"A wrong turn doesn't end the journey. If you feel lost, just look at your map and get back on the road. The map will always lead you in the right direction."

"How would your life be different if … You renamed your "To-Do" list to your "Opportunities" list? Let today be the day … You look at each day as a treasure chest filled with limitless opportunities and take joy in checking many off your list."

"Forgiveness is a reflection of loving yourself enough to move on."

"Radio star, Steve Maraboli's book, Life, the Truth, and Being Free, is a masterpiece of wisdom. Filled with pearls of insight on all areas of life, it speaks directly to the primary issue of our day: How to save this world without losing ourselves. Courageously, Steve maps out the only plan that works — Engage life, stay aligned with the truth, and find the freedom to create something better for those we touch every day."

"The more I study, the more I learn and absorb, the more I realize how truly little I know."

"Sometimes silence can be the strongest and most compassionate answer."

"Fear is the imaginary response to something that has not happened."

"When intent and action mate, the offspring is success."

"I've learned that empowered thinking is a choice — a state of mind. It's the ability to enjoy a rose with no mind of the thorn. It's the ability to celebrate a life even though it has passed. It's seeing the flowers even during a rainstorm."

"When you do what you love, the seemingly impossible becomes simply challenging, the laborious becomes purposeful resistance, the difficult loses its edge and is trampled by your progress."

"Fear comes from a lack of understanding how powerful you really are."

"Steve shares the brilliant ideas and empowering philosophies that have gained him international recognition as a leader in personal development. He lays out a practical guide to living your true beauty and potential."

"There are people in the world I call "Centers of Influence", Steve Maraboli is one of them."

"The greatest sermons are the ones given with a closed mouth and an open heart."

"The day you start telling yourself you can, is the day you start knowing you will."

"It's a lack of clarity that creates chaos and frustration. Those emotions are poison to any living goal."

"When you're ready to make the change and you don't feel that you have the strength, know that you are connected with the same strength that moves the world; you just have to stop turning your back on it and connect with it."

"Free yourself from the imprisonment of your own limiting beliefs and prejudices."

"By taking the time to contemplate where you are and where you want to be, you greatly empower yourself. It's a wonderful opportunity to finally set in motion the changes you want in your life."

"Don't let your history interfere with your destiny."

"The empowered mind allows problems to seed personal growth."

"The nourishment of our souls comes from the smiles of others."

"Your perceptions create your reality."

"How would your life be different if … You walked away from gossip and verbal defamation? Let today be the day … You speak only the good you know of other people and encourage others to do the same."

"All resistance bears within it the seeds of growth, experience, and wisdom."

"It's actually in simplifying life that you get the greatest strength."

"The universal law of generosity ensures both the giver and recipient profit"

"Sometimes the love you'll feel after you've been hurt is stronger than ever."

"At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets."

"Your capacity to own something is your capacity to change something."

"If you see something different for yourself in the future, you have to do something different for yourself in the present."

"This magical universe is so faithful in waiting for us to get out of our own way. Many people do not realize that the sharpening of wit occurs when one humbles their wit. It is in the humble mindset that beauty and magic flow freely."

"You are a reflection of nature. You should always be upgrading, refining, and improving."

"When you change for the better, the people around you will be inspired to change … But only after trying their hardest to make you stop."

"Interrupt your thoughts of "I should", with your action of doing."

"I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me."

"Gratitude enhances your ability to see beauty. It's like seeing beauty in HD."

"Seizing the power of now is what will help you propel your life to where you need to be."

"Attachment is the still water in which the mosquitoes of stress grow."

"One of the most spiritual things you can do is acknowledge the human aspect of your life. Once you acknowledge the human aspect of your life you'll recognize the spiritual fuel that ignites that human engine."

"The journey of change doesn't begin when you intend, it begins when you move."

"Participate in your own dreams, don't just say what you want or complain about what you don't have."

"One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity."

"There is an unlimited amount of power to be found in simplicity. Keep your intent and action simple and the doors of success, happiness, and abundance will fly open for you."

"Don't augment your complaints, augment your actions."

"The greatest enemy to fear is truth."

"The art of letting go is simply about personal empowerment. Realizing what you're in charge of, realizing what you control, and more importantly, what you don't control."