Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

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  I've never seen any life transformation that didn't begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Tired, Bullshit, Transformation

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• Creativity does not belong exclusively to professional artists and geniuses; it is the birthright of every single human being. Creativity is our common heritage. You don’t need to quit your job and move to Paris in order to lay claim to this heritage - all you have to do is clear some space in your life for whimsy, invention, sensory pleasure, and play. Most of all, you have to learn how to follow your curiosity more than your fear.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Jobs, Moving, Creativity

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• True power comes from standing in your own truth and walking your own path.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  True Power, Path, Standing

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• What are you willing to give up, in order to become who you really need to be?

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Giving Up, Order, Needs

  Twitter post from Mar 18, 2014

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• Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Life, Being Yourself, Positivity

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• There's always another level up. There's always another ascension. More grace, more light, more generosity, more compassion, more to shed, more to grow.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Compassion, Light, Generosity

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• You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Change, Happiness, Clothes

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.187, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• I am a better person when I have less on my plate.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Food, Weight Loss, Dieting

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• If you're brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting, which can be anything from your house to bitter, old resentments, and set out on a truth-seeking journey, either externally or internally, and if you are truly willing to regard everything that happens to you on that journey as a clue and if you accept everyone you meet along the way as a teacher and if you are prepared, most of all, to face and forgive some very difficult realities about yourself, then the truth will not be withheld from you.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Teacher, Journey, Reality

  "Eat Pray Love". Book by Elizabeth Gilbert, February 16, 2006.

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• Watch for the people whose eyes light up when you talk about your dream. Those are the people you keep.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Dream, Eye, Light

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• The resting place of the mind is the heart. The only thing the mind hears all day is clanging bells and noise and argument, and all it wants is quietude. The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart. That's where you need to go.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Heart, Silence, Mind

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.149, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• The world is like a dropped pie most of the time. Don't kill yourself trying to put it back together. Just grab a fork and eat some of it off the floor. Then carry on.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Pie, Trying, Together

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• Nothing is less efficient than perfectionism.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Perfectionism, Efficient

  "Here’s How Elizabeth Gilbert (Bestselling Author of Eat, Pray, Love) Writes". Interview with Kelton Reid, www.copyblogger.com. December 12, 2013.

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• Creativity itself doesn't care at all about results - the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process and let whatever happens next happen, without fussing too much about it. Work like a monk, or a mule, or some other representative metaphor for diligence. Love the work. Destiny will do what it wants with you, regardless.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Creativity, Destiny, Care

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• Everything good I've ever gotten in life, I only got because I gave something else up.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  "Are You Willing to Let Go?" by Jean-Paul Bedard, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 26, 2014.

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• Mistakes will be made. Failure will occur. You pick yourself up and carry on.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Mistake, Pick Yourself Up, Made

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• But if you can plant yourself in stillness long enough, you will, in time, experience the truth that everything (both uncomfortable and lovely) does eventually pass.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Long, Lovely, Doe

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.181, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• I crossed the street to walk in the sunshine.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Sunshine, Walks, Streets

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.52, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can read and eat and study. I can choose how I'm going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my life-whether I will see them as curses or opportunities. I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. And most of all, I can choose my thoughts.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Life, Attitude, Fall

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• A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Soulmate, Mirrors, Flames

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.157, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• Fear can have a voice, but it doesn't get a vote.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Voice, Vote

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• Being content with what you have already is an art form that leads to a peace that can’t be replaced by anything else.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Art, Form, Being Content

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• If you're going to answer the call and you're going to transform and you're going to change, get ready. It is not a day at the beach.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Beach, Answers, Ready

  "Elizabeth Gilbert On The Ugly Truth About Following Your Passion", www.huffingtonpost.com. October 7, 2014.

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• You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Blessing, Follow Your Dreams, Eat Love Pray

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.272, Bloomsbury Publishing

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