Rachel Hollis Quotes

“Judgments keep us from building a stronger tribe...or from having a tribe in the first place. Our judgment prohibits us from beautiful, life-affirming friendships. Our judgment keeps us from connecting in deeper, richer ways because we’re too stuck on the surface-level assumptions we’ve made.”

“Friends, it’s not about the goal or the dream you have. It’s about who you become on your way to that goal.”

“Work just as hard for fun moments, vacation moments, and pee-your-pants laughing moments as you do for all the other things.”

“I hustled for joy.”

“You don’t have to get it right all the time. You don’t have to do things like anyone else’s mom. You only have to care.”

“Embrace the madness.”

“If you choose today not to break another promise to yourself, you will force yourself to slow down. You cannot keep every commitment, promise, goal, and idea without intentionality.”

“Jesus was the ultimate embracer of chaos.”

“No means merge with caution.”

“Look for the fruits of the Spirit. ...The fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, patience, peace, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. ...Choose one that resonates with you at this moment, write it down on some Post-its, and stick it everywhere.”

“Slow down your yes. Only commit to things you know you can accomplish because they’re incredibly important to you. Otherwise you set yourself up for continued failure.”

“I also learned that I am a child of God--and that trumps everything else.”

“Our words have power, but our actions shape our lives.”

“Be honest with yourself about what you’re blowing off.”

“Sometimes choosing to walk away, even if it means breaking your own heart, can be the greatest act of self-love you have access to.”

“Be careful any time the only voice of advisement is your own. Your judgment is easily clouded when you’re in love.”

“Embracing chaos might be the path to finding peace.”

“I heard him ask me, ‘Do you have faith in my plan or not?’ That is what it boils down to: faith. The belief that your life will unfold as it was meant to, even when it unfolds into something painful and difficult to navigate. Do you believe he has a plan?”

“Someone else’s opinion of you is none of your business.”

“I learned to rest in the knowledge that I will still be okay even if both of those things go away tomorrow. I studied the gospel and finally grasped the divine knowledge that I was loved and worthy and enough...as I am.”

“Learning to rest is an ongoing process.”

“When you assume you’re in total control, you don’t stop and take time to seek out a relationship with God; you use alternative means to try and manufacture some peace.”

“Ladies, our judging has to stop. So does our compulsion to compete with everyone around us.”

“If you’re not able to value yourself, no one else will either.”

“Every day you’re choosing who you are and what you believe about yourself, and you’re setting the standards for the relationships in your life. Every day is a chance to start over.”

“No is only an answer if you accept it.”

“The definition of worship is ‘the feeling of expression or reverence for a deity.’ Creating is the greatest expression of reverence I can think of because I can recognize that the desire to make something is a gift from God.

“The only thing worse than giving up is wishing that you hadn’t.”

“Let me take a moment to tell those of you who are dealing with and fighting through something painful: it is a miracle that you’re sitting here. You are nobly doing your best to battle your way through it. You are a warrior because of the trials you are going through, but don’t you dare squander the strength you have earned just because the acquisition of it was painful.”

“Those are the most important stories to share. You can use that strength to pave a path for others to follow along behind.”

“The God who made the moon and the stars and the mountains and the oceans, The Creator who did all of those things, believed that you and your baby were meant to be a pair. That doesn’t mean you’re going to be a perfect fit. That doesn’t mean you won’t make mistakes. It does mean that you need not fear failure because you can’t fail at a job you were created to do.”

“Maybe the hardest part of life is just having the courage to try.”

“He kisses me once more, on my forehead this time, and then he’s gone. And I know I am young, and fairly inexperienced where men are concerned, but I am positive that even when I am 90 years old I’ll still remember exactly what it feels like to have his lips on my skin.”

“Besides fueling great ideas, tequila also dissolves the filter between my brain and my mouth.”

“Brody is the toy that all the other kids want to own, so obviously Selah wants to be the one to lock him down. He’s a fill-in-the-blank... it could be a purse, a car, a trip, a new pair of shoes. She’s constantly in pursuit of shiny things, and well, he is very shiny.”

“There’s a dreamy guy, looking all pulled together and gorgeous and here’s me, being all cough-spastic, breath-wheeze-cough-cough death rattle. That is it. I’m going to choke to death in an elevator dressed like I’m on my way to a hooker’s funeral, and this blonde male model is going to watch me die.”

“Tequila makes me dream up things like dance battles.”

“People treat you with as much, or as little respect as you allow them to.”

“Your integrity is the only thing they can’t take away from you.”

“A dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.”

“It’s usually our opposites who complement us best, because they’re the only ones who can balance us out.”

“You men deserve whatever rabbit-boiling scenario dating crazy women gets you.”

“I am to believe I am special, and how many other girls Brody has taken on similar lunches.”

“Inside my head is a tumble of incoherent screams that sound an awful lot like someone speaking in tongues. Apparently my inner voice is Pentecostal.”

“Sometimes you aim for the sun and fall short. But if you keep fighting for your dream, it becomes something so much better than you even knew to hope for. ”

“It’s tempting, but really, I don’t even know him that well and this feels like the start of every Lifetime movie Tori Spelling ever died in.”

“See that’s where you’re wrong baby. When you find your man, it’s almost too easy. Gettin’ married and haven’ a mortgage, kids and a business to run and findin’ a way to stay love day in and day out, that’s the tougher part.”

“If I had a power color, it would definitely be sparkle.”

“It’s my lot in life to forever envy anyone taller than I am. Oh well.. a little tease and a back comb and my hair gets me at least 2″ closer to heaven.”

“But the beginnin’ that part’s easy a pie. That’s why they call it fallin’ because it happens before you have time to stop yourself.”

“But the beginnin’ that part’s easy a pie. That’s why they call it fallin’ because it happens before you have time to stop yourself.”