Have you ever wondered to yourself, “Am I living up to my full potential?” If so, worry not, because you are not alone. In fact, this is question that most high achievers often ask themselves. And the fact that you’re even asking yourself this question, means your headed in the right direction; upward and onward. That said, to encourage your growth, we’ve rounded up some of the most inspiring quotes about potential.

Our hope is that they’ll help you gain better clarity about your potential, and all the great things you’ve still yet to do in this life. But most importantly, we hope they inspire you to take action towards achieving your potential. So, if you’re ready to be inspired, let’s dive into these powerful quotes about reaching your potential:

BEST QUOTES ABOUT POTENTIAL

1. “Everyone has a potential to be something huge. Not everyone sees it.” – Colonel Sanders

2. “The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming. You cannot believe what it does to the human spirit to maximize your human potential and stretch yourself to the limit.” – Jim Rohn

3. “Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.” – Bruce Lee

4. “Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.” – John Maxwell

5. “You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don’t. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.” – Rumi

6. “Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential.” – Denzel Washington

7. “Consult not your fears but your hopes and dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.” – Pope john XXIII

8. “We are all guilty of allowing so-called experts, or just people who have more experience in a given field than we do, to cap our potential.” – David Goggins

9. “True success is reaching our potential without compromising our values.” – Muhammad Ali

10. “You Can. End of Story.” – Cory Lewis

11. “The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.” – Confucius

12. “Infinite striving to be the best is man’s duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God’s hands.” – Gandhi

13. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs

14. “Potential is a priceless treasure, like gold. All of us have gold hidden within, but we have to dig to get it out.” – Joyce Meyer

15. “Continuouseffort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.” – Winston Churchill

16. “To uncover your true potential, you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.” – Picabo Street

17. “The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.” – Albert Schweitzer

18. “Faith will get you to a point. Luck will get you to a point. But to achieve the kind of success you dream about, you need to work. There are no shortcuts, you can’t cheat life, just get to work and don’t stop until you reach your highest potential.” – Denzel Washington

19. “The trial you encounter will introduce you to your strengths, remain steadfast… and one day you will build something that endures, something worthy of your potential.” – Epictetus

20. “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” – Ernest Hemingway

21. “There’s nothing anyone can do to prevent you from reaching your potential; the challenge is for you to identify your dream, develop the skills to get there, and exhibit character and leadership. Then, you need to have the courage to periodically reassess, make adjustments, and pursue a course that reflects who you truly are.” – Robert Steven Kaplan

22. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

23. “I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.” – Og Mandino

24. “Arrogance steals your potential. Preparation and effort accelerate your chances at reaching your potential.” – Patrick Bet-David

25. “If You’re Circle Doesn’t Inspire You… You Don’t Have a Circle, You Have a Cage.” – Anonymous

26. “Life is a flash of lightning in the dark of night. It is a brief time of tremendous potential.” – B. Alan Wallace

27. “Man’s greatest burden is unfulfilled potential.” – Dan Peña

28. “You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential.” – David Goggins

29. “Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.” – Mary Kay Ash

30. “You always want to outwork your potential.” – Kobe Bryant

31. “Questions provide the key to unlocking our unlimited potential.” – Tony Robbins

32. “If you don’t learn how to untangle your feelings from your actions, you’ll never unlock your true potential.” – Mel Robbins

33. “Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another.” – Angela Duckworth

34. “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” – Paulo Coelho

35. “Your potential is limitless. You are unique, valuable, capable, and worthy of the dreams in your heart. Most of all, you have what it takes.” – Marie Forleo

36. “If you principles are the foundations of who you are, then your potential is limitless.” – Ray Lewis

37. “Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.” – Roy T. Bennett

38. “You have the potential to be anything you want.” – Fran Watson

39. “Quit settling for reality and focus on your potential.” – Grant Cardone

40. “Persistence is the last key that unlocks potential.” – Anonymous

41. “The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart, this you will build your life by, this you will become.” – James Allen

