Top 250 Rachel Hollis Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “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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152. “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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153. “I don’t need to find anyone. Right now, in this moment, I’m my own hero.”

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154. “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.”

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155. “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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156. “It’s possible to pursue something for yourself, while simultaneously showing up well for the people you love.”

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157. “Life is not supposed to overwhelm you at all times. Life isn’t meant to be merely survived – it’s meant to be lived. Seasons or instances will inevitably feel out of your control, but the moments when you feel like you’re drowning are supposed to be brief. They should not be the whole of your existence! The precious life you’ve been given is like a ship navigating its way across the ocean, and you’re meant to be the captain of the vessel.”

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158. “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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159. “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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160. “You’ve got a zero-percent chance of being the person you want to be if you’re not intentional about it.”

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161. “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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162. “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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163. “Nothing that lasts is accomplished quickly.”

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164. “I care more about changing the world than I do about its opinion of me.”

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165. “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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166. “Mom, you should parent in whatever way works for your family and spend less time worrying about other people’s perceptions of how you’re doing.”

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167. “Nobody gets to tell you how big your dreams can be.”

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168. “We need to start having a very real conversation about why we accept truths about ourselves as women that we would never consider for men.”

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169. “The first step toward getting past the desire to judge and compete is admitting that nobody is immune.”

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170. “Finding your goal, focusing in on it, and learning to work to get closer to it every day is possible for anyone. Finding your goal takes some soul-searching and some clarity, but the other two? Having focus and being productive enough to get closer to where you want to go? Those are just habits. If you don’t already have them, it’s only because you haven’t developed them yet. Not because they’ll never be yours.”

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171. “The God who made the moon and the stars and the mountains and the oceans, the Creator who did all of those things, believed that you and your baby were meant to be a pair. That doesn’t mean you’re going to be a perfect fit. That doesn’t mean you won’t make mistakes. It does mean that you need not fear failure because you can’t fail a job you were created to do.”

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172. “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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173. “Being a perfect mom is a myth – but being a pretty great mom, most of the time, is actually possible.”

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174. “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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175. “Who are Bella and Edward?” I shrug off the question and don’t turn around as I ask, “What?” “Or Mac and Jericho? How about Jamie and Claire?”

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176. “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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177. “I cannot continue to live as half of myself simply because it’s hard for others to handle all of me.”

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

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179. “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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180. “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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181. “But sister, please, please, please stop allowing your fear of getting it wrong to color every beautiful thing you’re doing right.”

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182. “You’re not going to achieve anything if you don’t get comfortable with the idea of achievement.”

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

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185. “You think your dream is too big, too impossible? Write down all the times you did things nobody thought you could.”

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186. “The dreams of your childhood aren’t easy to ignore or to leave behind. They’re the most powerful because you design them without boundaries or limits. It’s what makes growing up so hard, because even though life has shown you different, it’s hard to forget that there was a time when you believed anything was possible.”

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187. “The posts demonstrate how I am growing and learning, and I want them to grow and encourage other women too.”

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188. “It’s no wonder so many mothers send me notes telling me they’ve lost themselves. Of course they have! If you live your life to please everyone else, you forget what used to make you you.”

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189. “Like a million other times in my life, I do my best to escape into the pages of a book. I.”

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190. “You have to know what to focus on, or you will never make progress.”

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191. “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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192. “Your life is supposed to be a journey from one unique place to another; it’s not supposed to be a merry-go-round that brings you back to the same spot over and over again.”

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193. “The problem with most things in life is that the activity you want to do – the bad habit – offers a quicker reward than the thing that’s better for you.”

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194. “I am to believe I am special, and how many other girls Brody has taken on similar lunches.”

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195. “I know what it feels like to want to change every single thing that made you who you were, as if becoming someone new might give you power over the mistakes you made.”

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196. “Maturity isn’t something you wrap around you like a coat. Maturity is like the T-shirt you get for walking in a 5K: you can only put it on if you go through the experience first.”

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197. “I believe it’s not your weight that defines you, but the care and consideration you put into your body absolutely does.”

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198. “When I’m in charge, I can live whatever life I want.”

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199. “I will not hold space for your expectations, your recriminations, or your judgment.”

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200. “Draga mea, nu te teme de esec. Teme-te de posibilitatea de a nu obtine nimic pentru ca ti-a fost prea frica de ce-ar putea crede altii despre tine vazandu-ti stradania.”

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