Top 250 Rachel Hollis Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “Being a perfect mom is a myth – but being a pretty great mom, most of the time, is actually possible.”

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102. “Your tribe is out there, and if you haven’t found it yet, I’d challenge you to consider that maybe your people come in a different package than you thought they might.”

— Rachel Hollis

103. “She told me that whenever someone in my life consistently did something that upset me but I didn’t comment on it because I thought I was being selfish to admit that it was hurting me, that was where I needed a boundary. This.”

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104. “How many times have you bailed on yourself to watch TV? How many times have you given up before you’ve even started? How many times have you made real progress, only to face a setback and then give up completely? How many times have your family or friends or coworkers watched you quit? How many times have your children watched you give up on yourself over and over and over? This is not okay.”

— Rachel Hollis

105. “Obsessing over this person and why they did what they did will not serve you. You are not defined by the pain they inflicted – you are defined by what you turn that pain into.”

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106. “They’re your dreams, and you are allowed to chase them – not because you are more special or talented or well-connected, but because you are worthy of wanting something more.”

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107. “Having a drink will always be the easiest way out; it requires the least effort but demands the most in retribution.”

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108. “You’ve got to believe in yourself and believe that you’re capable of making changes to become whatever kind of person you want to be. As you read through this book, as you’re trying to figure out the person you want to be, remember the journey starts with the goal. It starts with finding the direction you want to go in and then figuring out how to build the habits that will get you there.”

— Rachel Hollis

109. “The amazing thing is that this is all perception. It’s all what you believe to be true. And you get to decide what you believe.”

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110. “Work just as hard for fun moments, vacation moments, and pee-your-pants-laughing moments as you do for all the other things.”

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111. “Nothing is wasted. Every single moment is preparing you for the next. But whether or not you choose to see this time as something wonderful – the time when God is stretching you and growing you or maybe forging you in fires hotter than you think you can withstand – all of it is growing you for the person you’re becoming, for a future you can’t even imagine.”

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112. “It’s the lessons in grace and self-care and realistic expectations, where you teach them about what you’re capable of, that will truly serve them later on.”

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113. “We are afraid of so many things when it comes to our dreams, but the biggest fear is of being judged for having them in the first place.”

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114. “You know that expression “Go big or go home”? I never go home.”

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115. “Ambition looks like you living in a way others won’t so you will have a life others can’t.”

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116. “Leaders are encouraging. Leaders share information. Leaders hold up a light to show you the way. Leaders hold your hand when it gets hard. True leaders are just as excited for your success as they are for their own, because they know that when one of us does well, all of us come up. When one of us succeeds, all of us succeed.”

— Rachel Hollis

117. “Anything other than death is temporary.”

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118. “Am fost invatata sa ma fac mica, dar ma nascusem cu o inima in care sa incapa doar visuri mari.”

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119. “A goal is a dream with it’s work boots on.”

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120. “Some days I feel as if I’m getting closer to the best version of me. Other days I eat cream cheese for dinner. But the gift of life is that we get another chance tomorrow.”

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121. “I am still here because I didn’t allow the hard time to make me weak; I willed it to make me strong.”

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122. “Dreams are things you hope for, for your life. Dreams are the things that occur to you as you go about your day.”

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123. “Our own negative self-talk can be more damaging than the emotional abuse heaped on us by a hateful parent. It’s also far more insidious because there’s nobody there to stop it, since we rarely even realize it’s happening. Beating ourselves up about all the things we think we’re doing wrong becomes a litany of white noise. Eventually we don’t even hear it anymore.”

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124. “The person you lost would never, ever want you to suffer over their absence. If anything, they’d want you to experience the bittersweet memories of your time together. They’d want you to be happy, they’d want you to laugh again, they’d want you to live the fullest, richest life you can.”

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125. “Don’t tell me you don’t have it in you to want something more for your life. Don’t tell me you have to give up because it’s difficult. This is life or death too. This is the difference between living a life you always dreamed of or sitting alongside the death of the person you were meant to become.”

— Rachel Hollis

126. “Holding each other accountable comes from a place of love. Judgment comes from a place of fear, disdain, or even hate.”

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127. “You were not made to be small. You are not a little girl. You are a grown woman, and it’s time you grew up.”

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128. “I truly believe it’s possible to achieve anything you want, with hard work, but you don’t get to control the variables that will make it so or the time frame in which it appears.”

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129. “Friends, your struggles don’t mean that you’re weak; they mean you’re human. Your inexperience doesn’t mean you won’t succeed; it means you haven’t yet.”

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130. “You are a warrior because of the trials you are going through, but don’t you dare squander the strength you have earned just because the acquisition of it was painful.”

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131. “Two half people don’t make a whole. You’ve got to be completely whole on your own before you can be one half of anything.”

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132. “Our society makes plenty of room for complacency or laziness; we’re rarely surrounded by accountability.”

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133. “There are hundreds of ways to lose yourself, but the easiest of them all is refusing to acknowledge who you truly are in the first place.”

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134. “There is a big difference between wanting someone’s opinion and needing their approval. The latter typically comes disguised as the former. We ask for an opinion because we are feeling unsure about something, and often, if we can find someone to agree, we somehow justify the idea as good or bad.”

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135. “If you’re lucky, your legacy will be a lifetime in the making.”

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136. “I am successful because I have never once believed my dreams were someone else’s to manage. That’s the incredible part about your dreams: nobody gets to tell you how big they can be.”

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137. “Exista sute de feluri de a invata sa inoti si unul foarte simplu de a te ineca – atunci cand nu esti dispusa sa recunosti inca de la inceput ca esti pe cale sa te ineci.”

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138. “You’ve got to plan for your success. You’ve got to be intentional, and you’ve got to decide right now that you can be whoever you want to be and achieve whatever you want to achieve. You’ve got to believe it.”

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139. “We can walk into the school year and remember that we’re raising our children into the adults they will become. Our valiant endeavor will take us a lifetime of effort. A single day, or even a handful of days, when you aren’t mom of the century won’t make or break your kids. It’s the intention to do well that will see them through. It’s the lessons in grace and self-care and realistic expectations, where you teach them about what you’re capable of, that will truly serve them later on.”

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140. “Be strict about your goal but flexible in how you get there.”

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141. “You were made to be more than you are today and – this is the important part – your version of more might not look like my more, or hers.”

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142. “You create because you have a God-given ability to do so. You create as a gift to yourself and to the higher power who blessed you with those abilities. But you can’t make people like or understand it. You have to be willing to put it out there even if they don’t like it. Even if they hate it. Even if they give it two stars or none at all.”

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143. “Our society makes plenty of room for complacency or laziness; we’re rarely surrounded by accountability. We’re also rarely surrounded by sugar-free vanilla lattes, but when I really want one, I somehow find a way to get one.”

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144. “I don’t need to find anyone. Right now, in this moment, I’m my own hero.”

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145. “Do you hesitate to admit your dreams aloud because you’re nervous about others making fun of you or judging you for your choices?”

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146. “You cannot keep living in the excuses of something that happened fifteen or twenty years ago. Because, seriously, how is that working for you?”

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147. “Like most working moms, my life is a constant juggling act.”

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148. “I recognized a great truth: if I wanted a better life than the one I’d been born into, it was up to me to create it.”

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149. “By the grace of God, I will wake up tomorrow and have another chance to do this life better.”

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150. “I don’t believe that other people, no matter how much they care about me, will every truly know what goes on in my life and therefore, they don’t get any say in how I live it.”

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