42. “Difficulties and adversities viciously force all their might on us and cause us to fall apart, but they are necessary elements of individual growth and reveal our true potential. We have got to endure and overcome them, and move forward.” – Roy T. Bennett

43. “Life’s too short not to enjoy the journey to success. And success starts with taking care of yourself. We only get one chance at life—why not reach our fullest potential?” – Jim Rohn

44. “It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.” – Brad Henry

45. “We all have tremendous potential, and we all are blessed with gifts.  Yet the one thing that holds all of us back is some degree of self-doubt.”  –  Robert Kiyosaki

46.  “Leadership is communicating people’s worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it themselves.” – Stephen R. Covey

47. “My purpose on this planet is to live up to my potential, everything else just adds to the experience.” – Isaac Mashman

48. “Fear and self-doubt have always been the greatest enemies of human potential.” – Brian Tracy

49. “Aim high enough that you will have to stretch your ability and your potential to reach it.” – Mary Kay Ash

50. “Create your legacy by fulfilling your potential.” – Gino Norris

51. “Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.” – Sheryl Sandberg

52. “There is no man living who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.” – Henry Ford

53. “All we are not stares back at what we are.” – W.H. Auden

54. “Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.” – Stephen Covey

55. “You have a greater potential than anyone who has ever lived before you! But you’ll never “make it” by sitting on your duff and telling the world how great you’re going to be, starting tomorrow.: – Og Mandino

56. “Everyone has inside himself a piece of good news! The good news is that you really don’t know how great you can be, how much you can love, what you can accomplish, and what your potential is!” – Anne Frank

57. “Most haters are stuck in a poisonous mental prison of jealousy and self-doubt that blinds them to their own potentiality.” – Steve Maraboli

58. “Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future.” – Marilyn Ferguson

59. “Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” – Nido Qubein

60. “Anything you can imagine you can create.” – Oprah Winfrey

61. “You’re alive. That means you have infinite potential. You can do anything, make anything, dream anything.” – Neil Gaiman

62. “God’s greatest gift to you is your unlimited potential. Your greatest fit to God is to use that potential to the fullest.” – James Arthur Ray

63. “Think big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can’t be done. Life’s too short to think small.” – Tim Ferriss

65. “Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.” – Steven Pressfield

66. “Every human life contains a potential, if that potential is not fulfilled, then that life is wasted.”

67. “Inside every seed is the potential for an incredible harvest.” – Farrah Gray

68. “Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.” – Harry Finlay

69. “The way we define happiness is the joy you feel striving toward your potential.” – Shawn Achor

70. “Your ultimate goal in life is to become your best self. Your immediate goal is to get on the path that will lead you there.” – David Viscott

71. “Just because fate doesn’t deal you the right cards, it doesn’t mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.” – Les Brown

72. “Anything you want is possible. If, I didn’t believe it, I wouldn’t take the time to send this message to you.” – Tyler Perry

73. “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember you haven’t.” – Thomas Edison

74. “Do not bother to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” – William Faulkner

75. “You cannot afford to live in potential for the rest of your life. At some point, you have to unleash the potential and make your move.” – Eric Thomas

Quotes About Potential For Greatness

This last section is about that next-level potential known as greatness, your greatness. We believe that closer you get to achieving your potential, the closer you ultimately get to achieving a level of real-world greatness. So, below are few inspiring quotes about potential for greatness. May they inspire you to achieve yours. Enjoy

76. “You have the potential for greatness.” – Steve Harvey

77. “In your hands you hold the seeds of failure – or the potential for greatness.” – Zig Ziglar

78. “Greatness is the constant pursuit of realizing and increasing your potential.” – Tyler Basu

79 “Greatness is about fulfilling one’s potential.  And one’s potential is defined as striving to maximize your gifts, your talents, your strengths.” – Atlas Rowe

80. “Most rules are made by people with no authority who want to control and limit you from reaching your true potential. Ignore them, break their rules, and wave at them as you soar past them to greatness.” – Dan Pearce

