Top 80 Jay Shetty Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “Revenge is the mode of ignorance – it’s often said that you can’t fix yourself by breaking someone else. Monks don’t hinge their choices and feelings on others’ behaviors. You believe revenge will make you feel better because of how the other person will react.”

— Jay Shetty

52. “When monks talk about happiness, they tell the story of the musk deer, a tale derived from a poem by Kabir, a fifteenth-century Indian mystic and poet. The musk deer picks up an irresistible scent in the forest and chases it, searching for the source, not realizing that the scent comes from its own pores. It spends its whole life wandering fruitlessly. In the same way we search for happiness, finding it elusive, when it can be found within us.”

— Jay Shetty

53. “The difference between loneliness and solitude is the lens through which we see our time alone, and how we use that time. The lens of loneliness makes us insecure and prone to bad decisions. The lens of solitude makes us open and curious. As such, solitude is the foundation on which we build our love.”

— Jay Shetty

54. “The more we define ourselves in relation to the people around us, the more lost we are.”

— Jay Shetty

55. “Because the only thing that stays with you from the moment you’re born until the moment you die is your breath. All your friends, your family, the country you live in, all of that can change. The one thing that stays with you is your breath.”

— Jay Shetty

56. “Alone, we learn to love ourselves, to understand ourselves, to heal our own pain, and to care for ourselves.”

— Jay Shetty

57. “The one constant through your life is breath. All your friends, your family, the country you live in, all of that can change. Breath is with you always.” This ten-year-old monk added, “When you get stressed – what changes? Your breath. When you get angry – what changes? Your breath. We experience every emotion with the change of the breath. When you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate any situation in life.”

— Jay Shetty

58. “Closure is something you give yourself.”

— Jay Shetty

59. “But monks believe that when it comes to happiness and joy, there is always a seat with your name on it. In other words, you don’t need to worry about someone taking your place. In the theater of happiness, there is no limit. Everyone who wants to partake in mudita can watch the show. With unlimited seats, there is no fear of missing out.”

— Jay Shetty

60. “I wish” is code for “I don’t want to do anything differently.”

— Jay Shetty

61. “There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with cloudy or multifaceted intentions. We just need to remember that the less pure they are, the less likely they are to make us happy, even if they make us successful. When people gain what they want but aren’t happy at all, it’s because they did it with the wrong intention.”

— Jay Shetty

62. “When you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate any situation in life.”

— Jay Shetty

63. “If you can’t generate a high vibration, it might be because you don’t have any new thoughts to share. You aren’t spending time developing yourself; you aren’t reading or absorbing new art or ideas. You will never be able to reset or refresh a relationship if you keep doing the same old thing over and over again.”

— Jay Shetty

64. “In getting you where you want to be, meditation may show you what you don’t want to see.”

— Jay Shetty

65. “When you try to live your most authentic life, some of your relationships will be put in jeopardy. Losing them is a risk worth bearing; finding a way to keep them in your life is a challenge worth taking on.”

— Jay Shetty

66. “If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.”

— Jay Shetty

67. “We often pressure our partners to be as enthusiastic as we are about our passion. Or we wonder if they’re right for us because when we talk about our passion, they don’t have much to add to the conversation. Our partner doesn’t have to share our passions. Even if they do, that doesn’t guarantee success in a relationship. Remind yourself why you are with them and remember that being alike isn’t necessary for a happy relationship.”

— Jay Shetty

68. “But trust comes with quiet reliability.”

— Jay Shetty

69. “It is also important to share your own thoughts and dreams, hopes and worries. The vulnerability of exposing yourself is a way of giving trust and showing respect for another person’s opinion. It enables the other person to understand the previous experiences and beliefs you bring to whatever you do together.”

— Jay Shetty

70. “When you deal with fear and hardship, you realize that you’re capable of dealing with fear and hardship. This gives you a new perspective: the confidence that when bad things happen, you will find ways to handle them. With that increased objectivity, you become better able to differentiate what’s actually worth being afraid of and what’s not.”

— Jay Shetty

71. “Happiness is feeling good about yourself, having close relationships, making the world a better place. More.”

— Jay Shetty

72. “Everyone has a story, and sometimes our egos choose to ignore that. Don’t take everything personally – it is usually not about you.”

— Jay Shetty

73. “They’re afraid to talk about difficult feelings because they or their partner might get angry. They hide how they feel to avoid stirring up trouble. Keeping the peace often comes at the expense of honesty and understanding. And the converse is also true: Love built on honesty and understanding is deep and fulfilling, but not necessarily peaceful. Partners who avoid conflict don’t understand each other’s priorities, values, or struggles. Every couple fights – or should.”

— Jay Shetty

74. “Language has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word ‘solitude’ to express the glory of being alone.”

— Jay Shetty

75. “Does this fit my chosen values or those that others have selected for me? Is this dust or is it me?”

— Jay Shetty

76. “We say things to ourselves that we would never say to people we love.”

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77. “Energy of goodness. In this energy, you chose someone with whom you felt connected and compatible. There was mutual respect, and often these relationships end with some feelings of respect still intact.”

— Jay Shetty

78. “We can’t expect to get love right when we’ve never been educated on how to give or receive it. How to manage our emotions in connection to someone else’s. How to understand others. How to build and nurture a relationship where both people thrive.”

— Jay Shetty

79. “We must use the time when we are single or take time alone when we are in a couple to understand ourselves, our pleasures, and our values. When we learn to love ourselves, we develop compassion, empathy, and patience. Then we can use those qualities to love someone else. In this way, being alone – not lonely, but comfortable and confident in situations where we make our own choices, follow our own lead, and reflect on our own experience – is the first step in preparing ourselves to love others.”

— Jay Shetty

80. “I believe you should focus your life on observing the little things because one day you look back and realize they were the big things.”

— Jay Shetty

81. “As researchers Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool underscore in their book Peak, mastery requires deliberate practice, and lots of it. But if you love it, you do it. Picasso experimented with other forms of art but kept painting as his focus. Michael Jordan did a stint at baseball, but basketball was where he really thrived. Play hardest in your area of strength and you’ll achieve depth, meaning, and satisfaction in your life.”

— Jay Shetty

82. “Criticizing someone else’s work ethic doesn’t make you work harder.”

— Jay Shetty

83. “Negativity is a trait, not someone’s identity.”

— Jay Shetty

84. “A bond has its own challenges – there can still be disagreement – but at least all parties want the same outcome.”

— Jay Shetty

85. “This is the first step to building your monk mind.”

— Jay Shetty

86. “If there are aspects of ourselves that we don’t like, we should do something to change them.”

— Jay Shetty

87. “Love takes time.”

— Jay Shetty