Top 150 Debbie Ford Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “In order to find peace, we must expose the masks we use to hide behind.”

— Debbie Ford

52. “Our persona was not created by accident; it was created in order to camouflage the parts of ourselves we deemed the most undesirable and to overcompensate for what we believe to be our deepest flaws. What persona are you hiding behind?”

— Debbie Ford

53. “We each need to become our own hero.”

— Debbie Ford

54. “Loving yourself means making choices that allow you to care for the important person that you are.”

— Debbie Ford

55. “Become aware of your negative expectations and practice replacing them with positive expectations.”

— Debbie Ford

56. “Notice what happens when you choose to embrace rather than reject each feeling that arises within you today.”

— Debbie Ford

57. “Emotional turmoil can be a powerful catalyst to reconnect us with our divine nature. It propels us into a journey of self discovery and urges us to learn how to love and accept our entire being.”

— Debbie Ford

58. “When you are grounded in the present – feeling your feelings, listening to your body, tasting your food, and expressing your ideas – you do not build up toxicity. You digest your experience as you go.”

— Debbie Ford

59. “Self-awareness is the ability to take an honest look at your life without any attachment to it being right or wrong, good or bad.”

— Debbie Ford

60. “Standing in our power demands that we be vulnerable, listen to our own voice, and take risks outside the comfort of what we know.”

— Debbie Ford

61. “Once befriended, our shadow becomes a divine map that-when properly read and followed-reconn ects us to the life we were meant to live, the people we were meant to be, and the contributions we were meant to give.”

— Debbie Ford

62. “There’s only person in the world you can’t see – yourself. But, God created – or whoever created us, we don’t even have to argue that point – created us so perfect because we can actually see ourselves in other people.”

— Debbie Ford

63. “Faith gives us strength and reassurance and leaves us bathed in the wisdom that we are never alone.”

— Debbie Ford

64. “It is your holy work, to deeply love, honor and respect the precious self that you are, the soul that only you hold.”

— Debbie Ford

65. “In order to reveal the gifts that lie beneath the surface of your heart’s greatest desires, you must look beyond your years here on earth, reconnect with the Divine, and bring forth your soul’s legacy into the present moment.”

— Debbie Ford

66. “Whatever inspires you is an aspect of yourself. Any desire of the heart exists to support you in discovering and manifesting it. If you have an aspiration to be something, it is because you have the potential to manifest the quality you are seeing and the behavior that this quality will bring forth.”

— Debbie Ford

67. “Everyone sees other people differently because everyone is projecting aspects of him or her self.”

— Debbie Ford

68. “Vision lifts you up. It makes you smile a secret smile because you know that you have something very special to share. What is your vision?”

— Debbie Ford

69. “When you are in harmonywith yourself, you’ll be in harmony with everyone else.”

— Debbie Ford

70. “Think about how audacious it is to really believe in yourself.”

— Debbie Ford

71. “We see only that which we are.”

— Debbie Ford

72. “As you continue the work of acknowledging and claiming the gifts of your past and standing in the power of your present, you are freeing up enormous reserves of creative energy.”

— Debbie Ford

73. “Whatever we refuse to recognize about ourselves has a way of rearing its head and making itself known when we least expect it.”

— Debbie Ford

74. “When you begin the process of unhooking from the outer world, you can find literally hundreds of places where you have given your power away and drained your life force while guaranteeing the status quo.”

— Debbie Ford

75. “If we want to know what we’re really committed to, all we have to do is look at our lives.”

— Debbie Ford

76. “Our difficulties launch us into new states of consciousness where we are inspired to step out of the reality of our smallest thoughts and step into the limitless freedom of our biggest dreams.”

— Debbie Ford

77. “Why can’t we see everyone and everything as God, as a part of the Divine? It is because we don’t see ourselves this way.”

— Debbie Ford

78. “Many of us don’t realize that we have a choice about which aspect of ourselves we will use as the foundation upon which we build our lives.”

— Debbie Ford

79. “We are all stronger than we can ever imagine being. Every choice matters starting with today. And today, I choose to live.”

— Debbie Ford

80. “Taking back our light from those we’ve projected it onto opens the door to an unimaginable future.”

— Debbie Ford

81. “The unmet need that can get met right now is the need to be whole, to be both your magnificent, divine self and your imperfect, human self.”

— Debbie Ford

82. “Owning our power means claiming the credibility and uniqueness of our own humanity.”

— Debbie Ford

83. “Everything that comes our way is so we can grow and evolve, and if we look at it like that, then we have the great opportunity to step into who we always wanted to be.”

— Debbie Ford

84. “Fulfilling your vision for the best year of your life requires thought and introspection. It is not much different than planning an awesome vacation. It takes time, discussion, planning, decision making, and an array of other skills.”

— Debbie Ford

85. “We can’t fight darkness with darkness. We have to find compassion, and embrace the darkness inside of us in order to understand it and, ultimately, to transcend it.”

— Debbie Ford

86. “The present moment is the pivotal point of power.”

— Debbie Ford

87. “Everybody’s vision is unique, and at different times in their lives their vision changes. It may be smaller and more personal for a while, and then it may grow larger, expanding outward to the world.”

— Debbie Ford

88. “Each aspect within us needs understanding and compassion. If we are unwilling to give it to ourselves how can we expect the world to give it to us?”

— Debbie Ford

89. “Fear is the culprit that robs us of our greatest lives. And although it’s mostly made up or a learned behavior from our past, almost everybody I’ve ever met in my life struggles with fear.”

— Debbie Ford

90. “Our society nurtures the illusion that all the rewards go to the people who are perfect. But many of us are finding out that trying to be perfect is costly.”

— Debbie Ford

91. “We were birthed with one soul to take care of, and we must take care of it.”

— Debbie Ford

92. “When you are a warrior for your body, you search out every good thing there is to fill it with – every nutrient, every vitamin, every thought, every belief. You love your body, and you thank your body in the morning and bless it throughout the day.”

— Debbie Ford

93. “It’s not our job to assess the merit of our vision or judge its importance. It is our job to receive the vision and act upon it.”

— Debbie Ford

94. “We and we alone have the power to change our lives, and we can choose to do so at any moment.”

— Debbie Ford

95. “It isn’t what happens to us in life that creates our joy, but rather how we respond to what happens in our lives.”

— Debbie Ford

96. “For when I can love all of me, I will love all of you.”

— Debbie Ford

97. “Many of us are frightened to look within ourselves, and fear has us put up walls so thick we no longer remember who we really are.”

— Debbie Ford

98. “Right now, there is a stronger, more vibrant, more inspired version of “you” that is wanting and waiting to emerge.”

— Debbie Ford

99. “If you constantly beat yourself up with negative thoughts, you will either beat up on the people around you- verbally, emotionally, or physically- or you will beat up on yourself by destroying some area of your own life.”

— Debbie Ford

100. “To experience emotional freedom, we must accept, surrender, and let go of our wounds. We must be willing to take responsibility for what we’re holding on to, which is usually a hurt or pain from the past that leaves us feeling victimized.”

— Debbie Ford