Top 200 Vironika Tugaleva Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “Courage is your natural setting. You do not need to become courageous, but rather peel back the layers of self-protective, limiting beliefs that keep you small.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

52. “The less people know, the more they talk. The less people understand, the more they try to explain.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

53. “It’s not enough to wish, dream, hope. Even children know this. We must set sail into the sea of uncertainty. We must meet fear face-to-face. We must take our dreams as maps for a greater journey. Dreams, to come true, need a good story. So go live one.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

54. “To love everyone unconditionally does not mean to give everyone your unconditional time. Sometimes, to love completely, we must never see someone again. This, too, is love. This is giving someone the freedom to exist and be happy, even if it must be without you.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

55. “You are nature. You are already perfect, peaceful, and powerful. You don’t need to become anything. You simply need to remember yourself.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

56. “A happy person is not without sorrow or grief. Happiness is the acceptance of pain, not the lack of it.”

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57. “The most dangerous way we sabotage ourselves is by waiting for the perfect moment to begin. Nothing works perfectly the first time, or the first fifty times. Everything has a learning curve. The beginning is just that – a beginning. Surrender your desire to do it flawlessly on the first try. It’s not possible. Learn to learn. Learn to fail. Learn to learn from failing. And begin today. Begin now. Stop waiting.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

58. “Meaning is something we ascribe to things in order to understand them. Reality itself is meaningless. Once this jagged, little pill digests within us, it unlocks a beautiful gift: free will.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

59. “Only when we face the impossible, and experience the unbearable, do we find out who we truly are.”

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60. “Inspiration is a spark. It is nothing unless we use it to build a fire.”

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61. “Some people say they don’t believe in God, but they believe in an energy that moves through all living things. Others say they do believe in God, and they claim God is an energy moving through all living things. Some people believe in a holy book, and their faith gives them the same feeling of certainty that sustains people of other faiths as well as non-believers. Over this, we start wars.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

62. “Sometimes, breaking down is the bravest thing you can do.”

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63. “There is a difference between judgment and feedback. Your critics use you as a mirror for their own hidden darkness. Your teachers hold up a mirror to yours.”

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64. “To teach someone a lesson, show them how it’s done. Force is a temporary solution. Judgment is no solution at all.”

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65. “The road is long in every direction. Whether you follow someone else’s footsteps or blaze your own trail, the road is still long. Walk the one that is howling for you. Go now. It is never too late. Even if you must turn around and go back the way you came, you cannot go backwards. The path will not look the same walking north as it did walking south. You will not be the same person facing the sunset as you were turning your back to it. Go now. Find your magic. Live. Rise.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

66. “Human beings are not separate from nature. We are nature. The beauty of the sunset is your own beauty. The power of the ocean is your power. We are inseparable from the beauty of the mountains, rivers, and forests that surround us. The more that you can allow your natural self to come out – to honour your natural beauty, your natural creativity, your natural thirst for leadership and compassion – the happier and healthier you’ll be.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

67. “Remember who you really are. You cannot be destroyed or hurt. You cannot be harmed or killed. You, the real you, will always be present and powerful.”

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68. “Everything you want lies on the other side of learning to trust yourself. Take a chance. Have faith. You already know who you are, what you want, and where you want to go.”

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69. “Each wave that rolls onto the shore must release back to the ocean. You are the same. Each wave of action you take must release back to the peace within you. Stress is what happens when you resist this natural process. Everyone needs breaks. Denying this necessity does not remove it. Let yourself go. Realize that, sometimes, the best thing to do is absolutely nothing.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

70. “When curiosity is an end in itself – a perspective, a viewpoint, a way of life – then it fuels an easy, egoless, playful relationship between ourselves and the world around us.”

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71. “In today’s world, it is tempting to follow suit and artificially numb the emotions you don’t want while inducing the ones that you do want. The problem is that pushing pleasure into your veins will not get you out of quicksand, nor will blocking pain bring you relief. The solutions do not lie in the world of emotions, but rather in the world of thoughts.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

72. “You work so hard to fix yourself, but maybe what you need isn’t another tactic, another book, another expert, another five-step plan. Maybe, you don’t need to be fixed. Maybe, what’s really holding you back is the idea that you need to be fixed. Maybe you just need to let yourself play instead of always making yourself do homework.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

73. “If we learn to be responsible for our own emotions, thoughts, and needs, then we can see other people for who they are as opposed to what they can do for us.”

