20 Reminders If You're on the Brink of Giving Up
No matter if you’re stuck in a rut that you can’t seem to shake or you’re feeling like you’ve hit rock bottom, there’s always a defining moment that can change the course of your life as you know it. I like to call it a “glimmer of hope.” This one teeny, tiny blip in time can alter your path—either directing you towards your dreams or steering you off track. I challenge you to always follow that glimmer of hope. Believe in yourself and know that the universe is conspiring to make your dreams a reality.
If you’re currently in your glimmer moment, these quotes will inspire you to keep going (and if you need some extra inspiration, listen to this audio pep talk on Spotify or Apple Podcasts):
“Artists are people who have learned to live with doubt and do the work anyway.” —Julia Cameron
“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” —Georgia O’Keeffe
“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over again.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Every sunrise is a fresh start and a chance to create something beautiful.” —Unknown
“Ten years from now, make sure you can say that you chose your life, you didn’t settle for it.” —Mandy Hale
“If you had started doing anything two weeks ago, by today you would have been two weeks better at it.” —John Mayer
“You never know what’s around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you’ve climbed a mountain.” —Tom Hiddleston
“See yourself living in abundance and you will attract it.” —Bob Proctor
“There are all these moments you think you won’t survive. And then you survive.” —David Levithan
“It’s okay to fall down and lose your spark. Just make sure that when you get back up, you rise as the whole damn fire.” —Colette Werden
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.” —Maya Mendoza
“Your direction is more important than your speed.” —Richard L. Evans
“Some things take insane bravery but after that you’ll be free.” —M.M. Weij
“You do not just wake up and become the butterfly. Growth takes time.” —Rupi Kaur
“The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.” —Mike Murdock
“Be patient with yourself. Nothing in nature blooms all year.” —Unknown
“Soon, when all is well, you’re going to look back on this period of your life and be so glad that you never gave up.” —Brittany Burgunder
“One life. Just one. Why aren’t we running like we’re on fire towards our wildest dreams?” —Unknown
“The reason you have a hard time trusting your intuition is because you are still convinced that some outside authority knows better than you.” —Maryam Hasnaa
“Oh my God, what if you wake up some day, and you’re 65, or 75, and you never got your memoir or novel written; or you didn’t go swimming in warm pools and oceans all those years because your thighs were jiggly and you had a nice big comfortable tummy; or you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to have a big, juicy creative life, or imagination and radical silliness and staring off into space like when you were a kid? It’s going to break your heart. Don’t let this happen.” —Anne Lamott
