Hoda Kotb > Quotes

“I love music. For me, music is morning coffee. It's mood medicine. It's pure magic. A good song is like a good meal-I just want to inhale it and then share a bite with someone else.”
― Hoda Kotb, Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee

“It's made me realize that imperfect is perfectly comfortable to me. Whether it's a city or my apartment, I feel most at home when things are somewhat flawed.”
― Hoda Kotb, Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee

“If you fall-and trust me, you will- make sure you fall on your back. Because if you fall on your back, you can see up. And if you can see up, you can get up. And you can keep going and going and going.”
― Hoda Kotb, Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee

“It’s OK if you fall down and lose your spark. Just make sure that when you get back up, you rise as the whole damn fire. —Colette Werden”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“I like the pace of my world. It's busy, but for me, the less I do the lazier I get.”
― Hoda Kotb, Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee

“The biggest thing I've learned is to smash my own spiders and get on with my day. There will be another!”
― Hoda Kotb, Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee

“Life's not perfect. Some loose ends may never get trimmed up and tidied.”
― Hoda Kotb, Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee

“There are times when you just have to show people that you're all in.”
― Hoda Kotb, Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee

“If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. —Mary Engelbreit”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“Smiling does not necessarily mean you’re happy. Sometimes it just means you’re strong.”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“You don’t have to move mountains. Simply fall in love with life. Be a tornado of happiness, gratitude, and acceptance. You will change the world just by being a warm, kind-hearted human being. —Anita Krizzan”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“God will, very likely, give you more than you can handle. He will not, however, give you more than He can handle.”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“It’s okay to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave. —MANDY HALE”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“Home of the free because of the brave.”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“It’s okay to have a meltdown. Just don’t unpack and live there.”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“Love the people God gave you, because He will need them back one day.”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“Be careful who you pretend to be. You might forget who you are.”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“Don’t ruin a good today by thinking about a bad yesterday. Let it go.”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“C. S. Lewis, reflected hope for a fresh start and positive year ahead: “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, but just felt in the heart. —Helen Keller”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“The elimination diet: Remove anger, regret, resentment, guilt, blame, and worry. Then watch your health, and life, improve. —Charles F. Glassman”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone. —Ronald Reagan”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. —Elizabeth Stone”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow—this is a human offering that can border on miraculous. —Elizabeth Gilbert”
― Hoda Kotb, This Just Speaks to Me: Words to Live By Every Day

“Making the decision to have a child—it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“He had an exercise bike put next to his bed. He got out of bed in the hospital every morning and exercised, even as he was literally dying. One day he turned to me, and he wasn't a religious guy, but he turned to me and said, "You know if there's a heaven after this, it's a bonus."”
– Hota Kotb (author) Quote by Ron Clifford in Ten Years Later”
― Hota Kotb

“Hold on tightly to the things you love. And get rid of the things you don’t.”
― Hoda Kotb, Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee

“Remove anger, regret, resentment, guilt, blame, and worry. Then watch your health, and life, improve. —Charles F. Glassman”
― Hoda Kotb, I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

“The days, months, and years eventually reveal, like a polaroid, a clear picture of how significant events and decisions ultimately shape our lives”
― Hoda Kotb