourself feeling a little frazzled on the reg. Plus, it’s super easy to get caught up in your own head and convince yourself that you’re doing much worse than you actually are.
And in the face of a serious case of self doubt, a little bit of wisdom goes a long way. So here’s a list of quotes about happiness, success, and believing in who you are to read when you find yourself in a pickle and in need of a little relaxation and reassurance that you are, in fact, doing okay and much better than you think.
1. “It’s all bullshit. You should just be whoever you are, and if they love you for that, then that’s great.” – Alexa Chung
2. “You were scared, but you still got here; don’t forget that.” – T.B. LaBerge
3. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Teddy Roosevelt
4. “Sometimes you have to stop worrying, wondering, and doubting. Have faith that things will work out, maybe not how you planned, but just how it’s meant to be.” – Unknown
5. “You all have a little bit of ‘I want to save the world’ in you, that’s why you’re here, in college. I want you to know that it’s okay if you only save one person, and it’s okay if that person is you.” – Unknown
6. “There’s no magic way to find yourself. It’s not out in the wilderness or in another country or city. Or in the deep depths of a book. Or waiting in solitude. It’s right there, in you. And if you never find a way to appreciate yourself, you’ll never see it.” –Anthony Allevato
7. “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” – Margaret Thatcher
8. “Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later.” – Bob Goff
9. “We are all broken, that’s how the light gets in.” – Ernest Hemingway
10. “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” – Maya Angelou
11. “No matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stranger – something better, pushing right back.” – Albert Camus
12. “What we have to remember is that we can still do anything. We can change our minds. We can start over. Get a post-bac or try writing for the first time. The notion that it’s too late to do anything is comical.” – Marina Keegan
13. “An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.” – Goi Nasu
14. “A beautiful thing is never perfect.” – Egyptian proverb
15. “The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.” – Sahguru Jaggi Vasudev
16. “You will always be too much of something for someone: too big, too loud, too soft, too edgy. If you round out your edges, you lose your edge.” – Danielle LaPorte
17. “It’s so difficult while we’re blind and hurting and don’t know which way is up. But, if you have faith in anything, have faith in the fact that the universe has a beautiful way of straightening things out far better than we ever could.” – Brianna Wiest
18. “Happiness can be found in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light.” – Albus Dumbledore
19. “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” – George Bernard Shaw
20. “Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.” – Osho
21. “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
22. “You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – Christopher Robin
