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Gratitude-Colored Glasses

Are you familiar with the phrase “rose-colored glasses”? It’s used to describe a person who sees the world in a romanticized way, focusing only on the positive and failing to acknowledge any problems, perhaps leading to an unrealistically optimistic outlook on life.

On the flip side, sometimes when things aren’t going our way or we’re struggling with our mental health, we tend to look at things through a negative lens. We’re already expecting and accepting the worst. Even if something good were to happen, we might not even recognize it because our brains are trained to see the worst in any given scenario.

During these times especially, it is important to keep perspective. By looking at things through a lens of gratitude, we can more clearly see that while it may not be all good, it’s not all bad either. And there are always things to be grateful for. 

Putting on “gratitude-colored glasses” allows us to see the whole picture and to have a more positive outlook on life. We don’t ignore our problems; we simply allow gratitude to coexist with them.

We can identify our stressors and acknowledge our feelings while still giving thanks for our blessings. Rewiring the brain for positivity in this way makes us more resilient and better able to handle life’s difficulties with grace.

But it can be difficult to know where to start and exactly how to express gratitude in an effectual way. In this post, I will help you to:

-Identify Your Stressors,
-Name Your Emotions, and
-List Your Blessings

Only when you’re aware of the stressors in your life and the emotions that they stir up in you is it possible to heal with directed gratitude. It is my hope that these simple stress relief strategies will assist you in healing through gratitude and taking care of your mental health.

*All worksheets in this blog post + more are listed in my Kofi-shop.

Identify Your Stressors

Identifying the cause of your stress is the first step to managing it. When you know what your triggers are, you can avoid them or minimize their effects. Self-discovery and self-care go hand in hand.

Knowing your core values gives insight into why certain things stress you out. For example, if fitness is one of your core values, then missing workouts or allowing yourself to get out of shape could be causing you undue stress.

And knowing what helps you to combat the negative effects of those stressors gives you the power to protect your mental and physical health. For example, getting back into an exercise routine may help to alleviate that stress.   

Can you identify the causes of your stress? There are various sources of stress, but at the end of the day, we’re all human. So, no matter how different we might be, we still face common challenges in life.

Stress, “the silent killer”, is the root cause of countless physical and mental illnesses. In fact, the greater your stress load, the greater your chances of developing a stress-related illness.

The Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SSRS), also known as the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale, is a self-assessment tool designed to help you determine the level of stress you are under. The higher your score, the more urgent it is for you to mitigate your stress levels in order to protect your mental and physical health. 

If you want to take the Stress Assessment, I’ve created a worksheet and it’s linked below along with a Stress Tracker Worksheet.

*It is important to note that this assessment does not account for individual stress tolerance as well as other variables and should not be relied upon as medical diagnosis or advice. 

Although there are countless specific causes of stress that vary from person to person, there are four main causes of stress for adults:

1.Death or illness/injury: This includes death of loved ones, debilitating injuries, chronic pain, illnesses (including those of loved ones, especially if you are a caretaker), and mental health issues.

2. Role change/new chapter in life: This includes school, retirement, getting married or divorced, having children, getting a new job, and moving.

3. Money/Work: This includes poverty, living paycheck to paycheck, debt, lack of sufficient income, unemployment, unsatisfaction with job/career, and lack of fulfillment when it comes to work.

4. Relationships: This includes interpersonal conflict, betrayal, break-ups, divorce, estrangement, and any sort of dysfunction in relationships.

Self-care is vital to managing stress. In addition to noticing what’s stressing you out, also notice what helps to calm you down. It may be necessary to set some healthy personal boundaries.

What works for one situation might not work in another, and techniques that you don’t think would work for you in theory may end up being the most effective in practice. Keep track of what works and what doesn’t so you can respond to stressors with your “go-to” activities.

Name Your Emotions

Maybe you’ve heard of the saying “name it to tame it”. It’s a simple stress relief technique that involves labeling your emotions as they arise. Naming your emotions helps to remind you that you are not your emotions, and your emotions are only temporary.

Keep in mind that even though some emotions may be more pleasant to experience than others, they are not inherently good or bad. Rather, all emotions are just feedback from our brain. We should be using that information to help ourselves, and not allow our emotions to override our rationality.

On a physiological level, when you name your emotion, you are engaging the left-brain (the side of the brain in charge of logic and language) and taming the right-brain (the side in charge of processing emotions).

