Top 200 Vironika Tugaleva Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “We speak about losing our minds as if it is a bad thing. I say, lose your mind. Do it purposefully. Find out who you really are beyond your thoughts and beliefs. Lose your mind, find your soul.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

52. “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

53. “Peace is not the absence of pain, but the welcoming of pain as a teacher.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

54. “Within you is a fountain of wisdom. And you sell yourself short every time you allow some authority to define your limitations and cage your potential. Even if that authority lives in your head.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

55. “One of the most difficult things I ever did was learn to support myself through my whole range of emotional experiences without running away.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

56. “Some journeys, we must take alone. The caterpillar does not judge itself for craving the cocoon. Do not fear the isolated path. There, you will not be lonely. You will meet yourself.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

57. “Remember that when things don’t go according to plan, they go according to truth. No matter how painful the reality, it is reality nonetheless. There is dignity in facing the truth without trying to cut it down to a more manageable size. There is honour in acceptance.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

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

— Vironika Tugaleva

59. “One thing is for sure – you will make mistakes. Learn to learn from them. Learn to forgive yourself. Learn to laugh when everything falls apart because, sometimes, it will.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

60. “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.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

61. “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.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

62. “Whether we are becoming more anxious or more loving, everything takes practice, and everything starts with one thought.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

63. “Leave your hair natural. Let your beard grow out. Leave the makeup in the bag. Wear comfortable clothes. Stop worrying so much about your looks and start looking around you. You have missed so much beauty trying to become beautiful. You have missed your own worth trying to become worthy. Let the mask break open. Let it lie on the floor. Let yourself be seen. Let yourself see.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

64. “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

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

— Vironika Tugaleva

66. “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

67. “Don’t let your fear of criticism suffocate your leadership potential. Once you begin to speak your truth, you will discover the people who have been waiting for someone exactly like you. Until you speak up, all you need is the faith that they exist. And I promise you: they do.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

68. “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

69. “We do not need to erase our assumptions, prejudices, or biases. We must simply learn to expand our awareness beyond them.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

70. “If someone else notices our qualities and talents, we think those parts of us must be worthwhile. Our potential floats like an island in the sea – uncharted, unexplored. We long for someone to discover us, admire us, colonize us. But why must it be another person? Why can’t you sail that voyage and explore yourself?”

— Vironika Tugaleva

71. “There is no way to genuinely, powerfully, truly love yourself while crafting a mask of perfection.”

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72. “Every bit of pain can be a blessing if we choose to listen to its message.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

73. “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

74. “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

75. “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

76. “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

77. “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.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

78. “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

79. “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

80. “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

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

— Vironika Tugaleva

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

— Vironika Tugaleva

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

— Vironika Tugaleva

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

— Vironika Tugaleva

85. “The most important freedom is freedom from your own self-judgment.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

86. “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.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

87. “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

88. “Learning to love yourself is like learning to walk – essential, life-changing, and the only way to stand tall.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

89. “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

90. “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.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

91. “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

92. “They say, “Look before you leap.” So look. But do not look for too long. Do not look into the void of uncertainty trying to predict each and every possible outcome, to evaluate every possible mistake, to prevent each possible failure. Look for the opportunity to leap, and leap faster than your fear can grab you. Leap before you talk yourself out of it, before you convince yourself to set up a temporary camp that turns into a permanent delay on your journey into your own heart.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

93. “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

94. “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

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

— Vironika Tugaleva

96. “Before label yourself and before you decide that there is something irreparably wrong with your thoughts or emotions, ask yourself: “Do I have a caring, unconditionally loving best friend in myself?” If the answer is “No,” then you will not find the solution to your suffering until you address this serious, life-threatening absence of self-compassion. Self-love is not a dinner mint. Self-love matters. Self-love saves lives.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

97. “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.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

98. “Before we can influence the inner conversation, we must first drift to the sidelines and watch it for a little while.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

99. “Have the courage to love yourself like you always wished someone would.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

100. “Hope for the future lies in each of us looking within. By learning to feed your hunger, you can overcome the tempting illusions all around you. By discovering who you are, you can stop basing your self-image solely on other people’s ideas about you. By connecting to your inner strength, you can stop cycling between idealistic illusions and self-hating disillusionment. By taking responsibility for yourself, you can stop relying on others to take responsibility for you.”

— Vironika Tugaleva