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74. “It is only by seeing beauty in everything that we can see it in any one single thing, day after day. Don’t run into the arms of obsession, for that quickly fades. Long lasting love comes from an open, loving heart.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

75. “No matter how much you cry, the tears will dry. No matter how many nightmares, flashbacks, visions, or terrors you endure, they will pass. To weather these in order to find your true self and the happiness you deserve, that is not a risk. To waste the time you have in this body, never showing your soul to yourself or anyone else, living in fearful misery – that is really the most dangerous thing you can do.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

76. “Compassion does not have to be a face-to-face relationship. Forgiveness does not imply friendship. Understanding why someone has inflicted pain on us is how we set ourselves free of the past, not how we excuse someone’s behaviour so they can continue to abuse us.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

77. “You cannot control the emotions, thoughts, or memories that torment you, but you can control how you choose to respond to them.”

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78. “A child does not decide to be open-minded. As a self-aware adult, you make conscious choices. You earn back your right to be free, to play, to exist without struggling.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

79. “When someone is cruel, harsh, mean, to not take their words personally is one thing, but to hear the silent cry within those words is another. This sort of perspective can not only liberate us from crippling self-doubt in the face of criticism, it can also liberate us from automatically becoming blind participants in the interaction patterns that the cruel person has become accustomed to – a favour we do for the other person as much as for ourselves.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

80. “Your unconscious inner conversation has helped you mimic the people around you rather than understand yourself better.”

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81. “Once trust is built, distance cannot kill it. Time and space alone cannot destroy authentic connection.”

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82. “We can only discover our true strength through struggle. Don’t give up. Find out what you’re made of.”

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83. “The more you’ve struggled to heal and love yourself, the more inspiring your story will be to others when you come out the other side full of triumph, awareness, and honour. Don’t give up. Your struggle today is the source of your wisdom tomorrow.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

84. “What if we all stopped fighting to belong and realized that we already do? What if we acknowledged, in each interaction with ourselves and with others, the eternal, beautiful interconnected energy that flows between us? What if we recognized our equality and celebrated our differences? Imagine how the world could be.”

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85. “In some ways, we will always be different. In other ways, we will always be the same. There is always room to disagree and blame, just as there is always room to take a new perspective and empathize. Understanding is a choice.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

86. “Every person is driven to self-deceive, simply to get out of the discomfort of the truth. The best relationships are with people who will not let you be blind. They reveal your hidden strengths and your concealed wounds.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

87. “At the end of the day, your relationships with the people in your life will be greater assets than any material things. Take time. Be present. You’ll thank yourself for it later.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

88. “Taking responsibility for yourself is about self-care, not self-repair. Once you learn to feed yourself, you will better understand your hunger. Maybe.”

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89. “Once you understand love, you don’t need a reward your kindness or compassion just like you don’t need a reward for breathing.”

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90. “Only you can allow yourself to explore the person in the mirror. Only you can coax yourself into a daring adventure to find your untapped potential.”

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91. “Trying to keep up appearances is a signal of decay on the inside. Beware shallow living – in yourself and in others. It is only in the depths that life can thrive.”

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92. “You have never been flawed. You have never been broken. Rather, you have misunderstood yourself.”

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93. “To be courageous, we must be willing to surrender our perfectionism, if only for a moment. If my self-worth is attached to being flawless, why would I ever try to learn anything new? After all, learning requires mistakes.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

94. “You do not need any more strength. You only need to realize how strong you already are.”

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95. “Fear echoes your self-defined limitations, not your actual ones. To change your self-image, you must face what scares you.”

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96. “Most things that are true are simple. To lose weight, eat less than you burn. To reduce stress, find a job you love. To resolve conflict, be patient and peaceful. These are very, very simple in that they are complete concepts that take no more than a sentence to say. They are not, however, easy, because they must be applied consistently.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

97. “The greatest potential we have for opening our hearts lies in the opening of our minds.”

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98. “Trying to fix ourselves while pretending to love ourselves doesn’t work. We don’t heal through objectification. We heal through understanding. We need to feel appreciated by the people who help us – ourselves included.”

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99. “The greatest freedom in this world is a sense of self detached from appearances so that we may sacrifice today’s comforts for tomorrow’s opportunities.”

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100. “When you slip up and let yourself back into old, toxic patterns of thinking, forgive yourself before you try to fix yourself.”

— Vironika Tugaleva