Given the complex nature of feelings and emotions, it’s not always easy to identify the specific emotion you are feeling. For example, you may feel disgusted and angry with someone, but you may not be able to label that emotion as “contempt”. Simply do the best you can as you increase your emotional vocabulary.

There are six primary emotions from which all others flow: 1. Joy, 2. Sadness, 3. Fear, 4.  Anger, 5. Disgust, and 6. Surprise.

Here are some examples of more specific emotions falling under the categories of the first five primary emotions:

Joy

• Loving
• Thankful
• Peaceful
• Excited
• Amused
• Accepted
• Proud
• Liberated
• Confident
• Important
• Playful
• Inspired
• Curious
• Courageous
• Interested
• Amazed
• Optimistic
• Trusting
• Creative
• Intimate
• Valued
• Free

Sadness

• Hurt
• Guilty
• Ashamed
• Lonely
• Bored
• Tired
• Isolated
• Powerless
• Remorseful
• Abandoned
• Apathetic
• Vulnerable
• Fragile
• Grief-stricken
• Victimized
• Uninterested
• Overwhelmed

Fear

• Helpless
• Anxious
• Insecure
• Discouraged
• Rejected
• Persecuted
• Worried
• Inferior
• Excluded
• Inadequate
• Nervous
• Weak
• Confused
• Threatened
• Exposed

Anger

• Hurt
• Selfish
• Critical
• Jealous
• Irritated
• Threatened
• Frustrated
• Distant
• Suspicious
• Violated
• Hateful
• Bitter
• Betrayed
• Indignant
• Let down
• Offended
• Provoked

Disgust

• Disappointed
• Judgmental
• Revulsed
• Contemptuous
• Disapproving
• Ashamed
• Resentful
• Appalled
• Nauseated
• Embarrassed 

Here is the List of Emotions printable PDF:

Train Your Brain

As neuroscience teaches us, our brains are not set in stone. The way you see the world can change and grow throughout our entire life, thanks to neuroplasticity.  So, even if you have never engaged in gratitude practices before, you can still reap all the rewards of expressing gratitude regularly.

The more you do it, the more you will strengthen the neural connections that support an attitude of gratitude and rewire the ones that lead to negative thinking ruts. Meaning, you can literally change your brain and yourself.

In determining whether something is real or imagined, our brains look to how vividly we experienced something. But the brain encodes the vividness of both real and imagined stimuli in a similar way, thus making it difficult to tell the difference between reality and imagination (especially if you have a really good imagination). So, the more vividly you imagine something, the more it emphasizes the importance of that thing to your brain.

• Linger on Feelings of Gratitude

When it comes to healing through gratitude, think about experiences rather than just things you own. Zoom in on a positive experience that you are grateful for. Set 5 minutes aside to write about it. Relive the experience as you write about it. Feel as if you are in the moment again and visualize the events in great detail. Linger on your feelings of gratitude.

Blessings in disguise: Try doing this with negative experiences as well. Oftentimes, experiences that were not pleasant to go though in the moment still leave us with lessons for the future and opportunities to improve our character. We can feel gratitude for those lessons and opportunities.

• Practice Meditation

Meditation stills the mind. Instead of aimlessly jumping from thought to thought and being mindlessly reactive, we can regulate our thoughts and emotions. It helps us to be aware of our thoughts without judging them or allowing them to stick. This creates a sense of inner peace and a deeper connection to gratitude.

Meditation also has numerous health benefits, including lowered stress, better chronic pain management, increased concentration, elevated energy, improved sleep, decreased symptoms of anxiety and depression, lowered blood pressure, strengthened immune system function, improved memory, increased self-awareness, and enhanced mood.

In fact, a recent study at Georgetown found that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program was as effective as the use of an antidepressant in treating anxiety disorders.

By practicing meditation even for just 5 minutes a day, we can improve our mental health and our lives as a whole. You can incorporate mindfulness into your everyday life while doing everyday activities like breathing, eating, and showering. 

Try some types of meditation to see what works for you; there are so many, but to name a few: mindful mediation, guided meditation, transcendental meditation, walking meditation, vipassana meditation, metta/loving-kindness meditation, focused breathing, visualization meditation, mantra meditation, yoga meditation.

• Notice Your Negative Thoughts and Reframe Them Through the Lens of Gratitude

You are not your thoughts. Which means that whenever you have any thought, you can step to the side and look at it for what it is --- simply an idea or opinion produced by unconscious brain function.

