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Top 25 Jacob Nordby Quotes (2025 Update)

Jacob Nordby Quote: “Latin root imaginari, which means “to picture oneself.” Imagination is a kind of seeing, the ability to envision something that is not physically present for the eyes to see, or to put yourself in a different place than you are, using your senses in a hypothetical way.”

1. “Latin root imaginari, which means “to picture oneself.” Imagination is a kind of seeing, the ability to envision something that is not physically present for the eyes to see, or to put yourself in a different place than you are, using your senses in a hypothetical way.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “Success for anything or anyone is becoming what it was designed to be. That’s it.”

2. “Success for anything or anyone is becoming what it was designed to be. That’s it.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “Relax into this understanding – nothing is wasted. All of your experiences, all of the broken pieces of relationships and half-formed careers, everything you are and have been – it may appear to be a basket of dusty shards, but come with me now and meet other creators so you can see that, somehow, every jagged little piece of you will find its place in a kaleidoscope of brilliance if you stay with the task of becoming yourself.”

3. “Relax into this understanding – nothing is wasted. All of your experiences, all of the broken pieces of relationships and half-formed careers, everything you are and have been – it may appear to be a basket of dusty shards, but come with me now and meet other creators so you can see that, somehow, every jagged little piece of you will find its place in a kaleidoscope of brilliance if you stay with the task of becoming yourself.”

— Jacob Nordby

Jacob Nordby Quote: “Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren’t any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn’t be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life’s challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.”

4. “Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren’t any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn’t be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life’s challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “Your weirdness will make you stronger, your dark side will keep you whole, your vulnerability will connect you to the suffering of our world, your creativity will set you free. There is nothing wrong with you.”

5. “Your weirdness will make you stronger, your dark side will keep you whole, your vulnerability will connect you to the suffering of our world, your creativity will set you free. There is nothing wrong with you.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “This is where we are right now, as a whole. No one is left out of the loop. We are experiencing a reality based on a thin veneer of lies and illusions. A world where greed is our God and wisdom is sin, where division is key and unity is fantasy, where the ego-driven cleverness of the mind is praised, rather than the intelligence of the heart.”

6. “This is where we are right now, as a whole. No one is left out of the loop. We are experiencing a reality based on a thin veneer of lies and illusions. A world where greed is our God and wisdom is sin, where division is key and unity is fantasy, where the ego-driven cleverness of the mind is praised, rather than the intelligence of the heart.”

— Jacob Nordby

Jacob Nordby Quote: “Your superpower is your sensitivity. Your sensitivity is also your Achilles’ heel. Your greatest gift to the world is on the flip side of the same coin as your greatest wound. In fact, if you aren’t sure what your gift is yet, take a look at what always brings you down – take a look at your darkest, weakest stuff. That will give you clues. On the reverse side of your deepest shadow, you will find your brightest light.”

7. “Your superpower is your sensitivity. Your sensitivity is also your Achilles’ heel. Your greatest gift to the world is on the flip side of the same coin as your greatest wound. In fact, if you aren’t sure what your gift is yet, take a look at what always brings you down – take a look at your darkest, weakest stuff. That will give you clues. On the reverse side of your deepest shadow, you will find your brightest light.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “And Abraham Maslow wrote, “A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be.”

8. “And Abraham Maslow wrote, “A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “When we understand that our unique selves and the lives we live are meant to be art, all of us can accept this dare to challenge the status quo. What I mean by status quo is the soul-deadening homogeny that stands there like a great, stupid thug blocking us from passing through the gate into a life that is satisfying because it is our own.”

9. “When we understand that our unique selves and the lives we live are meant to be art, all of us can accept this dare to challenge the status quo. What I mean by status quo is the soul-deadening homogeny that stands there like a great, stupid thug blocking us from passing through the gate into a life that is satisfying because it is our own.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “Art is what happens when we have time for something other than basic survival.”

10. “Art is what happens when we have time for something other than basic survival.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “The problem is that we have forgotten how to make our own lives works of art and we cannot seem to find enough ways to gorge ourselves to fill the aching sense of emptiness this leaves behind.”

