Top 350 Amy Poehler Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.”

— Amy Poehler

2. “I want to be around people that do things. I don’t want to be around people anymore that judge or talk about what people do. I want to be around people who dream and support and do things.”

— Amy Poehler

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3. “Don’t think. Get out of your head. Stop planning and just go.”

— Amy Poehler

4. “Sometimes painful things can teach us lessons that we didn’t think we needed to know.”

— Amy Poehler

5. “Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it. And by doing it, they’re proven right.”

— Amy Poehler

6. “There’s power in looking silly and not caring that you do.”

— Amy Poehler

7. “I think if you can dance and be free and not embarrassed, you can rule the world.”

— Amy Poehler

8. “The only way we will survive is by being kind. The only way we can get by in this world is through the help we receive from others. No one can do it alone, no matter how great the machines are.”

— Amy Poehler

9. “I believe great people do things before they are ready.”

— Amy Poehler

10. “It takes years as a woman to unlearn what you have been taught to be sorry for.”

— Amy Poehler

11. “You deserve love and you’ll get it.”

— Amy Poehler

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12. “I know enough now to know I know nothing.”

— Amy Poehler

13. “We need to remember what’s important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work, it doesn’t matter. But work is third.”

— Amy Poehler

14. “It’s very hard to have ideas. It’s very hard to put yourself out there, it’s very hard to be vulnerable, but those people who do that are the dreamers, the thinkers and the creators. They are the magic people of the world.”

— Amy Poehler

15. “When in doubt, make funny faces.”

— Amy Poehler

16. “No one looks stupid when they’re having fun.”

— Amy Poehler

17. “Emotions are like passing storms, and you have to remind yourself that it won’t rain forever. You just have to sit down and watch it pour outside and then peek your head out when it looks dry.”

— Amy Poehler

18. “You become more attractive when you love yourself. You attract the right things when you have a sense of who you are.”

— Amy Poehler

19. “Change is the only constant. Learn to surf your life instead of planting your feet.”

— Amy Poehler

20. “The earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have, and not obsess about what you don’t have, the happier you will be.”

— Amy Poehler

21. “Saying “yes” doesn’t mean I don’t know how to say no, and saying “please” doesn’t mean I am waiting for permission.”

— Amy Poehler

22. “Other people are not medicine.”

— Amy Poehler

23. “A bossy woman is someone to search out and celebrate. A bossy woman is someone who cares and commits and is a natural leader.”

— Amy Poehler

24. “It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need.”

— Amy Poehler

25. “Taking risks and making choices is what makes life so exciting.”

— Amy Poehler

26. “The minute anyone makes you feel weird and non-included or not supported, you know, either beat it or tell them to beat it.”

— Amy Poehler

27. “Sleep helps you win at life.”

— Amy Poehler

28. “Continue to share your heart with people even if it’s been broken.”

— Amy Poehler

29. “Vulnerable people are powerful people. Opening your heart and sharing it means you’re going to get so much love in your life. and it’s the way to true connection and real purpose and meaning in your life, in my opinion.”

— Amy Poehler

30. “Ignore what other people think. Most people aren’t even paying attention to you.”

— Amy Poehler

31. “I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody’s passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn’t mind leading.”

— Amy Poehler

32. “It’s easier to be brave when you’re not alone.”

— Amy Poehler

33. “Going from crying to laughing that fast and hard happens maybe five times in your life and that extreme right turn is the reason why we are alive, and I believe it extends our life by many years.”

— Amy Poehler

34. “I like hard work and I don’t like pretending things are perfect.”

— Amy Poehler

35. “If you can surf your life rather than plant your feet, you will be happier.”

— Amy Poehler

36. “Decide what your currency is early. Let go of what you will never have. People who do this are happier and sexier.”

— Amy Poehler

37. “The computer is the new fireplace, everyone in the family gathers around the digital hearth for warmth.”

— Amy Poehler

38. “You have to be where you are to get where you need to go.”

— Amy Poehler

39. “I’ve grown tired of smoke and mirrors. I yearn for the clean, well-lighted place.”

— Amy Poehler

40. “When you feel scared, hold someone’s hand and look into their eyes. And when you feel brave, do the same thing. You are all here because you are smart. And you are brave. And if you add kindness and the ability to change a tire, you almost make up the perfect person.”

— Amy Poehler

41. “Meryl Streep is not here tonight. She has the flu – and I hear she’s amazing in it.”

— Amy Poehler

42. “You can’t stand around and wait to be asked to dance.”

— Amy Poehler

43. “Fighting aging is like the War on Drugs. It’s expensive, does more harm than good, and has been proven to never end.”

— Amy Poehler

44. “Sometimes you need to know to quit while you’re ahead or at least before things get much worse!”

— Amy Poehler

45. “You never know what’s around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone’s hand while you do it. You will feel less scared.”

— Amy Poehler

46. “Rooting for other people’s failure does get in the way of your success.”

— Amy Poehler

47. “Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don’t know about. Limit your ‘always’ and your ‘nevers.’”

— Amy Poehler

48. “Do work that you are proud of with your talented friends.”

— Amy Poehler

49. “If you can speak about what you care about to a person you disagree with without denigrating them or insulting them, then you may actually be heard.”

— Amy Poehler

50. “If you ever want to see heaven, watch a bunch of young girls play. They are all sweat and skinned knees. Energy and open faces.”

— Amy Poehler