So, when you have a negative thought, pause to acknowledge it, and then consciously reframe that thought through the filter of gratitude. For example, if you think, “I hate my life”, disrupt that negative thought and replace it with a grateful thought like, “Things aren’t perfect, but I love and appreciate many things about my life, including ____ (my pets, my freedom, my health, etc.)”.

Replace negative self-talk with gratitude. For example, if you think, “I’m a failure”, replace that thought with, “Failure is success in progress; I have learned valuable lessons from this trial.”  When Thomas Edison failed continuously at his attempts to create the lightbulb, he famously said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

Or for example if you think, “I’m so behind on this goal”, replace that thought with acknowledgement and gratitude for all the little wins you’ve had along the way that you may have overlooked.

In your healing through gratitude journey, watch out for cognitive distortions. Our brains tend to give more weight to negative experiences than positive ones due to an inherent negativity bias. We can overcome these cognitive distortions (all-or-nothing thinking, overgeneralization, catastrophizing, etc.) by keeping things in perspective and filtering our experiences through the lens of gratitude.

Why Gratitude Works (Scientifically Proven)

By making your gratitude practice a habit, you are literally rewiring your brain to focus on the positive. Researchers have found that expressing gratitude is also linked to a multitude of health benefits, including:

• improved sleep
• reduced depression and anxiety
• fewer aches and pains
• increased self-esteem
• enhanced empathy, and
• improved overall well-being

According to a recent research study, gratitude writing is not only beneficial for well-functioning people, but also for those struggling with mental health concerns.

In that study, participants were divided into three groups – one group wrote a letter of gratitude to someone each week, the second group wrote about their thoughts and feelings regarding negative experiences, and the third group did not participate in a writing activity. All three groups received counseling services.

Those in the gratitude writing group reported significantly better mental health in the weeks following the study, as compared to the other two groups.

Even those who didn’t actually send their letters to the intended recipient -only 23 percent did - experienced the benefits of expressing gratitude. So, you don’t have to actually thank someone personally in order to heal through gratitude; it’s enough to express your gratitude in a private journal.

Furthermore, even when a gratitude practice is brief, it has lasting effects on the brain. When the researchers in this study compared the brain activity of those who wrote gratitude letters to those who did not, they showed more activation in the medial prefrontal cortex even three months after the letter writing.

But writing a thank you letter isn’t the only way to experience the benefits of gratitude. Expressing gratitude in any way lowers stress hormones in the body and compels our brain to release dopamine and serotonin, the body’s “feel good” chemicals. It contributes to happiness and contentment with life no matter the external circumstances – a natural anti-depressant.

Count Your Many Blessings, Name Them One by One

When I was little, my mother used to often tell me to count my blessings. That advice has remained pertinent in my adult life; the simple act of counting my blessings has helped me get through some pretty stressful situations.

It’s not always easy to see the silver lining when you’re in the middle of a storm. Focusing on your blessings can help keep things in perspective when it seems like they’re spiraling out of control.

Gratitude is a powerful antidote to many ailments. Try directing your attention to all the blessings in your life and see if you don’t feel better about your situation.

Also, focusing on your blessings multiplies them; energy flows where attention goes. So, the more you feel and express gratitude for all your many blessings, the more blessings you will have to be grateful for.

It can be difficult to know exactly how to express your gratefulness other than just thinking about what you’re grateful for. So, here are some gratitude activities to provide you with some direction and an outlet for your feelings of gratitude.

• Gratitude Log:

Something I started doing for myself was keeping a log of all the little things for which I am grateful. It helps to write things down as soon as they happen, so you don’t forget. Try writing just one thing per day or whenever something happens. In this book, you can also include breakout pages dedicated to reliving experiences and lingering on gratitude like we talked about earlier in this post.

• Gratitude Activities:

These healing through gratitude activities will help train your brain to linger on the positive things in life, however small, and remind you to take nothing for granted.

Gratitude Journal Prompts:

When expressing gratitude, it can help to have some prompts. (Ex: I am grateful for this blessing in disguise: ______, I am grateful for this simple pleasure: _________, I am grateful for this test of character: ______, etc.)  You could spread these gratitude journal prompts out over time or write down one thing you are grateful for every day for 30 days in a row (30-day gratitude challenge!).

