Steven Bartlett Quotes Page 2

“If you go through life believing that happiness is somewhere in your future, it always will be – it will never be where you are now.”

“If you truly care about being happy in your life and successful in your work, you have little choice. You have to become the author of your own ‘script’, one written by your heart, not one directed by your society.”

“Live in accordance with your outside world and you’ll soon find misery. Live in accordance with your inside world and you’ll soon find happiness.”

“Maybe you’ve always been happy, but the world, social media and external comparisons have convinced you that you can’t possibly be.”

“Some people just can’t seem to deal with any uncertainty in their lives, and time and time again they find themselves imprisoned in situations that kill their happiness, push them towards despair and gradually disintegrate their self-esteem.

They don’t realise that in their attempt to avoid uncertainty and the short-term discomfort it might bring, they’re actually inadvertently opting for long-term misery.”

“The fairy tales of how life is ‘supposed to be going’ will f*ck up your life. You don’t have to go to university at 18, get a job at 21, buy a house at 30, get married at 35 and have kids at 36. Everyone is completely different and your path to happiness will be completely different too.”

“They trap you in the toxic narrative that quitting is a weakness, an easy way out or, worse yet, that quitting is failure. I assure you – quitting is for winners and quitting is a skill.”

“Grudges, regret and resentment are mental prisons and some of you are serving life sentences.

It's time to set yourself free.”

“Have faith in your actions and intentions, not in worry or regret.”

“If someone ghosts you, respect the dead and move on.”

“If you pay attention to the patterns of your life you'll realise how much you owe to failure heartbreak and rejection.

How these things took you to a greater destination, how they helped you to grow and understand what was really meant for you.

You must always remember that.”

“Important reminder:

There is no exercise better for the mind than reaching down and lifting another person up.”

“Realise that all you have is now. You never get yesterday back and tomorrow isn't in play yet.”

“Stop expecting more from yourself than the best you can do.”

“Stop searching for the right person and focus on becoming the right person.”

“That thing you’re putting off? Go get it! Future you is going to be so proud.”

“The people you allow into your life are contagious. Choose wisely and cut quickly.”

“Visualising your dreams and doing nothing about them is like setting the sat-nav in your car but refusing to turn the engine on.

The law of attraction is nothing without the law of action.”

“You can't waste your life in insecure relationships. Either trust each other 100% or leave.”

“You won't have a healthy relationship with someone else if you have a toxic relationship with yourself.”

“Your self-love must always be stronger than your desire to be loved by others.”

“Life taught me that the thing you want to do, but you're scared to do because of people opinions, is also the thing that you must do.

Everything that I'm most proud of started with fear en ended with happiness.”

“Social media has ruined a whole generation's expectations of relationships.

It has made 'perfect' look normal, so now good, real relationships with all their challenges feel disposable.”

“The grass will always look greener on the other side until you start watering the side you’re on.”