Quotes About Mandy Hale

#1. Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake & help us see we are worth so much more than we're settling for.

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#2. Happy is still Happy, with or without the Ever After.

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#3. Don't waste words on people who deserve your silence. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is nothing at all.

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#4. There is nothing that can happen TO you that can't also happen FOR you ... if you'll let it.

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#5. Single is a choice, just like Married is.

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#6. Single ladies, we are not Damsels in Distress ... we are Divas that Impress!

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#7. The solitude, bravery, and uncertain path of the modern-day single woman is something to be applauded as bold and courageous and unique, not lauded as sad or pathetic or weak. As

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#8. The person you're meant to be with will never have to be chased, begged or given an ultimatum

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#9. It can seem as if the single season of life is going to drag on forever and ever.

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#10. Love is a beautiful, wonderful, and even sacred thing, but until it arrives, shouldn't we give ourselves permission to thrive?

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#11. Learn from your failure's; do not prevent misfortune from teaching you.

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#12. When God requires us to surrender one dream, it's because He wants to hand us a bigger and better one.

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#13. Some steps need to be taken alone. It's the only way to really figure out where you need to go and who you need to be.

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#14. Until you get comfortable with being alone, you'll never know if you're choosing someone out of love or loneliness.

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#15. That's the thing about fear. It can only hang around until faith enters the room, then it's forced to flee.

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#16. Be a bit of a challenge; not because you're playing games but because you realize you're worth the extra effort.

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#17. Don't be afraid to be who you are, no matter who that person might be.

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#18. Change starts with YOU. When you step up, you invite others to step up, too.

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#19. Single moms: You are a doctor, a teacher, a nurse, a maid, a cook, a referee, a heroine, a provider, a defender, a protector, a true Superwoman. Wear your cape proudly.

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#20. Was I always your option ... while you were my choice?

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#21. Too easy to get = Just as easy to forget.

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#22. The things we don't stress tend to turn out best. Trust and let go.

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#23. The less you respond to rude, critical, argumentative people ... the more peaceful your life will become.

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#24. When something or someone is no longer bringing you up, but pulling you down - it's time to let go. When something or someone is no longer adding to your life, but subtracting from it - it's time to let go.

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#25. You can love them, forgive them, want good things for them ... but still move on without them.

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#26. Sometimes a "mistake" can end up being the best decision you ever make.

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#27. If you don't love yourself, you'll always be chasing after people who don't love you either.

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#28. There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others.

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#29. Better to put your heart on the line, risk everything, and walk away with nothing than play it safe. Love is a lot of things, but "safe" isn't one of them.

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#30. Your lives are on two separate tracks and it seems as though there's simply no going back. And as much as you love her and cherish the memories you've shared together, you know in your heart that the friendship has run its course.

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#31. You are here for a reason. There is nothing accidental about you. There is a specific purpose, assignment, and mission on earth that only you can fulfill. Never doubt your specialness.

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#32. If you want your life to be a five-star reality, you have to stop settling for a fast food mentality!

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#33. Happiness begins with you. Not with your relationship, your friends, or your job. but with you.

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#34. When you are your own best friend, you don't endlessly seek out relationships, friendships, and validation from the wrong sources because you realize that the only approval and validation you need is your own.

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#35. She has to have four arms, four legs, four eyes, two hearts, and double the love. There is nothing "single" about a single mom.

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#36. Anything in your life that's acting as a security blanket is only smothering the person you were born to be.

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#37. Strong women don't play victim, don't make themselves look pitiful, & don't point fingers. They stand & they deal.

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#38. Hope for love, pray for love, wish for love, dream for love ... but don't put your life on hold waiting for love

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#39. If a man WANTS to be with you, he will make his actions clear. There won't be any questions, murkiness, cloudiness, or fear.

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#40. Don't wait until you're faced with someone's absence to acknowledge the importance of their presence. Love them now. Realize that the flaws, irritations, bad habits, and imperfections are all a part of what makes them, and you, unique, special, and rare to this universe.

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#41. God can turn your biggest flaws into your biggest cause.

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#42. When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself.

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#43. Just be yourself. Let people see the real, imperfect, flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful, magical person that your are.

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#44. You don't always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens.

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#45. It's OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you're about to do something really, really brave.

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#46. Toxic people will pollute everything around them. Don't hesitate. Fumigate.

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#47. Pick your battles. You don't have to show up to every arguement you're invited to.

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#48. Here's a glorious thought: You don't have to settle. Ever. In life, in love, in your career ... ANYWHERE!

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#49. When you live in shackles to other people's opinions and moods and judgments, it is the equivalent of becoming a human streamer. And you're better than that. You're meant to be in the driver's seat of your life, not running alongside the car, trying to catch up!

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#50. The desires of your heart were not put there by accident. Follow them.

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#51. So you're a little weird? Work it! A little different? OWN it! Better to be a nerd than one of the herd!

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#52. If you have to beg someone to be in your life, they don't belong there.

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#53. You are FAR too fabulous to cling to someone or something that doesn't fit you, doesn't want you, or doesn't belong to you. While you're clinging to the WRONG thing, you're letting the RIGHT thing slip right through your fingers!

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#54. Throw down her expectations, throw up her hands, and enjoy the ride. Because it's not going to turn out the way she thought it would. It's going to turn out so much better.