Here are the Gratitude Worksheets in printable PDF form:

Bible Verses for Gratitude (and All Kinds of Emotions)

“Count Your Blessings” is a beautiful hymn that reminds us to remain steadfast through life’s challenges, knowing that God is over all:

Verse 1: When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.

Chorus: Count your many blessings, name them one by one, Count your many blessings, see what God hath done, Count your blessings, name them one by one, Count your many blessings, see what God hath done.

Verse 2: Are you ever burdened with a load of care? Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear? Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly, And you will keep singing as the days go by.

Verse 3: When you look at others with their lands and gold, Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold; Count your many blessings-money cannot buy Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.

Verse 4: So, amid the conflict whether great or small, Do not be discouraged, God is over all; Count your many blessings, angels will attend, Help and comfort give you to your journey’s end.

Regardless of your religious beliefs, The Bible is a wellspring of inspirational quotes and encouragement. There are scriptures for just about every situation you could go through and every emotion that you feel; there are bible verses for encouragement, hard times, anxiety, healing, gratitude, etc.

I often look to The Bible for strength during times of hardship, but it’s important to pray in times of joy and abundance, not only in times of need. Think about your relationships with people – in healthy relationships, you’re there for each other through the ups and the downs, celebrating during the wins and consoling during the losses. It should be that way with God too (or whatever higher power you believe in).

This color-coded Bible Verse Jar is a fun activity to help you on your spiritual journey. Here’s how it works: color-coded bible verses for every emotion are placed inside of a jar (example: Joyful=yellow, Sad=blue, Angry=peach, Scared=pink, Thankful=green).

When you are feeling joyful, sad, angry, scared, or thankful, pick a piece of paper with the corresponding color and read that bible verse.

DIY Scripture Jar

The “Do It Yourself” (DIY) Bible Verse Jar is a fun and inexpensive craft you can do that does not take much time. Create your own scripture jar by printing out the bible verses on colored paper, cutting them into strips, folding them, and placing them inside a jar.

This bundle has everything (except paper) that you need to make your own bible verse jar for emotions: printable bible verses for jar, color code key, and jar label.

This is the paper I used for my Bible Verse Jar. You can buy it from Amazon, I've included the link below: 

DFY Scripture Jar

If you don't want to make this yourself, you can purchase it ready-made! The "Done for You" (DFY) Scripture Jar makes a thoughtful gift. And with 70 bible verses, it truly is the gift that keeps on giving!

Color-Coded Bible Verses for Emotions 

Here are the categories and bible verses – I’ve chosen to use the NIV translation for this project. If you’re doing this yourself, feel free to come up with different categories (it doesn’t have to be these emotions, or even emotions at all!) and/or bible verses.

1. Joyful (Lively Lemon) 2. Sad (Breezy Blue) 3. Angry (Punchy Peach) 4. Scared (Bubble Gum) 5. Thankful (Merry Mint) 6. Surprise Me! (White)

Joyful

• This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24
• But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you. Psalm 5:11
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23
• Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.1 Thessalonians 5:16-18       
• Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Philippians 4:4
• You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. Psalm 16:11  
• Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.1 Peter 1:8-9
• I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God. Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
• The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes. Psalm 19:8
• May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.  Romans 15:13                                                                 

Sad

• So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. John 16:22
• Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. Romans 5:3-4
• Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12
• Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Matthew 5:4
• The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18
• Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial, because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. James 1:12
• The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all. Psalm 34:19
• I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33
• For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 2 Corinthians 4:17
• The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5

Angry

• But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Matthew 5:44
• “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold. Ephesians 4:26-27
• My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. James 1:19
• A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1
• Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult. Proverbs 12:16
• The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. Exodus 14:14
• But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. Luke 6:27-28
• Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. 1 Peter 3:9
• For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. Matthew 6:14
• So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:12

Scared

• When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. Psalm 56:3
• The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Deuteronomy 31:8
• Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall. Psalm 55:22
• The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:2
• Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27
• Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7
• For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7
• Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23:4
• For we live by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7
• But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.” 1 Peter 3:14

Thankful

• Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
• If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. John 15:7
• I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13
• I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. Psalm 9:1
• And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:17
• Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Colossians 3:15
• Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Luke 6:38
• Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. Psalm 100:4
• All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. 2 Corinthians 4:15
• Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise--the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. Hebrews 13:15-16

Surprise Me!