81. “Push yourself to do more and to experience more. Harness your energy to start expanding your dreams. Yes, expand your dreams. Don’t accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of your mind. Dart to tap into your greatness” – Robin Sharma

82. “The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness.” – Robert Kennedy

83. “Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” – Wilma Rudolph

84. “The key to greatness is to look for people’s potential and spend time developing it.” – Peter Drucker

85. “Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” – William Shakespeare

86. “To achieve greatness on should live as if they will never die.” – Francois De La Rochefoucauld

87. “Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential.” – Eric Burns

88. “Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.” –Martin Luther King Jr.

89. “Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.” – Gordon B. Hinckley

90. “Activating your potential for greatness is a choice.” – Fabienne Fredrickson

FINAL THOUGHTS

There you have it, the some of best quotes about potential. We hope they inspired you to continue reaching for yours. And remember, reaching your potential isn’t a destination; it’s a journey that takes time.

So, be patient with yourself, be never stop stiving to become your greatest self.

Till you those aims,

STRIVE

David J. Schwartz is the author of the classic motivational book The Magic of Thinking Big. Without a doubt this seminal creation has effectively helped millions of people improve their thinking, and as a result, their very lives. Schwartz first published this gem back in 1959; however, multiple revisions have taken place and over 6 million copies and counting have been sold since.

So, to help you improve your life, even if just a little bit, we’ve decided to publish the best Magic of Thinking Big quotes we could find. Our hope is that they will inspire you to believe that you can actually be and do more than you ever thought possible.

So, if you’re ready to supersize your thinking and get inspired to expand your life’s possibilities, then let’s dive in to these handful of David J. Schwartz quotes from The Magic of Thinking Big.

THE MAGIC OF THINKING BIG QUOTES

1. “Believe, really believe you can move a mountain and you can. Not many people believe that they can move mountains. So, as a result, not many people do.” – David J. Schwartz

2. “Big ideas and big plans are often easier — certainly no more difficult — than small ideas and small plans.” – David J. Schwartz

3. “Belief triggers the power to do.” – David J. Schwartz

4. “Go deep into your study of people, and you’ll discover unsuccessful people suffer a mind-deadening thought disease. We call this disease excusitis.” – David J. Schwartz

5. “Worry, tension, embarrassment, panic, all stem from mismanaged, negative imagination.” – David J. Schwartz

6. “The thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important that how much intelligence you may have.” – David J. Schwartz

7. “All confidence is acquired, developed. No one is born with confidence.” – David J. Schwartz

8. “Action cures fear. Indecision, postponement, on the other hand, fertilize fear.” – David J. Schwartz

9. “Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches, or pounds, or college degrees, or family background: they are measured by the size of their thinking.” – David J. Schwartz

10. “Big men do not laugh at big ideas.” – David J. Schwartz

11. “How you think determines how you act. How you act in turn determines: How others react to you.” – David J. Schwartz

12. “A man who lacks enthusiasm never develops it in another.” – David J. Schwartz

13. “To activate others, you must first activate yourself.” – David J. Schwartz

14. “Results come in proportion to enthusiasm applied.” – David J. Schwartz

15 “Many ambitious people go through life with admirable persistence and show of ambition, but they fail to succeed because they don’t experiment with new approaches.” – David J. Schwartz

16. “Treating someone as second-class never gets you first-class results.” – David J. Schwartz

17. “Put service first and money takes care of itself.” – David J. Schwartz

18. “Capacity is a state of mind. How much we can do depends on how much we think we can do.” – David J. Schwartz

19. “Higher pay comes from one thing: Increasing the quality and quantity of your output.” – David J. Schwartz

20. “Others see in us what we see in ourselves.” – David J. Schwartz

Halfway There

We hope you are finding some massive inspiration from these quotes straight from The Magic of Thinking Big. Without a doubt, this book is one of our favorites, and if you haven’t found that gem of a quote yet to move you into action, keep reading… you’ll find it.

