Top 80 Mel Robbins Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “If you only ever did the things you don’t want to do, you’d have everything you’ve ever wanted.”

— Mel Robbins

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2. “You need to recognize that the risk of moving toward your dreams is much lower than the slow, everyday punishment you inflict on yourself by suppressing your dream.”

— Mel Robbins

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3. “The 5 Second Rule The moment you have an instinct to act on a goal you must 5-4-3-2-1 and physically move or your brain will stop you.”

— Mel Robbins

4. “You were born not to be just fine.”

— Mel Robbins

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5. “You need to hear this loud and clear: No one is coming. It is up to you.”

— Mel Robbins

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6. “You Are One Decision Away from a Completely Different Life.”

— Mel Robbins

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7. “There will always be someone who can’t see your worth. Don’t let it be you.”

— Mel Robbins

8. “Sometimes there is no next time, no second chance, or no time out. Stop waiting. It’s now or never. When you wait, you aren’t procrastinating. You are doing something more dangerous. You are deliberately convincing yourself “now is not the time.” You are actively working against your dreams.”

— Mel Robbins

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9. “You can’t control how you feel. But you can always choose how you act.”

— Mel Robbins

10. “If you have the courage to start, you have the courage to succeed.”

— Mel Robbins

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11. “You have been assigned this mountain so that you can show others it can be moved.”

— Mel Robbins

12. “Small things are not small at all. They are the most important things of all. And they add up.”

— Mel Robbins

13. “Your feelings don’t matter. The only thing that matters is what you DO.”

— Mel Robbins

14. “Pick a plan to follow, any plan will do – and then 5- 4- 3- 2- 1-GO. The only thing you will need to choose after that is choosing each and every day to DO IT.”

— Mel Robbins

15. “If you want to make your dreams come true, get ready for the long game.”

— Mel Robbins

16. “Procrastination is not a form of laziness at all. It’s a coping mechanism for stress.”

— Mel Robbins

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17. “IN any area of your life that you want to change, adopt this rule. Just do the things that you don’t want to do.”

— Mel Robbins

18. “I may not be perfect, but I am worthy.”

— Mel Robbins

19. “What I discovered is powerful: pushing yourself to take simple actions creates a chain reaction in your confidence and your productivity.”

— Mel Robbins

20. “Forget motivation; it’s a myth. I don’t know when we all bought into the idea that in order to change you must “feel” eager or “feel” motivated to act. It’s complete garbage. The moment it’s time to assert yourself, you will not feel motivated. In fact, you won’t feel like doing anything at all. If you want to improve your life, you’ll need to get off your rear end and kick your own butt. In my world, I call that the power of a push.”

— Mel Robbins

21. “Change your decisions and you’ll change your life. And what will change your decisions more than anything? Courage.”

— Mel Robbins

22. “We are all capable of greatness. I believe that. It is our feelings and fears that convince us now is not the right time and keep us from achieving greatness.”

— Mel Robbins

23. “When it comes to change, goals, and dreams, you have to bet on yourself. That.”

— Mel Robbins

24. “If you don’t learn how to untangle your feelings from your actions, you’ll never unlock your true potential.”

— Mel Robbins

25. “That’s what it takes to get what you want. Not big scary leaps once a year. It takes small, but irritating moves every single day.”

— Mel Robbins

26. “You change your life one five-second decision at a time. In.”

— Mel Robbins

27. “Passion is not a thing, it’s a state of mind.”

— Mel Robbins

28. “Every phase of your life and career will require a different you. Using the Rule, you’ll become the person you’re meant to become in this next phase of your life.”

— Mel Robbins

29. “Will it be your Heart that wins, or your Fear?”

— Mel Robbins

30. “Life is gritty and hard and then suddenly it is brilliant and amazing.”

— Mel Robbins

31. “Forget motivation; it’s a myth. I don’t know when we all bought into the idea that in order to change you must “feel” eager or “feel” motivated to act. It’s complete garbage. The moment it’s time to assert yourself, you will not feel motivated. In fact, you won’t feel like doing anything at all.”

— Mel Robbins

32. “Fear-bola attacks the part of the brain responsible for rational thinking. It starts with a low-grade concern about the two health care workers diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas and slowly builds into fear of a widespread epidemic in the United States.”

— Mel Robbins

33. “Hesitation is the kiss of death. You might hesitate for a just nanosecond, but that’s all it takes. That one small hesitation triggers a mental system that’s designed to stop you. And it happens in less than – you guessed it – five seconds.”

— Mel Robbins

34. “If you can’t get yourself out of bed, then you’ll never be able to pursue all of the other changes that you want to make in your life. And if you take that simple step of taking control of your mornings, you’ll catalyze a chain of events that leads to change everywhere.”

— Mel Robbins

35. “The problem was very clear. It was me. I was holding myself back, five seconds at a time.”

— Mel Robbins

36. “The F-bomb. It’s everywhere. You hear it all the time. And I honestly don’t understand what the appeal is over the word.”

— Mel Robbins

37. “You do the same thing every time you whine about problems but do nothing to fix them.”

— Mel Robbins

38. “You aren’t battling your ability to stick to a diet, execute a business plan, repair a broken marriage and rebuild your life, hit your goals, or win over a bad manager- you are battling your feelings about doing it. You are more than capable of doing the work to change anything for the better, despite how you feel. Feelings are merely suggestions, ones you can ignore. To change you must do the same, you must ignore how you feel, and just do it anyway.”

— Mel Robbins

39. “Win or lose, at least I’m doing something.”

— Mel Robbins

40. “I was the problem and in five seconds, I could push myself and become the solution.”

— Mel Robbins

41. “Resistance loves surfing the Web, vegging out in front of the TV, sticking to routine, not picking up the phone, hitting snooze, avoiding confrontation, making excuses, rumination, and isolation.”

— Mel Robbins

42. “That’s the problem with so many adults, we’re all focused on getting it perfect, instead of trying. What ever happened to good enough?”

— Mel Robbins

43. “That’s an instinct reminding you of the goal. That’s your inner wisdom, and it’s important to pay attention to it, no matter how small or silly that instinct may seem.”

— Mel Robbins

44. “It’s so sad because waiting for validation will be the death of your dreams.”

— Mel Robbins

45. “If you have one of those impulses that are pulling you, if you don’t marry it with an action within 5 seconds, you pull the emergency break and kill the idea.”

— Mel Robbins

46. “There’s one thing that is guaranteed to increase your feelings of control over your life: a bias toward action.”

— Mel Robbins

47. “But when you’re stuck, the major task is deciding if you’re going to change at all. The challenge is finding the ability, in the face of an overwhelming amount of resistance, to create a small change in your life and build on it.”

— Mel Robbins

48. “Seth Godin once wrote “a different part of our brains is activated when we think about what’s possible rather than what’s required.” I believe the same is true when we think about being courageous, rather than focusing on the fears that stop us. It’s the difference between focusing on the solution rather than the problem, and that tiny switch is mentally liberating.”

— Mel Robbins

49. “Facebook is nothing but heavily packaged “Kodak moments” that bear no relation to how people really live.”

— Mel Robbins

50. “Your dreams are your responsibility. No one is coming.”

— Mel Robbins