• In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. John 14:2
• Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 1 Corinthians 13:4-5
• Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58
• Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13
• For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope. Romans 15:4
• Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. 1 Peter 3:3-4
• Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground. Psalm 143:10
• Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23
• Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. Proverbs 16:3
• Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. 3 John 1:2
• The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever. 1 John 2:17
• Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8
• If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. James 1:5
• For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
• And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 1 John 4:16
• Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” Mark 10:27
• Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9
• Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Mark 11:24
• Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
• So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:12

I hope this blog post has helped you to heal through gratitude. Do you have a favorite gratitude practice or bible verse that I haven’t mentioned? Let me know in the comments!

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Highly sensitive people and empaths essentially share the gift of heightened sensitivity - and  9 core traits that come with it.

However, they are different in some ways. 

So, before we get into those core traits, it’s worth mentioning some of the subtle distinctions between the highly sensitive person (HSP) and the empath.

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The Difference Between Highly Sensitive People and Empaths

It’s no wonder HSPs and empaths are often mistaken as one and the same – they do have a lot in common!

They both feel energies and experience emotions on a deeper level.

HSPs and empaths indeed share similar gifts and suffer many of the same plights.

However, there are differences between the two– let’s examine some truths about HSPs vs. empaths and their unique abilities.

*Related post: Get to Know Yourself: 71 Insightful Questions [+ Printable]

HSP Truths

Highly sensitive people sense things on a deeper level.

Any one of (or all of) their senses are heightened.

HSPs may be sensitive to light, certain noises, smells, etc. Perhaps they even have psychic abilities due to their heightened “sixth sense”.

Highly sensitive people crave alone time, due to their introverted nature and/or the fact that they are prone to overstimulation.

For this reason alone, self-care for HSPs is super important.

Many HSPs can feel people’s energies and/or the energy of a room or object.

They cannot stand inauthenticity or negative people and they can sense when people are lying to them or being fake.

HSPs don’t like crowds and generally prefer to avoid large groups of people.

They recharge by spending time outdoors – nature is their healer.

Empath Abilities

Empaths have much in common with HSPs.

They are also prone to overstimulation, have a love for the nature/the arts/creative pursuits, and need alone time to recharge.

Like HSPs, empaths feel others’ emotions – and simply feel in general – on a deeper level.

However, in addition to empathizing with people, they also actually absorb others’ emotions.

According to Dr. Judith Orloff, author of The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You, empaths sense subtle energy in other people or the environment and suck that energy into their own bodies.

The Empathetic Spectrum*
Psychopaths, Sociopaths  -----  Narcissists  -----  Loving, empathetic people  -----  HSPs  -----  Empaths
(*The Empath’s Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People, by Dr. Judith Orloff)

The Benefits of Being a Highly Sensitive Person/Empath

At times, many highly sensitive people may feel as though their gift is more of a curse. But, I think that all things considered, it's worth going through the challenges to be able to experience such a wonderful blessing.

There are so many benefits of being an HSP/empath, including:

• HSPs and empaths are open minded and compassionate. Because they have such a huge capacity for empathy, people and animals feel at ease around them and are comfortable opening up to them.
• Highly sensitive people are able to understand and relate to the core struggles we all face in life. Because of this, they make extremely loyal and steadfast companions and typically exemplify the Golden Rule of “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you”.
• The highly sensitive person’s ability to fearlessly tap into the essence of human suffering also makes them incredible artists.
• Their knack for spot on insight and intuition isn’t limited to others – they’re also self-aware. Unlike many (maybe most?) people, they are willing to examine themselves objectively and are open to change/growth.
• HSPs and empaths have a lot of love to give and generally experience things with a higher level of emotional intensity.
• One of the biggest benefits of being an empath or a highly sensitive person is the awesome opportunity for spiritual growth (however, this journey inherently involves suffering along the way).
• Empaths can use their ability to heal their internal traumas, heal other people, or push loving, healing energy out to the entire world.

Core Traits & Abilities of Highly Sensitive People and Empaths

Every person is unique, whether they are a highly sensitive person, an empath, an introvert, an INFJ, or whatever.

Not all highly sensitive people are empaths and not all empaths have the same type of gift.

There are varying degrees of HSP/empathic abilities and everyone’s perceptions and experiences are different.

However, there are certain core traits of highly sensitive people and empaths that are more common than not.

HSPs and empaths are typically:

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Here are 70 thoughtful quotes for highly sensitive people & empaths, categorized by these 9 core traits. 

