Top 120 Brianna Wiest Quotes (2026 Update)

1. “The point was never that you adjusted everything around you until it was made perfect, but that you adjusted the way you see everything until you realize that it is enough, and it always has been.”

— Brianna Wiest

2. “As children, routine gives us a feeling of safety. As adults, it gives us a feeling of purpose.”

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3. “Usually when we have a problem that is circumstantial, we are facing the reality of life. When we have a problem that is chronic, we are facing the reality of ourselves.”

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4. “Your habits create your mood, and your mood is a filter through which you experience your life.”

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5. “Accomplishing goals is not success. How much you expand in the process is.”

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6. “Nobody is thinking about you the way you are thinking about you. They’re all thinking about themselves.”

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7. “Don’t worry about doing it well; just do it.”

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8. “Self-sabotage is what happens when we refuse to consciously meet our innermost needs, often because we do not believe we are capable of handling them.”

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10. “Everything is hard in some way. It’s hard to be in the wrong relationship. It’s hard to be in the right one. It’s hard to be broke and miserable, it’s hard to achieve your dreams. It’s hard to be stuck in the middle, not really feeling anything at all. Everything is hard, but you choose your hard. You choose what’s worth it. You don’t choose whether or not you’ll suffer, but you do choose what you want to suffer for.”

— Brianna Wiest

11. “It’s not whether you “feel” like putting in the work, but whether or not you do it regardless.”

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12. “The point of healing is not to return to a place where everything is perfect. Instead, it is to begin to develop the ability to respond to what’s imperfect.”

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13. “Emotions are temporary, but behaviors are permanent. You are always responsible for how you choose to act.”

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14. “It’s doing, not thinking about doing, that creates a life well lived. If you want your life to be different, do differently.”

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15. “The universe whispers until it screams, and happy people listen while the call is still quiet.”

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16. “You are not the person you were five years ago. You evolve as your self-image does, so make sure that it’s an accurate one. Give yourself credit for everything you’ve overcome that you never thought you would, and everything you’ve built that you never thought you could. You’ve come so much farther than you think, and you’re so much closer than you realize.”

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17. “The greatest act of self-love is to no longer accept a life you are unhappy with.”

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18. “You will never be ready for the things that matter, and waiting to feel ready before you start.”

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19. “You have to remember that your feelings, while valid, are not often real. They are not always accurate reflections of reality. They are, however, always accurate reflections of our thoughts.”

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20. “The lingering is what is keeping you stuck.”

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21. “It is very hard to show up as the person you want to be when you are surrounded by an environment that makes you feel like a person you aren’t.”

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22. “Not everyone will like you. Not everyone will be kind to you. Not everyone will agree with you. That does not mean you have to be unkind in return.”

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23. “Nobody wants to believe happiness is a choice, because that puts responsibility in their hands.”

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24. “Arrive into the present. There is a saying that if you are anxious, it’s because you are living in the future. And if you are depressed, it’s because you are living in the past. When you are living in the present moment you realise that both the past and the are just current illusions in the infinite eternal now.”

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25. “Take photos to remember happy moments, not to prove that you look good or did something cool. Make a special album in your phone just for “happy moments.”

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26. “Instead of reaching a conclusion about a person based on the limited information you have about them, consider that you’re not seeing the whole picture and don’t know the whole story.”

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27. “You change your life when you start doing the truly scary thing, which is showing up exactly as you are.”

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28. “The real glow up isn’t proving the people from your past wrong. It is finally feeling so content and hopeful about your future that you stop thinking about them entirely.”

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29. “This moment is not your life, this is a moment in your life.” – Ryan Holiday.”

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30. “You spend more time trying to impress people who don’t like you than you spend with people who love you for who you are.”

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31. “Because if everything were explained, there would be nothing left to figure out.”

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32. “What you have to know is that suffering is just the refusal to accept what is.”

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33. “Everything is hard; it’s just a matter of what you think is worth the effort.”

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34. “Many people say that you have to love yourself first before you can love others, but really, if you learn to love others, you will learn to love yourself.”

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35. “Life contracts before it expands, and pulls back before it leaps forward. This balancing act is not something we should resist, but rather, embrace.”

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36. “You are going to have to decide that you love yourself too much to stop settling for less than what you really deserve. If you think that you could be doing better in life, you might be right. If you think that there is more that you are here to accomplish, you might be right. If you think that you are not being your authentic self, you might be right.”

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37. “Start quantifying your days by how many healthy, positive things you accomplished, and you will see how quickly you begin to make progress.”

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38. “When you start considering things not as obligations but as opportunities, you start taking advantage of them rather than trying to avoid them.”

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39. “Happiness is not only how we can astound our senses, but also the peace of mind that comes from knowing we are becoming who we want and need to be.”

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40. “Either way, mental strength is not just hoping that nothing ever goes wrong. It is believing that we have the capacity to handle it if it does.”

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41. “Work on closing the gap between who the world thinks you are and who you know you are. Your mental health will change significantly.”

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42. “Anything other than ideal is not failure. It’s life.”

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43. “Everything you do, see, and feel is a reflection of not who you are, but how you are. You create what you believe. You see what you want. You’ll have what you give.”

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44. “There is no such thing as letting go; there’s just accepting what’s already gone. There’s losing ourselves in the labyrinth of the illusion of control and finding joy in the chaos, even when it’s uncomfortable. It’s not forever. It only remains as long as we hold on. As long as we fight. As long as we control. As long as we don’t accept what’s already gone.”

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45. “The path to a greater life is not “suffering until you achieve something,” but letting bits and pieces of joy and gratitude and meaning and purpose gradually build, bit by bit.”

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46. “Find meaning and joy in the work you do, not the work you wish you did. Finding fulfillment in work is never about pursuing your idea of what your “purpose” is. It is always about infusing purpose into whatever it is you already do.”

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47. “The greatest act of self-love is to no longer accept a life you are unhappy with. It is to be able to state the problem plainly and in a straightforward manner.”

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48. “They listen to hear, not respond. While listening to other people speak, they focus on what is being said, not how they are going to respond. This is also known as the meta practice of “holding space.”

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49. “Relationships are not safeguards against loneliness. You can’t whittle yourself down to being as nice and accepting and likable as possible in order to ensure that as many people as possible won’t leave you. Relationships come and go; that is what they are designed to do.”

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50. “Everything you lose becomes something you are profoundly grateful for. With time, you see that it was not the path. It was what was standing in your way.”

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