Quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert
The world is like a dropped pie most of the time. Don't kill yourself trying to put it back together. Just grab a fork and eat some of it off the floor. Then carry on.
Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.
Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender
Mistakes will be made. Failure will occur. You pick yourself up and carry on.
Everything good I've ever gotten in life, I only got because I gave something else up.
Being content with what you have already is an art form that leads to a peace that can’t be replaced by anything else.
A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.
There's always another level up. There's always another ascension. More grace, more light, more generosity, more compassion, more to shed, more to grow.
I crossed the street to walk in the sunshine.
I've never seen any life transformation that didn't begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit.
True power comes from standing in your own truth and walking your own path.
Watch for the people whose eyes light up when you talk about your dream. Those are the people you keep.
The resting place of the mind is the heart. The only thing the mind hears all day is clanging bells and noise and argument, and all it wants is quietude. The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart. That's where you need to go.
We all want things to stay the same. Settle for living in misery because we are afraid of change, of things crumbling to ruins. Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.
Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.
Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots.
Creativity does not belong exclusively to professional artists and geniuses; it is the birthright of every single human being. Creativity is our common heritage. You don’t need to quit your job and move to Paris in order to lay claim to this heritage - all you have to do is clear some space in your life for whimsy, invention, sensory pleasure, and play. Most of all, you have to learn how to follow your curiosity more than your fear.
You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control.
What are you willing to give up, in order to become who you really need to be?