If you are an empath or HSP, these will definitely resonate with you!

Sensitive & Compassionate

HSP/Empath Quotes:

1. “Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.” -Confucius

2. “Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors.” -Andrew Boyd

3. “If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” -Buddha

4. “Nobody can hurt me without my permission.” -Mahatma Gandhi

5. “Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.” -Dalai Lama

6. “Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.” -Albert Einstein

7. “The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.” -George Bernard Shaw

8. “Compassion is the radicalism of our time.” -Dalai Lama

9. “A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

10. “I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person.” -Walt Whitman

11. “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” -Mother Teresa

Intuitive & Insightful

Quotes About Trusting Your Intuition as a Highly Sensitive Person/Empath:

12. “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” -Albert Einstein

13. “I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” -Louisa May Alcott

14. “Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker, the stillness beneath the mental noise, the love and joy beneath the pain.” -Eckhart Tolle

15. “Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others’ opinions drown your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” -Steve Jobs

17. “Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.” -Wayne Dyer

18. “Mother Nature speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of the sincere observer.” -Radhanath Swami

19. “Faith, hope, love, and insight are the highest achievements of human effort.” -Carl Jung

20. “The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.” -Herodotus

21. “Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them.” -Eckhart Tolle

Creative & Unique

Creativity/Being Unique Quotes:

22. “When I am completely myself, entirely alone during the night when I cannot sleep, it is on such occasions that my ideas flow best and most abundantly.” -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

23. “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” -Henry David Thoreau

24. “The question is not if we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.” -Martin Luther King Jr.

25. “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” -Dr. Seuss

26. “The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.” -Aldous Huxley

27. “There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” -Aristotle

28. “Never be bullied into silence, never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” -Harvey Fierstein

29. “The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.” -Friedrich Nietzsche

30. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

31. “Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupery

32. "The creative adult is the child who survived." -Ursula K. LeGuin

33. “Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.” -T. S. Eliot

34. “At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.” -Friedrich Nietzsche

Lovers & Healers

Quotes About the Love and Healing Power of Highly Sensitive People/Empaths:

35. “Learning to stand in somebody else’s shoes, to see through their eyes, that’s how peace begins. And it’s up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.” -Barack Obama

36. “The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.” -Marianne Williamson

37. “Empaths did not come into this world to be victims; we came to be warriors. Be brave. Stay strong. We need all hands on deck.” -Anthon St. Maarten

38. “You have a treasure within you that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.” -Eckhart Tolle

39. “If we took emotional health as seriously as a society as we take learning arithmetic and reading, we would have a much smaller problem.” -Neil Strauss

40. “Radiate boundless love towards the entire world.” -Buddha

41. “You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.” -Zig Ziglar

42. “Empathy is the medicine the world needs.” -Dr. Judith Orloff

43. “If there is any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not deter or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.” -Stephen Grellet

44. “We acquire the strength we have overcome.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

45. “What marks the artist is his power to shape the material of pain we all have.” -Lionel Trilling

Spiritual Warriors

Spiritual Quotes for HSPs & Empaths:

46. “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” -Khalil Gibran

47. “Awakening is not changing who you are but discarding who you are not.” -Deepak Chopra

 48. “If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” -Marcus Aurelius

49. “Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken.” -Neil Gaiman

50. “Handling our suffering is an art. If we know how to suffer, we suffer much less, and we’re no longer afraid of being overwhelmed by the suffering inside.” -Thich Nhat Hanh

51. “We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.” -Charles Bukowski

52. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

53. “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” -Bruce Lee

54. “Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.” -Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

55. “Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.” -Horace

56. “My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.” -Albert Einstein

57. “Try to exclude the possibility of suffering which the order of nature and the existence of free wills involve, and you find that you have excluded life itself.” -C.S. Lewis

58. “In the stillness of your presence, you can feel your own formless and timeless reality as the unmanifested life that animates your physical form. You can then feel the same life deep within every other human and every other creature. You look beyond the veil of form and separation. This is the realization of oneness. This is love.” -Eckhart Tolle

Inspirational Quotes for Highly Sensitive People and Empaths

Finally, HSPs and empaths can become easily and frequently overwhelmed with their emotions, others’ traumas, the state of the world, cruelty and injustice, or any other sad events or situations.