11. “The problem is that we have forgotten how to make our own lives works of art and we cannot seem to find enough ways to gorge ourselves to fill the aching sense of emptiness this leaves behind.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “False humility is a form of psychosis which was imprinted on most of us since birth. It is a mental illness because it locks us in a victim state of keeping our light turned down, denying who we really are and silently begging for permission to simply show up as ourselves in the world. But there is good news. This is a jail whose lock is broken. We can walk free whenever we know the truth, and by so doing we show others an example of an end to madness. An example of freedom.”

12. “False humility is a form of psychosis which was imprinted on most of us since birth. It is a mental illness because it locks us in a victim state of keeping our light turned down, denying who we really are and silently begging for permission to simply show up as ourselves in the world. But there is good news. This is a jail whose lock is broken. We can walk free whenever we know the truth, and by so doing we show others an example of an end to madness. An example of freedom.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “Success in this brave new era does not look like success as it has always been defined before – and neither does failure. The only success now is living and creating a work-of-art life: unique, rich with meaning, naked of anything we don’t care about, and ruthless about carving out something absolutely real from a world that has gorged itself on fakeness and become critically ill from it. The only failure now is pulling back from that quest because of fear. In.”

13. “Success in this brave new era does not look like success as it has always been defined before – and neither does failure. The only success now is living and creating a work-of-art life: unique, rich with meaning, naked of anything we don’t care about, and ruthless about carving out something absolutely real from a world that has gorged itself on fakeness and become critically ill from it. The only failure now is pulling back from that quest because of fear. In.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “Besides being fun, creativity offers a path out of stagnation, unhappiness, self-judgment, and the kind of robotic living that leaves so many of us feeling unfulfilled. Creativity is a forgotten cure.”

14. “Besides being fun, creativity offers a path out of stagnation, unhappiness, self-judgment, and the kind of robotic living that leaves so many of us feeling unfulfilled. Creativity is a forgotten cure.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “Living out a creative life means taking ultimate responsibility for everything in it. It means that we are not waiting for anyone or anything to come along and give us the keys to happiness. It also means that we become leaders by example of what is possible when an individual lives by their own lights.”

15. “Living out a creative life means taking ultimate responsibility for everything in it. It means that we are not waiting for anyone or anything to come along and give us the keys to happiness. It also means that we become leaders by example of what is possible when an individual lives by their own lights.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “Writer’s block is just another name for fear.”

16. “Writer’s block is just another name for fear.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “It’s not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame, and self-loathing – they are not all bad. Those devils have also been my angels. Without them, I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter, and all the mad intensities that made and unmade.”

17. “It’s not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame, and self-loathing – they are not all bad. Those devils have also been my angels. Without them, I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter, and all the mad intensities that made and unmade.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “Be prepared, however, that reclaiming joy isn’t always easy. Many people have shut down joy so long ago that they struggle to remember how it felt, and new joy feels squarely outside their comfort zone.”

18. “Be prepared, however, that reclaiming joy isn’t always easy. Many people have shut down joy so long ago that they struggle to remember how it felt, and new joy feels squarely outside their comfort zone.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “You have left a trail of breadcrumb clues which will lead you to the place where your purpose and passion have already met and are simply waiting for you to find them.”

19. “You have left a trail of breadcrumb clues which will lead you to the place where your purpose and passion have already met and are simply waiting for you to find them.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “Having a regular creative practice sends a powerful wake-up call to your inner creative self, which in turn begins to work its magic on every aspect of your life, imbuing everything from mundane tasks to your highest calling with curiosity and possibility.”

20. “Having a regular creative practice sends a powerful wake-up call to your inner creative self, which in turn begins to work its magic on every aspect of your life, imbuing everything from mundane tasks to your highest calling with curiosity and possibility.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “We, the world, want our soul back.”

21. “We, the world, want our soul back.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “The Muses get impatient when we refuse to pay attention to their nudges.”

22. “The Muses get impatient when we refuse to pay attention to their nudges.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “We don’t know what our purpose for living is and we are terrified to admit it to anyone – especially ourselves.”

23. “We don’t know what our purpose for living is and we are terrified to admit it to anyone – especially ourselves.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “We are desperate to feel that our lives matter and we have a terrible suspicion that they might not.”

24. “We are desperate to feel that our lives matter and we have a terrible suspicion that they might not.”

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Jacob Nordby Quote: “One of the simplest ways to unlock our natural capacity for imagination is to give ourselves some random input.”

25. “One of the simplest ways to unlock our natural capacity for imagination is to give ourselves some random input.”

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