Thriving Quotes

“Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“Thriving. That's fighting... Surviving is barely getting by.”
― Jillian Michaels

“Listen for the call of your destiny, and when it comes, release your plans and follow.”
― Mollie Marti

“The cactus thrives in the desert while the fern thrives in the wetland.

The fool will try to plant them in the same flowerbox.

The florist will sigh and add a wall divider and proper soil to both sides.

The grandparent will move the flowerbox halfway out of the sun.

The child will turn it around properly so that the fern is in the shade, and not the cactus.

The moral of the story?

Kids are smart.”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“Industry, technology, and commerce can thrive only as long as an idealistic national community offers the necessary preconditions. And these do not lie in material egoism, but in a spirit of sacrifice and joyful renunciation.”
― Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf

“Lineage, personality, and environment may shape you, but they do not define your full potential.”
― Mollie Marti

“With every choice you create the life you’ll live; with every decision you design it.”
― Mollie Marti, Walking With Justice: Uncommon Lessons from One of Life's Greatest Mentors

“High above the noise and fear mongering of critics and cynics softly speaks your true self.”
― Mollie Marti

“Your greatest responsibility is to live a life that nourishes your highest truth.”
― Mollie Marti

“There is no adversity that cannot bear a gift and no gift that cannot bring adversity.”
― Mollie Marti

“Mastery is the breeding ground of fresh, creative passion.”
― Mollie Marti

“Though it is becoming an increasingly popular area of advocacy, the United States continues to top the list of nations that are disconnected from the basic concept of relieving a mother of overwork and giving her dancing hormones the time and space to regulate through rest and proper nutrition. It's a grin-and-bear-it moment (complete with dark circles and wan complexion). And, these days, with more and more women literally and energetically holding the home together as the primary breadwinner, and very often as the emotional center of the home as well, the postpartum period becomes a pressure cooker. The unconscious message beamed from all angles is, "Get back at it. You can't afford to rest."

But it seems we can't afford not to. Anecdotal evidence strongly suggests that when deliberate physical care and support surround a new mother after birth, as well as rituals that acknowledge the magnitude of the event of birth, postpartum anxiety and its more serious expression, postpartum depression, are much less likely to get a foothold. Consider that the key causes of these disturbingly common, yet still highly underreported, syndromes include isolation, extreme fatigue, overwork, shame or trauma about birth and one's body, difficulties and worries about breastfeeding, and nutritional depletion, all of which suggests that when we let go of the old ways, we inadvertently helped create a perfect storm of factors for postpartum depression.”
― Heng Ou, The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother

“You can't thrive if you keep hiding in the shadows. For this reason, you have got to turn on your light a little bit.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Stamerenophobia

“The thing about me and other escape artists before me is this: I'm gonna thrive even when the world is on fire because my help doesn't come from this wicked world.”
― Tricia hersey, We Will Rest!: The Art of Escape

“Just as plants need water to grow, skills need practice to thrive.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, These Words Pour Like Rain

“You survive when you don't repeat the cycle, but you thrive when you create a new legacy and trajectory. Conscious awareness and effort are what separate someone who thrives from someone who survives. You can consciously create a different life, and those who do are known as "cyclebreakers.”
― Nedra Glover Tawwab, Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships

“Wellness is a holistic state that embraces all aspects of life. It is about achieving balance within ourselves—through the mind, body, and consciousness—while fostering harmony with the world around us. Wellness means thriving through awareness, balance, and purposeful living.”
― Prem Jagyasi , Dr Prem's Guide - Wellness Tourism

“Instincts are very different from intuition. Instincts guide our behavior without the involvement of conscious thought. As such, they are valuable and necessary for our survival—but they will keep us just there: surviving, not thriving. While instincts are innate, unconscious, and biologically driven behaviors, intuition can be consciously cultivated. Intuition is the intelligence of the heart. By listening to it, we develop sensitivity to the magic of life, gain wisdom, and we begin to find joy and beauty in the present moment. This gives us the courage to live fully—beyond the mere drive to survive.”
― Natalia Blagoeva

“If you aren't thriving somewhere, it doesn't automatically make you the problem.”
― Genevieve Novak, No Hard Feelings

“Choosing rest is choosing to thrive, not just survive.”
― Ken Breniman, Subversive Acts of Humanity: A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction

“Think of rest not as laziness but as an investment in your creativity, resilience, and overall well-being.”
― Ken Breniman, Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction

“In a world that demands constant busyness, choosing rest is choosing to value yourself. It’s choosing to thrive, not just survive.”
― Ken Breniman, Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction

“Your craft needs not just your effort to thrive, but the entirety of your heart.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Sips And Little Portions

“It's kind of like wading into the ocean. Once you get past where the wave breaks you start to bob up & down more. When you get more comfortable you're able to lay on your back & float. I have done this so many times, since I was a child, that it gets easier. I learn to be patient, improve my timing & approach it at an angle that benefits me. I can't change the nature of the sea but I can adapt as to how I take my swim. ~ in response to “I feel like I spend my time surviving & not living”.”
― Nancy Lavoie

“Anything can thrive until something bigger notices”
― Abyssino

“Survival was not enough—thriving, evolving, and loving fiercely were the real victories.”
― Ken Breniman, a three body solution: A Daringly Subversive & Juicy Tale of Love, Evolution, & Humanity's Last Hope

“Making the decision to walk away from chemo wasn't the end of the battle — it was the beginning of a new one.”
― Ali Sabino, Faith In Wild Places: A Holistic Story of Healing, Faith and Life After Cancer

“Looking back, I can see how God surrounded me with angels — in flesh and blood, across phone lines, in Zoom boxes and healing circles.”
― Ali Sabino, Faith In Wild Places: A Holistic Story of Healing, Faith and Life After Cancer

“We learned quickly that faith in wild places doesn't just grow in solitude — it grows in community.”
― Ali Sabino, Faith In Wild Places: A Holistic Story of Healing, Faith and Life After Cancer

“Time, trust, and life are the true freedoms of human existence. Choose, connect, and thrive to embrace your nature.”
― F.C. Quiles