With that being said, keep to it, as you’re more than halfway there.

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21. “Persons who reach the top rungs in business management, selling, engineering, religious work, writing, acting, and in every other pursuit get there by following conscientiously and continuously a plan for self-development and growth.” – David J. Schwartz

22. “You’ll find that the more successful the individual, the less inclined he is to make excuses.” – David J. Schwartz

23. “Every minute a person spends worrying about dying is just one minute that fellow might as well have been dead.” – David J. Schwartz

24. “The ability to know how to get information is more important than using the mind as a garage for facts.” – David J. Schwartz

25. “To think confidently, act confidently.” – David J. Schwartz

26. “Confident action produces confident thinking. So, to think confidently act confidently. Act the way you want to feel.” – David J. Schwartz

27. “Psychologists link slovenly postures and sluggish walking to unpleasant attitudes towards oneself, work and the people around us.” – David J. Schwartz

28. “Hope is a start. But hope needs action to win victories” – David J. Schwartz

29. “The price tag the world puts on us is just about identical to the one we put on ourselves.” – David J. Schwartz

30. “Grow big by thinking big.” – David J. Schwartz

31. “Big people monopolize the listening. Small people monopolize the talking.” – David J. Schwartz

32. “Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.”

33. “People with a money-first attitude become so money-conscious that they forget money can’t be harvested unless they plant the seeds that grow the money.” – David J. Schwartz

34. “Successful people follow a plan for liking people. Do you? People who reach the top don’t discuss much their techniques for thinking right toward people. But you would be surprised how many really big people have a clear, definitive, even written plan for liking people.” – David J. Schwartz

35. “Think Big Enought to see that if you put service first, money takes care of itself.” – David J. Schwartz

36. “Think more of yourself and there is more of you.” – David J. Schwartz

37. “Make no mistake about it. Your physical exterior affects your mental interior. How you look on theh outside affects how you think and feel on the inside.” – David J. Schwartz

38. Look at things not as they are, but as they can be. Visualization adds value to everything. A big thinker always visualizes what can be done in the future. He isn’t stuck with the present” – David J. Schwartz

39. “It isn’t what one has that’s important. Rather, it’s how much one is planning to get that counts.” – David J. Schwartz

40. “The mind is what the mind is fed.” – David J. Schwartz

Final Thoughts on These Think Big Quotes

These Magic of Thinking quotes are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the life-changing wisdom that can be found in his book. So, if you like what you read, and you are looking for more of it, do yourself a favor and invest in his book ‘The Magic of Thinking Big‘.

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No doubt, reading The Magic of Thinking Big will change your thinking…and with it, your life.

Till you reach your lofty aims,

STRIVE

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Being fearless is not about never being afraid. It’s about feeling the fear, and diving in anyway. Fearlessness is oftentimes about being scared to death, but still saddling up to take on whatever beast or challenge that lies ahead of you. And because sometimes, filling our minds with a few strong quotes related to being fearless can embolden us to do what we must, we’re publishing these handful of fearless quotes for you.

So, if you’re seeking some inspiring words to help you be more fearless, then this page is for you. We’ve rounded up the most powerful fearless quotes to give you the courage to stand tall, take more risks, and never back down.

With that being said, if you’re ready for some encouraging words to help you become fearless, let’s dive in:

BEST FEARLESS QUOTES

1. “To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.” – Elbert Hubbard

2. “The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” – Moliere

3.  “I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying.” – Jay Z

4.  “The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.” – Debbi Fields

5. “When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.” – Pierre Cornielle

6. “If you never want to be criticized, for goodness’ sake don’t do anything new.” – Jeff Bezos

7. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there’s something inside you that’s greater than any obstacle.” –  C.D. Larson

8.  “One finds limits by pushing them.” – Herbert Simon

9.  “Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.” – Benjamin Disraeli

10. “The arch enemy of mankind, is FEAR.” – Napoleon Hill

11. “There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.” – JFK

12.  “Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action.” – Wim Wenders

