Top 200 Vironika Tugaleva Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “Your darkest moments are not meant to be swept under the carpet, hidden from the world in the silent pursuit of perfection. The darkness you’ve overcome is your ticket into leadership. It’s what you’re meant to light up in the world.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

152. “To extend compassion to a so-called villain, to forgive those who have wronged you, and to find common ground with someone who has been awfully isolated are not acts typically met with fireworks and swelling violins. More often than not, they are pushed away. To love, really love, is to do them anyway.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

153. “Who was I fooling, telling my heart to quiet its beautiful song so I could march in the parade of conformity? My biggest fool was me.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

154. “Discovering the truth of who you are is the only way to love and care for yourself.”

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155. “Our work is not to become unique. We are unique. Our work is to unleash our sense of adventure and to allow the inner whisper that says “come hither” to be reason enough to go.”

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156. “You matter. You’re not broken. You’re stronger than you think.”

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157. “To spend your time trying to make your body flawless is to waste your time. Even if it appears to match some externalized ideals of perfection for a moment, your physical self will wrinkle and age. Work on your mind. Work on your legacy.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

158. “The most effective and permanent way to silence fears is to face them.”

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159. “In our thoughts, we hold the key to our feelings. In our minds, we hold the key to love.”

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160. “Who will you love if not yourself? Other people? How can you love someone for anything but their raw, naked humanity? How can you say you love someone if it is not for their flaws and quirks, snorts and hurts, triggers and tears? Anything else is not love. It is idealization. And, as long as you do it to yourself, you will do it to everyone. You will not love anyone or anything until those eyes in the mirror soften up and embrace the beauty that is already within.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

161. “If you find yourself craving approval, you are low on self-love. Stop grasping for a few scraps wherever you can. Go home and make yourself a feast. Love yourself deeply today.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

162. “We try so hard to make ourselves lovable, and yet each layer of this mask puts another wall around us – a wall that keeps love out.”

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163. “Love, happiness, peace – these are not final destinations. They are in every moment, every breath, everything.”

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164. “All around us is an uninterrupted monologue that breeds self-doubt.”

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165. “We don’t heal through objectification. We heal through understanding.”

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166. “We all have an inner intuition for authenticity, for matched up internal and external truth. When we detect this, we feel immediate comfort. We know truth when we hear it.”

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167. “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

168. “Watch your thoughts, for they will become the words of people you draw to yourself.”

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169. “Compassion is essential, but it’s not a substitute for self-expression, or self-respect, or self-compassion. Emotional self-care is also essential, but gently soothing our wounds does not replace communicating about them.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

170. “I know of no better or quicker way to step into my greatness than to step out of what’s familiar.”

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171. “While we tend to think of love as some faraway place, it is actually a place nearby that we have forgotten.”

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172. “Think of a wave: it washes onto the shore, and then it rolls back. Likewise, each of your activities has a backside of stillness. To be with people, you must be alone. To listen, you need silence. To exercise, you need rest. You do not need to inflict rest, silence, or aloneness. You can simply surrender to your existing urges for these essential actions.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

173. “Fly blindly, trust is full of magic. Let your wild voice guide the way.”

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174. “To be hurt is, sometimes, a lucky thing – a fortunate interruption along a road that otherwise may have ended in blindly hurting others. When we heal from being hurt by a person, we realize the importance of not hurting people. Perhaps it is not the most fun way to learn this lesson, but it is a method of life’s teachings nonetheless.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

175. “The important thing is for me to feel love towards my fellow human beings – and sometimes, that has to be at a distance.”

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176. “Within, you hold a tiny piece of eternity, a fraction of life, a mirror of the universe.”

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177. “When we suffer in silence, we think that we are alone, different, separate. When we share our stories of suffering, we find that we are the same.”

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178. “There are few things more destructive than thoughts believed without question.”

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179. “You cannot become good enough for your own approval just like you can’t become good enough to have hair. You cannot earn your own self-acceptance just like you can’t earn your own ears. You can’t become what you are. Stop looking out there. Look in the mirror. You’re already everything you’ve ever wanted to be.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

180. “Any piece of advice comes with some risk of creating dependence. What we can do is add trust to the mix so it can neutralize the addictive impulses.”

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181. “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

182. “It is not the path that you have trouble finding. You knew your path since your first daydream. It’s courage you’re searching for – courage to trust yourself and stop searching for a travel partner who knows better than you where to go. And courage is only built in action.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

183. “An act of love is not an act for you and not for me. It is an act for you as well as for me. Love is for us.”

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184. “When we stop looking for someone to complete us, we find completion in ourselves.”

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185. “The sooner we heal our traumas, the sooner we liberate ourselves from the people who hurt us. By hating them, we hold onto them. We cannot heal.”

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186. “I am happy not because I am without pain, but because I know I am not that pain.”

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187. “The reason most relationships fail isn’t because we haven’t found the right person. It’s because we haven’t found ourselves and we’re hoping someone can fill that void for us. They can’t. No one can. Self-love is and always will be a prerequisite to every happy romance.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

188. “As you engage in daily self-nourishment, you will become less vulnerable to promises of quick fixes and magical solutions. A well-fed person is hard to seduce.”

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189. “The transformed person is a revolutionary only because he has revolutionized himself. He gives the people inspiration by holding up a mirror to their inner substance.”

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190. “There’s nothing more beautiful than authenticity. There’s nothing stronger than vulnerability. There’s no better time than now.”

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191. “When we are in constant pain, we cannot empathize with others, nor can we help them. It is only when we allow ourselves to open up to our own nourishment that we are free to feed the rest of the world. And thus, to attend to one’s own suffering is the most selfless act.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

192. “Instead of labelling your emotions as problems to solve, you can see them as signals to interpret. Instead of judging your desires as shameful aberrations, you can learn to meet them in healthier ways.”

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193. “Those who love, truly love, can be coerced into nothing.”

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194. “If you ate nails, your stomach would hurt, and it’s a good thing that it would. Eating nails is deadly, thus the pain is helpful. Like this, sadness, anger, and anxiety are not to be feared or shamed, but listened to and decoded.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

195. “Amazing relationships aren’t about making one perfect choice in your choice of partner. They’re about the infinite amount of choices you make in each conflict, each conversation, and each moment to open yourself and to stay open, even when it’s hard.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

196. “Most people spend their lives doing one of two things to their emotions: numbing or venting. Self-loving people do something very different – they accept each emotion as a piece of communication and they try to decode it. This way, emotions can become important guideposts on the journey of self-discovery, rather than annoying roadblocks.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

197. “Be kind to yourself. Remember that when you abuse yourself, you will experience the anger, regret, and apathy of the bully as well as the depression, anxiety, and insecurity of the victim. Whatever you do, be kind to yourself.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

198. “I’ve experienced the feeling of about a dozen different drugs simply from a good conversation. I think, more often than not, that’s why people get addicted. They want a high that’s available only if they overcome their fear of connecting to others.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

199. “Being passive is not the same as being peaceful. If you aren’t doing what you know, in your heart, you want to do, you are NOT going with the flow. You are going against the flow. Your reactions, emotions, desires, and talents are all part of the flow of life. Ignoring them is passive resistance. Let yourself go.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

200. “I believe that the best leadership is loud authenticity. That is what the world needs now. We don’t need more plastic, Photoshooped perfection. I don’t want people to look at me and wish they could be me. I want people to look at me and see their own potential. I want people to be more accepting of their own failures, imperfections, and struggles because they watch me accept of my own.”

— Vironika Tugaleva