Top 40 Scott Hildreth Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Life’s greatest treasures will never be held, purchased or bartered for. They will only be felt.”

— Scott Hildreth

2. “The value of a person’s life is measured by the amount of people they touch in living it. Based on this belief, I have always further believed a person’s funeral would be a depiction of the perceived value in the life they’ve lived – the means of measure being the people in attendance at the funeral – the touched souls.”

— Scott Hildreth

3. “The value of a person’s life is measured by the amount of people they touch in living it.”

— Scott Hildreth

4. “It’s perfect. Blurred lines; it’s when fact and fiction become indiscernible. Fantasy and reality fade into a color of grey yarn and you become tangled up in it and can’t escape into the world of black and white you desperately need as proof of the reality of life itself.”

— Scott Hildreth

5. “I don’t like people who take advantage of those incapable of protecting themselves.”

— Scott Hildreth

6. “We don’t always plan what happens in our life. Sometimes things just unravel.”

— Scott Hildreth

7. “As my mind swirled into a whirlwind of emotion, the unthinkable happened. My heart filled with hope.”

— Scott Hildreth

8. “My dress, my choice of vehicles, nor my profession would be indicative of the personality I possess. I have a great personality,” I said. “Maybe if you pulled that stick out of your ass,” she said.”

— Scott Hildreth

9. “The greatest rewards in life are provided to those who take the greatest risks.”

— Scott Hildreth

10. “We fear what we don’t understand and find serenity in what we’re incapable of understanding...”

— Scott Hildreth

11. “Ask yourself throughout the course of each day, ’if this were my last day on earth, would I do anything differently?”

— Scott Hildreth

12. “He was a middle aged dirt-bag, and was more than likely one of the intended audience for all of the erectile dysfunction commercials which littered the television.”

— Scott Hildreth

13. “And maybe, just maybe, the ten hours of hot summer wind blowing past my face would dry the tears of pride which were beginning to roll down my cheeks.”

— Scott Hildreth

14. “Having the ability to feel is the greatest gift God has ever given.”

— Scott Hildreth

15. “Walking past the kitchen counter again, I reached into my left pocket and grabbed my chocolate supply. I stopped and grabbed the door to exit. As I did, I dipped my shoulder and dropped my laptop in the entrance. I stood for a long moment, looking at the computer bag. I released my grip on my right hand and dropped the chocolate bars beside it, locked the door, and left.”

— Scott Hildreth

16. “I always stood out as being different... and unwilling to accept the phrase ‘I am a girl’ as an ending to any type of sentence that started with ‘I can’t because’.”

— Scott Hildreth

17. “CRIP: I’m a non-conformist, and nothing’s ever easy for me.”

— Scott Hildreth

18. “You need to fall in love with yourself before you can fall in love with someone else.”

— Scott Hildreth

19. “Life is far more abrasive experiencing its individual components than the sum itself.”

— Scott Hildreth

20. “Boxing is a sport, and nothing more than a contest between two men – a contest of strength, stamina, willingness, and raw talent.”

— Scott Hildreth

21. “And, at that moment, it dawned on me. I was one of those people. The people that I detested. The jobless people that you see all of the time. The people that make you wonder.”

— Scott Hildreth

22. “Each new day in my life was always better than the one which preceded it. Always.”

— Scott Hildreth

23. “Wars are never won, they’re only fought.”

— Scott Hildreth

24. “Always be yourself. Unless you can be a unicorn. Then always be a unicorn. Truer words have never been spoken.”

— Scott Hildreth

25. “How long you and Vee been seeing each other?” Shane asked as he stood up. “About a month,” I shrugged. “That question earlier about falling in love? The one about how long it takes?” Shane said over his right shoulder as he pulled his hood over his head. “Yeah?” I responded. “Takes about a month, bro,” he said as he slapped my shoulder. As we approached our bikes, I pulled my key from my pocket. A month, huh? Well, it’s just about time I get that girl a pair of Chuck’s.”

— Scott Hildreth

26. “You should live every day,” Kenton paused as he reached for the door handle, “as if you’re going to die at midnight.”

— Scott Hildreth

27. “Without reading, I would go crazy – completely crazy. My Kindle had become my savior.”

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28. “I come here to read. Dream. Relax. Find bits and pieces of myself I’m afraid I may not find elsewhere...”

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29. “As the engine warmed up to speed, I glanced down at my steadily rising jeans. And, in all honesty, I was ready.”

— Scott Hildreth

30. “His strongest belief was the fact women are not to be abused, ever – verbally, mentally, morally or physically. I believed the exact same thing.”

— Scott Hildreth

31. “People need to worry more about themselves and their fuckin’ kids, and stop worrying about what everyone else is doing or not doing.”

— Scott Hildreth

32. “At any moment, life has the capacity to change, good or bad. To believe we have control over where or when these things happen is to believe we control the destiny of our lives.”

— Scott Hildreth

33. “Our ability to accept life’s difficult offerings is a testament of our relationship with God.”

— Scott Hildreth

34. “If we can’t be ourselves, why even be?”

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35. “Life every day as if you’re going to die at midnight.”

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36. “The good lord gave you an opportunity, Parker. You chose not to take it. And now? Well now he is teaching you a lesson. Learn it. And move on through life a wiser soul. The next time Parker, the next time do things differently.”

— Scott Hildreth

37. “If something or someone is presented to us once, we will often dismiss it as being nothing more than happenstance. If that person or situation is presented twice, it is God slapping us in the face and telling us to pay attention. It is fate.”

— Scott Hildreth

38. “God didn’t break our chains for us to be bound again. Alcohol, drugs, depression, addiction, toxic relationships, monotony and repetition, they bind us. Break those chains. Destroy your past and give yourself new life like God has given you.”

— Scott Hildreth

39. “God uses our deepest pain as the first stepping stone to our greatest reward.”

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40. “I have no regrets. To regret my past would be to admit I am not satisfied with who or what I have become. Everything I have accomplished and all I have been exposed to – good or evil – has created what sits before you. If I look solely at the reflection I make today, I stand proud. So in short, no Parker, I don’t have things I regret,” he grinned softly as if satisfied with his response.”

— Scott Hildreth

41. “If someone makes you think, keep them. If someone makes you feel, keep them.”

— Scott Hildreth

42. “I’ve heard people say that once you’re an adult, you don’t change. I don’t believe that. I think we all have the capacity to change; we just have to want to do it. It’s developing the want that is difficult. We become so stuck in our routines, so comfortable, so unwilling to take risk – we just don’t see the value in change. Either that or we’re just plain uncomfortable with what the change might offer.”

— Scott Hildreth

43. “I have no regrets. To regret my past would be to admit I am not satisfied with who or what I have become. Everything I have accomplished and all I have been exposed to – good or evil – has created what sits before you.”

— Scott Hildreth