Here are some motivational/inspirational quotes to help you through the tough times:

59. “The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” -J. R. R. Tolkien

60. “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.” -Marcus Aurelius

61. “The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.” -Aesop

62. “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” -Marie Curie

63. “The darker the night, the brighter the stars.” -Unknown

64. “If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the universe.” -Joe Rogan

65. “Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.” -Confucius

66. “Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” -Thich Nhat Hanh

67. “We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” -Joseph Campbell

68. “With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.” -Dalai Lama

69. “There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” -Charles Dickens

70. “Don’t gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold.” -Bob Marley

* Bonus Quote*
71. “You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” -Marcus Aurelius

Thanks for reading!

I hope this article helped you to understand the core traits of HSPs and empaths & the differences between the two.

I also hope you could relate to these quotes and that they moved or inspired you in some way. 

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We could all use a little pick-me-up from time to time, am I right?

Well, if you want to boost your mood and get motivated to reach your goals, there's nothing like some inspirational quotes about life!

Like most of us, I have experienced life's ups and downs.

I've been happy and heartbroken. Courageous and cowardly. Victorious and vanquished.

And I learned some hard-won, powerful life lessons along the way.

Sometimes, the best way to convey these important lessons about life is through quotes -words of wisdom we can all identify with and be inspired by.

So, I've compiled a list of 50 beautiful, positive inspirational quotes for you! 

Many of them are by some of my favorite authors (epic fantasy, anyone?) and famous people whom I admire.

Here are 50 of my favorite inspirational quotes about life, love and happiness - I hope they give you the strength you need to pursue your definition of success! 

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Short Inspirational Quotes on Life

1. “You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.”
- Yogi Bhajan

2. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” 
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

3. “I have never tried that before so I think I should definitely be able to do that.”
- Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking 

4. “Don't wait. The time will never be just right.” 
- Napoleon Hill

5. “You must do the things you think you cannot do.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt 

6. “Bones mend. Regret stays with you forever.”
- Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicles)

7. “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
- Albert Einstein  

8. “He who completes a quest does not merely find something. He becomes something.”
-Lev Grossman, The Magician King (Magicians Trilogy)  

9. “The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.”
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince

10. “Don't let schooling interfere with your education.”
- Mark Twain

11. “In one and the same fire, clay grows hard and wax melts.”
- Francis Bacon  

12. “It is our choices ... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” 
- J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter series)

13. “We lost because we told ourselves we lost.”
- Leo Tolstoy

14. “Laughter is poison to fear.” 
- George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

15. “It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
- Lewis Carroll

16. “This above all; to thine own self be true.”
-William Shakespeare

17. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”
- Walt Disney

18. “There is nothing in the world so easy to explain as failure - it is, after all, what everybody does all the time.”
- Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

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Inspirational Quotes About Love and Happiness

19. “Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.”
- Joseph Campbell

20. “Men spend their lives in anticipations, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every other – it is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.” 
- Charles Caleb Colton

21. “The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.”
- James Oppenheim

22. Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”  
- Dr. Seuss

23. “If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.”
- Epicurus

24. “The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.”
- Martha Washington

25. “Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.”
- Jim Rohn

26. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”
- Maya Angelou

27. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
- Mark Twain

28. “Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.”
- Lao Tzu

29. “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

30. “For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.”
- Carl Sagan

31. “The mind is everything. What you think you become.”
- Buddha

32. “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” 
- Thich Nhat Hanh

33. “Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
- Charles Dickens

34. “The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”
- Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

35. “And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
- Roald Dahl

Positive Quotes About Life and Success

36. “It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he'll look for his own answers.”
- Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicles)

37. “On a deeper level you are already complete. When you realize that, there is a playful, joyous energy behind what you do.”
- Eckhart Tolle

38. “The truth is that as a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until at last he chooses nothing but does only and wholly what he must do.”
- Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle)

39. “We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
- Joseph Campbell

40. “Difficult" and "impossible" are cousins often mistaken for one another, with very little in common.”
- Scott Lynch, Red Seas Under Red Skies, (Gentlemen Bastard Series) *If you're going to read this series, I suggest that you start with the first book, The Republic of Thieves ... sooo good!

41. “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern.” 
- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

42. “It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you who you are. We build ourselves out of that story.” 
- Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
*I know I listed this book twice. It is one of the best books I have ever read ... and I have read thousands of books! If you love fantasy novels, here is a link to the entire Kingkiller Chronicle Series. 