13. “Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.” – Wayne Dyer

14. “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho

15. “Fear, much like resistance, is nothing but the human motive of aversion.” – The STRIVE

16. “Failure is an option here.  If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.” – Cher

17. “The beautiful thing about fear is that when you run to it.. it runs away.” – Robin Sharma

18.  “Fear kills more dreams that failure ever will.” – Anonymous

19.  “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmache

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20.  “Your largest fear, carries you greatest growth.” – James Allen

21.  “If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.” – Elon Musk

22.  “Don’t let the fear of what could happen make nothing happen.” – Anonymous

23.  “A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” –  William G.T. Shedd

24.  “Cultivate a fearless approach to life, attack everything with boldness and energy.” – Robert Greene

25. “To escape fear, you have to go through it, not around it.” –  Richie Norton

26.  “Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.” –  Ralph Waldo Emerson

27. “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain

28. “Freedom lies in being bold.” – Robert Frost

29. “Before you can become a millionaire, you must learn to think like one. You must learn how to motivate yourself to counter fear with courage.” – Thomas J. Stanley

30. “Fate loves the fearless.” – James Russell Lowell

31. “The more you are motivated by love; The more fearless and free your action will be.” – Dalai Lama

32. “Once you become fearless, life becomes limitless.” – Anonymous

33. “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” – Roy T. Bennet

34. “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” – Woody Allen

35. “Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” – Michael Jordan

36. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin

37.  “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho

38. “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” – Amelia Earhart

39. “Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.” – Mahatma Gandhi

40. “There is no illusion greater that fear.” – Lao Tzu

41. “Regret is the heritage of people who choose to live a fear-driven life.” – Taneka Rubin

42. “The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!” – Joyce Meyer

43. “Being fearless isn’t being 100% not fearful, it’s being terrified but you jump anyway.” – Taylor Swift

44. “FEAR has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours.” – Zig Ziglar

45. “We grow fearless by walking into our fears.” – Robin Sharma

46. “To many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” – Les Brown

47. “Let fear be a counselor and not a jailer.” – Tony Robbins

48. “Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy your ambitions. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside of us.” – Jim Rohn

49. “The key to success is to start before you’re ready.” – Marie Forleo

50. “Life begins where fear ends.” – Osho

51. “Courage above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.” – Karl von Clausewitz

52. “Fears are a kind of prison that confines you within a limited range of action. The less you fear, the more power you will have and the more fully you will live.” – 50 cent

53. “Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are.”  –  Don Miguel Ruiz

54. “Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” – Jack Canfield

55. “Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them.” – Rabindranath Tagor

Bonus Fearless Quote

Bonus: Alright, here is one last bonus quote that we think deserves special attention. We hope it inspires you as much as it inspires us. Here you go:

“Fear Doesn’t Go Away. The Warrior And The Artist Live By The Same Code Of Necessity, Which Dictates That The Battle Must Be Fought Anew Every Day.”

– Steven Pressfield –

Final Thougths

There you have it friends, some of the best fearless quotes to help you conquer the timidity that would keep you from living your greatest life.

May these handful of fearless quotes serve you well, as you strive to reach your goals and unleash your potential

Till you reach your aims, Go Fearless, and…

STRIVE

Jen Sincero is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and motivational coach who’s helped countless people transform their personal lives with her books, online advice, and coaching. With that said, her best-selling book You Are a Badass is a powerful resource that can help just about anyone make big and exciting changes in their lives, and level up in general. As such, we’ve rounded up some of the best You Are A Badass Quotes we could find.

Our hope is that they’ll inspire you enough to learn more about Jen Sincero’s life-changing philosophy, and prompt you to begin becoming a badass of your own.

