Steve Maraboli on Change

"I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves."

"No matter what your history has been, your destiny is what you create today. What are you going to create?"

"You are what you are because it's what you have chosen to be. If you're unhappy, YOU MUST CHANGE FROM THE INSIDE OUT."

"Too much action with too little intent makes for wasteful exertion of energy and the confusion between movement and progress."

"When you change for the better, the people around you will be inspired to change … But only after trying their hardest to make you stop."

"If you want something different, DO something different. Without change progress is impossible."

"Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't."

"The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday."

"Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it."

"The journey of change doesn't begin when you intend, it begins when you move."

"Come to accept that if your methods don't change, neither will your results."

"Forget yesterday - it has already forgotten you. Don't sweat tomorrow - you haven't even met. Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift - today."

"The purpose of fear is to raise your awareness not to stop your progress."

"Your capacity to own something is your capacity to change something."

"It doesn't matter what you did or where you were...it matters where you are and what you're doing. Get out there! Sing the song in your heart and NEVER let anyone shut you up!!"

"Nothing is going to change unless you first change"

"Renew, release, let go. Yesterday’s gone. There’s nothing you can do to bring it back. You can’t “should’ve” done something. You can only DO something. Renew yourself. Release that attachment. Today is a new day!"

"Look around you. Everything changes. Everything on this earth is in a continuous state of evolving, refining, improving, adapting, enhancing … changing. You were not put on this earth to remain stagnant."

"How would your life be different if…You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day…You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey."

"Change is the parent of progress."

"If people refuse to look at you in a new light and they can only see you for what you were, only see you for the mistakes you've made, if they don't realize that you are not your mistakes, then they have to go."

"How would your life be different if…You didn’t allow yourself to be defined by your past? Let today be the day…You stop letting your history interfere with your destiny and awaken to the opportunity to release your greatest self."

"Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people...but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us."

"How would your life be different if…You stopped worrying about things you can’t control and started focusing on the things you can? Let today be the day…You free yourself from fruitless worry, seize the day and take effective action on things you can change."

"People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dreams will often find ways to discourage yours. When you change for the better, the people around you will be inspired to change also....but only after doing their best to make you stop. Live your truth and don't EVER stop."