Top 90 Marie Forleo Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Finding the funny is the key to never losing your edge.”

— Marie Forleo

52. “Both scientists and sages have told us what we already know to be true in our hearts: everything is connected. Therefore as we change, the world cannot help but change with us.”

— Marie Forleo

53. “Repetition is a key principle in neuroplasticity. It’s how we rewire our brains and turn good ideas into permanent new ways of being and behaving.”

— Marie Forleo

54. “The fastest way out of our fear is through it.”

— Marie Forleo

55. “If it’s important enough, I’ll make the time. If not, I’ll make an excuse.”

— Marie Forleo

56. “Create before you consume.”

— Marie Forleo

57. “Make is-ness your business and meet life as it shows up – not as you prefer it to show up.”

— Marie Forleo

58. “You make time for what matters most.”

— Marie Forleo

59. “What if the idea of Mr. Right is completely false? What if there is no Mr. Wrong? What if every relationship-no matter how brief-contains a priceless lesson allowing you to grow and evolve into your grandest self?”

— Marie Forleo

60. “Every pro starts off as an amateur. There’s not one top artist, athlete, writer, scientist, architect, entrepreneur, programmer, musician, or potter who enters the field at the top of her game. To begin anything new or learn anything new means you will be a neophyte. You must go from outsider to insider. Respect that. Embrace it. Be willing to suck.”

— Marie Forleo

61. “A key to success is to start before you are ready.”

— Marie Forleo

62. “Our true worth doesn’t come from the work we do, it comes from who we are as human beings.”

— Marie Forleo

63. “Our brains tend to reinforce what we already believe.”

— Marie Forleo

64. “Not enough is a spiritual state, not an economic one.”

— Marie Forleo

65. “As David Deutsch says, “Everything that is not forbidden by laws of nature is achievable, given the right knowledge.”

— Marie Forleo

66. “Simple is elegant and extremely efficient.”

— Marie Forleo

67. “In order to change ourselves, we must first believe we can.”

— Marie Forleo

68. “You are an extraordinary woman. You have a purpose in this world, and hiding behind a fictional story that you’re broken or incomplete is not it. The world needs you. It needs that very special something you knew you had when you were a little girl.”

— Marie Forleo

69. “There’s a difference between owning your choices and blaming yourself.”

— Marie Forleo

70. “Nearly two decades later, I can say that the only thing that allowed me to take that leap was because a deeper, wiser part of me believed that somehow I’d be able to figure it out.”

— Marie Forleo

71. “Knowing something intellectually is very different from doing something consistently, mastering it, and benefiting from it.”

— Marie Forleo

72. “Don’t wait until you find someone. You are someone.”

— Marie Forleo

73. “Remember that gal that gave up? Neither does anyone else. Unknown.”

— Marie Forleo

74. “Just because someone doesn’t like what you do doesn’t mean no one else will. A person’s opinion is not The Truth, it’s their truth.”

— Marie Forleo

75. “If you are possessed by an idea, you find it expressed everywhere, you even smell it. Thomas Mann.”

— Marie Forleo

76. “Putting pen to paper is a mystical way to access your most profound truths.”

— Marie Forleo

77. “The art of eliminating excuses means embracing the fact that your dreams aren’t made or broken by anyone but you.”

— Marie Forleo

78. “If you had to find the time, you would.”

— Marie Forleo

79. “All beliefs are a choice and choices can be changed.”

— Marie Forleo

80. “Opportunity cost is no joke. Every choice has a price. Everything you say yes to means you’re saying no to something else. Translation? Each time you pick up your brain-draining gadget and say YES to watching another cat video, you’re saying NOPE to ever reaching your biggest and most important long-term goals.”

— Marie Forleo

81. “Awareness is the key that allows you to stop automatically doing things that drive men away and begin naturally doing things that support happy and satisfying relationships. Master this stuff and you’ll notice that men, women, children, small animals, large animals, dust bunnies, and anything else that’s not glued down will find it virtually impossible to resist you.”

— Marie Forleo

82. “Remember – humans once believed the world was flat, that margarine was better than butter, and that an ice-pick lobotomy cured mental illness. Aren’t you glad those days are over?”

— Marie Forleo

83. “In short, here’s what making is-ness your business means: engage in your life with enthusiasm exactly as it is, regardless of your likes and dislikes, your preferences, ideas, beliefs, and opinions about how things should be or could be. Unconditionally allow things to be the way they are. When you deal with what is, or your is-ness, you can then choose who you’d like to be in relationship to that.”

— Marie Forleo

84. “Energetically speaking, when you are lost in your thoughts, you are a closed system that’s emitting “I’m not available” vibes. You reduce the probability of meeting someone because spiritually, you’re not open for business.”

— Marie Forleo

85. “It’s hard to become what you don’t see.”

— Marie Forleo

86. “It’s never about the lack of money or time or anything else. It’s about your internal game, your commitment to do whatever it takes to be creative, get resourceful, and figure it out. To find or make a way ahead, no matter what.”

— Marie Forleo

87. “Envy is often a clue that there is something latent in you that needs to be expressed.”

— Marie Forleo

88. “What can I learn from this? How can this work for me?”

— Marie Forleo

89. “Speaking of taking responsibility, a quick reminder about an essential universal principle: You are 100 percent responsible for your life. Always and in all ways. It’s not your parents. It’s not the economy. It’s not your husband or your wife or your family. It’s not your boss. It’s not the schools you went to. It’s not the government or society or institutions or your age. You are responsible for what you believe, how you feel, and how you behave.”

— Marie Forleo

90. “There can be no significant change in the world unless we first have the courage to change ourselves. In order to change ourselves, we must first believe we can.”

— Marie Forleo

91. “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. Eleanor Roosevelt.”

— Marie Forleo

92. “No matter what you’re facing, you have what it takes to figure anything out and become the person you’re meant to be.”

— Marie Forleo

93. “No matter what you want to figure out, one thing is for sure: writing it down is a fundamental step to making it real.”

— Marie Forleo

94. “Beliefs create behaviors. The cumulation of those behaviors adds up to your entire life. Know what else? Every belief has a consequence. Your beliefs either heal you or harm you. They either support your aspirations or thwart them. Belief becomes the source of your limitation or your liberation. It doesn’t matter what’s true, it matters what you believe.”

— Marie Forleo

95. “What holds us back from consistently performing at the levels we’re capable of? To find the answer, we have to look inside. No matter what we’re trying to figure out, the biggest barriers are often in our own minds:.”

— Marie Forleo

96. “Altering your behavior or being someone different from who you are is a recipe for disaster. He is attracted to you – the real you – just the way you are, not to some woman who has no life except for him.”

— Marie Forleo

97. “Look around. There’s no shortage of people hungry for a moment of connection. There’s always someone who could use a little assistance. A little attention. A little comfort. A little love. Next time you catch yourself feeling like a fraud, check yourself. Chances are, you’re shining your flashlight on yourself rather than directing it where it can make its greatest impact – caring for others.”

— Marie Forleo