So, without further ado, let’s dive into these power quotes from You Are a Badass:

BEST YOU ARE A BADASS QUOTES

1. “There’s nothing as unstoppable as a freight train full of fu**-yeah.” – Jen Sincero

2. “If you’re serious about changing your life, you’ll find a way. If you’re not, you’ll find an excuse.” – Jen Sincero

3. “You are responsible for what you say and do. You are not responsible for whether or not people freak out about it.” – Jen Sincero

4. “So often, we pretend we’ve made a decision, when what we’ve really done is signed up to try until it gets too uncomfortable.” – Jen Sincero

5. “You need to have a ten-ton gorilla of desire behind your decision or else you’ll wimp out the second things get hard.” – Jen Sincero

6. “You are loved. Massively. Ferociously. Unconditionally. The Universe is totally freaking out about how awesome you are. It’s got you wrapped in a warm gorilla hug of adoration. It wants to give you everything you desire. It wants you to be happy. It wants you to see what it sees in you.” – Jen Sincero

7. “You need to go from wanting to change your life to deciding to change your life.” – Jen Sincero

8. “What other people think about you has nothing to do with you and everything to do with them.” – Jen Sincero

9. “It never ceases to amaze me the precious time we spend chasing the squirrels around our brains, playing out our dramas, worrying about unwanted facial hair, seeking adoration, justifying our actions, complaining about slow Internet connections, dissecting the lives of idiots, when we are sitting in the middle of a full-blown miracle that is happening right here, right now.” – Jen Sincero

10. “On the other side of your fear is freedom” – Jen Sincero

11. “We only get to be in our bodies for a limited time, why not celebrate the journey instead of merely riding it out until it’s over?” – Jen Sincero

12. “Nobody who ever accomplished anything big or new or worth raising a celebratory fist in the air did it from their comfort zone.” – Jen Sincero

13. “Never apologize for who you are. It lets the whole world down.” – Jen Sincero

14. “We are all perfect in our own, magnificent, f***ed-up ways. Laugh at yourself. Love yourself and others. Rejoice in the cosmic ridiculousness.” – Jen Sincero

15. “Take care of yourself as if you’re the most awesome person you’ve ever met.” – Jen Sincero

16. “You cut yourself off from the supply of awesomeness when you are not in a state of gratitude.” – Jen Sincero

17. “You are responsible for what you say and do. You are not responsible for whether or not people freak out about it.” – Jen Sincero

18. “Surrendering is the free-falling backwards into the unknown and trusting that The Universe will catch you.” – Jen Sincero

19. “Our thoughts become our words, our words become our beliefs, our beliefs become our actions, our actions become our habits, and our habits become our realities.” – Jen Sincero

20. “Deciding is freedom. Indecision is torture.” – Jen Sincero

21. “In order to kick ass you must first lift up your foot.” – Jen Sincero

22. “Say nice things about your body, dress it up, and take it out. Give it hot sex, luxurious baths, and massages. Move it, stretch it, nourish it, hydrate it, pay attention to it—The better our bodies feel, the happier and more productive we are.” – Jen Sincero

23. “Don’t waste your precious time giving one single crap about what anybody else thinks of you.” – Jen Sincero

24. “If you want to live a life you’ve never lived, you have to do things you’ve never done.” – Jen Sincero

25. “Your reality is created by what you focus on and how you choose to interpret it.” – Jen Sincero

26. “When you love yourself enough to stand in your truth no matter what the cost, everyone benefits.” – Jen Sincero

27. “Most answers reveal themselves through doing, not thinking.” – Jen Sincero

28. “Wallowing in the pain and suffering isn’t going to help anyone, yourself included, any more than starving yourself will help the hungry.  If you want to help the world and yourself, keep your frequency high and do your work from a place of power and joy.” – Jen Sincero

29. “Who you surround yourself with greatly affects how you see your world and how high you set the bar for yourself.” – Jen Sincero

30. “Your beliefs hold the key to your financial success.” – Jen Sincero

31. “When you hang out with whiners, pessimists, tweakers, bleakers, freakers-outers and life-is-so-unfairers, it’s an uphill climb to keep yourself in a positive headspace.  Stay away from people with tiny minds and tiny thoughts and start hanging out with people who see limitless possibility as the reality.” – Jen Sincero