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#55. Timing is everything. What good is finding the RIGHT thing if it's the WRONG time?

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#56. There is never a moment when God is not in control. Relax! He's got you covered.

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#57. The more you go with the flow of life and surrender the outcome to God, and the less you seek constant clarity, the more you will find that fabulous things start to show up in your life.

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#58. Maybe it's NOT Maybelline. Maybe you were just born with it.

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#59. Celebrate the people in your life who are there because they love you for no other reason than because you are YOU.

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#60. Even most churches don't really know what to do with their singles. They teach classes on "preparing for marriage," "waiting for marriage," and "praying for marriage," but what about just honoring exactly who you are in this moment instead of always prepping for the next phase of life?

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#61. A positive attitude turns "I can't & I won't," into "I have & I WILL!

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#62. When life brings you full circle, pay attention. There's a lesson there.

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#63. Ten years from now, make sure you can say that you CHOSE your life, you didn't SETTLE for it.

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#64. It's better to be a "misfit" than a "one-size-fits-all"!

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#65. Learn to appreciate loneliness for the gift that it truly is - a chance for God to finally get you alone so He can go to work on building a relationship with
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#66. Figure out what makes you laugh, and do more of it. Figure out what makes you cry, and do less of it.

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#67. To live, to TRULY live, we must be willing to RISK. To be nothing in order to find everything. To leap before we look.

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#68. The only thing we single ladies need to be rescued from is the notion that we need to be rescued.

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#69. What now seems wrong, unfair, and ridiculous will all make sense later.

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#70. She screws up - a lot. She stumbles and she falls. She gets it wrong as often as she gets it right. But she never gives up the fight.

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#71. In the midst of our struggle to find out who we are, there are infinite possibilities for beauty, and hope, and wonder, and love.

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#72. My point is this: When you live in shackles to other people's opinions and moods and judgments, it is the equivalent of becoming a human streamer.

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#73. The really amazing, beautiful, and miraculous thing about walking with God, however, is that even when you stray, He manages to find you. He uses the ugly, dirty things you do while running from Him to draw you back to Himself.

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#74. YOU ARE SOMETHING BETTER.

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#75. But at night, once I had taken off my makeup and my defenses were down and my mind started to wander, it seemed rather than new love sitting down at the table of my life to join me, old love managed to find its way back in ...

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#76. The thing about God is that He doesn't take rejection the same way humans do. When He sets His sights on you, He doesn't give up until He wins your affections. He is the ultimate Dream Guy.

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#77. There also seems to be a lack of things to talk about among singles and takens. The common ground between us seems to shrink smaller and smaller with each passing year.

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#78. HERE'S THE THING ABOUT BAD BOYS: IN THE END, THEY ALWAYS WALK AWAY. BUT THEY DON'T LEAVE YOU EMPTY-HANDED. IN THEIR WAKE WILL BE GIRLS WHO NOW KNOW WHAT THEY WANT OUT OF LOVE AND WHAT THEY WON'T STAND FOR EVER AGAIN.

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#79. Stop inviting people who don't celebrate you to your party! It's YOUR life - you have the right to be exclusive.

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#80. You will evolve past certain people. Let yourself.

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#81. Allow yourself to hope, to believe and to trust again. Don't let a few bad memories stop you from having a good life!

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#82. Life is too short for constant struggle and pain. LET IT GO and move on to the beauty and light.

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#83. It makes no sense to try to extend a friendship for a lifetime if it was only meant to last a season.

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#84. Our friends have a way of reminding us of how fabulous we are when the rest of the world has forgotten.

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#85. We can let go of the person or love or friendship without letting go of the lesson.

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#86. It's a lot harder to get someone OUT of your life than it is to let them IN, so please ... be selective.

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#87. Sit your affections, your heart and your precious time out on the doorstep without so much as making him ring the doorbell first, and he'll treat you like a doormat. Make him work a little to get next to you, and he won't stop til you're his.

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#88. You're beautiful, just the way you are. Shine on. And dare anyone to turn off the lights.

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#89. Find yourself first ... like yourself first ... love yourself FIRST ... & friendship & love will naturally find YOU.

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#90. An amazing thing happens when you stop seeking approval and validation: You find it. People are naturally drawn like magnets to those who know who they are and cannot be shaken!

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#91. Realize that if a door closed, it's because what was behind it wasn't meant for you.

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#92. You can't truly heal from a loss until you allow yourself to really FEEL the loss.

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#93. True strength is knowing that you don't have to be strong every single second of the day.

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#94. Don't pour a lifetime of effort into a seasonal relationship. Not everyone from the pilot belongs in the finale.

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#95. Being brave enough to be alone frees you up to invite people into your life because you want them and not because you need them.

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#96. The way you treat people who are in no position to help you, further you, or benefit you reveals the true state of your heart.

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#97. Loneliness is designed to help you discover who you are ... and to stop looking outside yourself for your worth.

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#98. The truth is, you can only give a person so much time to realize what's standing right in front of them. You can only let a person chase you for so long before you realize that maybe, just maybe, they never intended to catch you at all.

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#99. It's not selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself, and make your happiness a priority. It's necessary.

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#100. When you refuse to settle for less than the best ... the best tends to track you down.

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