Steve Maraboli

One of life's challenging realizations is that sometimes you outgrow your friends.

If I do not personify God, you call me an atheist. But I do not personify God because I refuse to limit God to the boundaries of my imagination... or yours.

Don__ let your idea of God be limited to the imagination of others. Don__ let them define your God and don__ let them tell you how to express your faith.

The people who are happy for your happiness and sad for your sadness... keep them around.

Most people have an abundance of dreams, but lack the courage to follow them. Help them find that courage by inspiring them with yours.

There is no saint here. I have attained wisdom from life's experiences... the positive, the negative, the destructive, the nourishing. I have been medicine and I have been poison. I've learned a lot about heaven from aligning with angels and I learned a lot about hell from acting like a devil. I offer my scars... what you call "wisdom"... as insight I have gathered from my comfort of living within both the light and the shadow.

Love moves in sync with the cadence of forgiveness, sings in tune with the melody of acceptance, and dances in rhythm with the music of companionship.

If forgiveness is medicine for the soul, then gratitude is vitamins.

God doesn__ care how well you can preach about forgiveness_ what He looks at is your behavior when presented the opportunity to practice it.

It is surprising to me that one of the great crimes of history has gone unnoticed; the abduction of god by religions. This slight-of-hand has been the cause of countless blood-shed and has been found at the root of innumerable acts of evil. The argument continues today, as to which religion the true god belongs, when what would be most healing and empowering is to free god from the shackles of religious limitation and judgment. It is by emancipating god from the ignorance of our ancestors that we become empowered to explore and express our own relationship with what god may or may not be.

If you want drama, settle for the one who will change your relationship status. If you want love, wait for the one who will change your life.

I feel so grateful to discover that each new day brings me the opportunity to watch the sunrise and fall in love with you again.

In my relationship, she is my woman and I am her man. This designation is not one of ownership, but of passion. It is a loving and passionate expression that reflects the truth that out of over seven billion people in the world, she is my ONE.

Just because you are available for a relationship, doesn't mean you are ready for one.

As we grow in our family_ let__ not forget that we, as a couple, still need attention_ let__ not lose grip of the excitement of our flirtation and our passion for each other_ while we tend to the 'we,' let__ not forget the 'us'.

Just because she has high standards, doesn't mean she__ high maintenance. Don__ confuse the two.

I know my worth. Never again will I condemn myself to the prison of a bad relationship.

It is so beautiful to see a relationship that is nourished and fueled by a love expressed with action.