32. “What if you decided to do the most outrageous, most exciting thing you ever dared fantasize about, regardless of what anyone, including your terrified self, thought?  THAT would be living.” – Jen Sincero

33. “All life is either moving forward and evolving or shrinking back and dying.  If you want to evolve in your own life, you have to push through the obstacles instead of running from them.  Obstacles and challenges are the agents of growth.” – Jen Sincero

34. “You are a badass. You were one when you came screaming onto this planet and you are one now. The Universe wouldn’t have bothered with you otherwise. You can’t screw up so majorly that your badassery disappears. It is who you are. It’s who you always will be. It’s not up for negotiation.” – Jen Sincero

35. “Love yourself.” – Jen Sincero

36. “You are perfect. To think anything less is as pointless as a river thinking that it’s got too many curves or that it moves too slowly or that its rapids are too rapid.” – Jen Sincero

37. “The only failure is quitting. Everything else is just gathering information.” – Jen Sincero

38. “You faith in The Universe must be stronger than your fear of not getting what you want.” – Jen Sincero

39. “One of the best things you can do to improve the world is to improve yourself.” – Jen Sincero

Bonus Quote From You Are a Badass

Bonus: Here’s one last final quote from You Are A Badass, it’s a great piece of advice, and we think that there is true power behind it. Enjoy!

“Give Yourself Permission and the Means (Yes, This Includes the Money), to Be Who You Are Regardless of What Anybody Else Things or Believes Is Possible.”

– jen sincero –

Final Thoughts

Jen Sincero created a masterpiece with her book, and as you can tell from this list of top You Are A Badass Quotes, that she has much wisdom and life-changing advice to impart.

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Till you reach your aims,

STRIVE

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If you’re looking for some truly inspiring trust your gut quotes related to trusting your instincts and intuition, then you’ll love this page. But, before we dive into those quotes, know this…

Trusting one’s gut is not as easy at is seems. In fact, many people struggle with listening to that small voice that gently attempts to guide them into making the right choice. Too many of us persist in seeking outside or external validation, especially when it comes to making those critical decisions around our relationships, career, or key life choices. But, the answers to most of everything we seek resides within us. We believe most people know this to be true deep down, they just need to be reminded.

So, the purpose of this post is to reawaken your self-trust with a handful of inspiring trust your gut quotes. Our hope is that they’ll inspire you to realize once and for all, that it’s not only okay to start trusting your gut, but advantageous to just about every area of your life.

With that being said, let’s dive into these encouraging trust your gut quotes:

50 Encouraging Trust Your Gut Quotes

1. “There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.” – Rumi

2. “Always trust your first gut instincts. If you feel in your heart and soul that something is wrong it probably is.” – Anonymous

3. “When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!” – George S. Patton

4. “Intuition isn’t the enemy, but the ally, of reason.” – John Kord Lagemann

5. “Always trust your gut feelings. As they never lie as people do.” – Anonymous

6. “You have permission to walk away from anything that doesn’t feel right. Trust your instints and listen to your inner-voice — it’s trying to protect you.” – Bryant McGill

7. “Trust your instincts. Intuition doesn’t lie.” – Oprah Winfrey

8. “The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.” – Lao Tzu

9. “Always trust your gut. It knows what your head hasn’t figured out yet.” – Trust Your Gut Quote

10. “Intuition is seeing with the soul.” – Dean Koontz.