43. "It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default."
- J. K. Rowling

44. “There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit or There and Back Again

45. “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.”
– Oprah Winfrey

46. “Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it's unbelievable.” 
- Roald Dahl, Matilda

47. “Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.”
- Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

48. “Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature…. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
- Helen Keller

49. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
- Albert Einstein

50. "Smile, breathe and go slowly."
- Thich Nhat Hanh

Inspirational Quotes About Life, Love & Happiness

 
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. 

Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new   things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world.

You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're   Doing Something.

So that's my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. 

Make New Mistakes. [G]lorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever   made before. 

Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry that it isn't good enough, or it isn't perfect,   whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.

Make your mistakes, next year and forever.”

 - Neil Gaiman

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Looking for some quotes to boost your confidence? You're in the right place!

It's that time of the year when we start evaluating our lives.

Seeing what needs improvement. Making changes. Deciding which new challenges to take on.

So, what about you - will 2019 be the year you achieve your big life goal?

Adopt some habits of highly successful people?

Learn how to better manage stress and anxiety?

Finally ditch that 9-5 and become an entrepreneur? 

Simplify your life and get back to the basics?

Increase your productivity and get more done in less time?

Whatever your goals are, one thing that definitely increases your chances of success - some would argue more than anything else - is confidence. 

And we could all use some motivational words of wisdom to boost our confidence from time to time! 

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Here are 50 motivational quotes to boost your confidence and help you reach your goals:

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1.  "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sail. Explore. Dream. Discover." -Mark Twain

2.  "Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something inside them- a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill." –Muhammad Ali

3.  "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." -Max Planck, Nobel Prize Winner (physics)

4.  "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.” –Albert Einstein

5.  "There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the life you are capable of living." -Nelson Mandela

6.  “F-E-A-R has two meanings: ‘Forget everything and run or face everything and rise. The choice is yours.” -Zig Ziglar

7.  “If one advances confidently in the directions, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.” –Henry David Thoreau

8.  “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.”- J.K Rowling

9.  "Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained." -Marie Curie

10.  "Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” -Oscar Wilde

Quotes to Motivate You and Increase Your Confidence

11.  "Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves." -Dale Carnegie 

12.  "Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain." -Author Unknown

13.  "He conquers who endures." -Persius

14.  "Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb but how well you bounce." - Author Unknown

15.  "Try to discover
The road to success
And you'll seek but never find,
But blaze your own path
And the road to success
Will trail right behind. -Robert Brault

16.  “To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.” -Elbert Hubbard

17.  "What you think you become. What you feel you attract. What you imagine, you create." –Buddha

18.  "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." –Albert Schweitzer

19.  "Everything you want is on the other side of fear." –Jack Canfield

20. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” –Nelson Mandela

Motivational Quotes that Will Improve Your Confidence

Boost your confidence with these quotes (continued)... 

21.  "One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation." -Arthur Ashe

22.  “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

23.  "As far as self-confidence goes, so much of social media is about approval, getting likes, comparing our lives to others' - meanwhile, confidence is an inside job: it's about how you feel about yourself regardless of what anyone else does or thinks. It's a knowing that you're human, you're flawed, and you're awesome in your own way." -Jen Sincero

24.  "Learn how to take criticism seriously but not personally." –Hillary Clinton

25.  "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?" -Marianne Williamson

26.  "If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together, there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."  –Winnie the Pooh

27.  "Who taught you to be small? [T]hat these cracks were flaws? Taught you that your light couldn’t shine through the fractures and scars? Who told you to accept what you were given and did not want? Told you that any love was better than searching for the one only meant for you? The one that has always been inside yourself. Do not listen to them." –Tyler Kent White

28.  “Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” -E.E. Cummings

29.  “Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.” -Marcus Aurelius

30. “The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” -Sylvia Plath

Inspirational Quotes for Self-Esteem

Inspirational quotes to help boost your confidence (continued)...

31.  Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life but define yourself.” -Harvey Fierstein

32.  "You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do." -Eleanor Roosevelt“

33.  "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

34.  "People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within." -Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

35.  "Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have." -Brian Tracy

36.  “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” -Maya Angelou

37.  “With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.” –Dalai Lama

38.  “Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body. But rather, to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming…. Wow! What a ride!” -Hunter S. Thompson

39.  "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind." –Dr. Seuss

40.  "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." -Les Brown

Motivational Quotes to Boost Your Confidence

I hope these quotes managed to boost your confidence!

Do you have any motivational quotes for confidence? Leave them in the comments! 

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