11. “The only person you have to blame is yourself when you could have made a different choice but instead you went against your gut feeling.” – Germany Kent

12. “Keep the faith, don’t lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct.” – Paula Abdul

13. “Wherever your heart is, that is where you’ll find your treasure.” – Paulo Coelho

14. “As you consider your next move, practice this definition of trust: the willingness to take steps while simultaneously waiting for “instructions.” – Gina Greenlee

15. “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something–your gut, destiny, life and karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” – Steve Jobs

16. “Listen to your intuition. It will tell you everything you need to know.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo

17. “Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.” – Dr. Benjamin Spock

18. “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” – Albert Einstein

19. “Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.” – Paul Tillich

20. “Trust your heart and success will come to you.” – Oprah Winfrey

21. “If you’re going to trust one person, let it be yourself.” – Robert Tew

22. “Trust your hunches. They’re usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.” – Joyce Brothers

23. “Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.” – Agatha Christie

24. “Trust in your innate wisdom. Your instincts know what is going on, long before your mind has caught up.” – Leon Brown

25. “Instinct is the nose of the mind.” – Madame De Girardin

Related: 4 Ways to Build Self-Trust

26. “If something on the inside is telling you that someone isn’t right for you, they’re NOT right for you, no matter how great they might look on paper. When it’s right for you, you will know. And when it’s not – it’s time to go.” – Mandy Hale

27. “Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong…. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

28. “Look well into thyself;  there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.” – Marcus Aurelius 

29. “Never apologize for trusting your intuition – your brain can play tricks, your heart can blind, but your gut is always right.” – Rachel Wolchin

30. “Trust your gut. Listen to your heart. This world wasn’t built by people with small vision and minor thoughts. It was built by the misfits, eccentrics and oddballs who had the courage to passionately follow the voice of their dreams.” – Robin Sharma

31. “Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it’s enough.” – Robert Heller

32. “The more you trust your intuition the more empowered you become, the stronger you become and the happier you become.” – Gisele Bundchen

33. “Your biggest failure is the thing you dreamed of contributing but didn’t find the guts to do.” – Seth Godin

34. “Follow your instincts and do not let other people’s opinion of you become your opinion of yourself.” – Sarah Jessica Parker. 

35. “If prayer is you talking to God, then intuition is God talking to you.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer

36. “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.” – Steve Jobs

37. “I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.” – Richard Branson

38. “Creativity coms from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.” – Rita Mae Brown

39. “Always trust your gut instinct. There will come a time when you will understand, but for now trust God has a plan greater than you have ever imagined.” – Shannon L. Alder

40. “Doubt is your enemy.” – Grant Cardone

41. “Keep trying. Stay humble, trust your instincts. Most importantly, act. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” – Yogi Berra

42. “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” – Billy Wilder

43. “The best decisions aren’t made with your mind, but with your instinct.” – Lionel Messi

44. “You must have the courage to trust your instincts and be ready to question what other people don’t. If you do that, you can seize opportunities that others would miss. Believe in yourself, and use everything you can — including the obstacles — to propel you along the road to success. Who knows what you might achieve?” – Richard Branson

45. “You know the truth by the way it feels.” – Anonymous

46. “In life we have many opportunities where we can’t see all the consequences, and there’s only one choice, it’s just to trust your gut.” – Garry Kasparov

47. “I learned to trust my own instincts.” – Ralph Lauren

48. “I don’t think you’re born with a gut. The gut matures and gets better and better over time. The struggle most people have I think, is learning to listen to it, figuring out how to access it in some way.” – Tim Cook

49. “You are a powerful point of consciousness. A bright particle of light within the Greater Light. Be brave, be wise, and always trust your gut.” – Anthon St. Maarten

50. “I listen to my gut, it’s not an emotion, it’s an index of risk.” – Kevin O’Leary

51. “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem

52. “Follow your instincts. That’s where true wisdom manifests itself.” – Oprah Winfrey

53. “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”  – Theodore Roosevelt

54. “Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.” – Barbara Corcoran

55. “Have the confidence to trust your gut feeling and choose your moment to act. Timing is everything.” – Lulu Guinness

56. “Follow your intuition.” – Steven Spielberg

Final Thoughts

There you have it, some of the best trust your gut quotes to inspire you to listen a little less to all those conflicting external voices that claim to know what’s best for you, and instead have a a lot more faith in your instincts and intuition.

Till next time,

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed these quotes related to listening to your intuition and trusting your gut, then you’ll likely love these quotes about trusting yourself.