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Jay Shetty was born on 6 September 1987.
Jay Shetty is not only a purpose coach but also a former monk. He is also an author from the UK.
Jay is known for his podcast 'On Purpose'. On his podcast, there have been many famous celebrities including Alicia Keys, Kobe Bryant, and more. He has been very successful and has even appeared on shows like 'Today', 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show', and others. He often discusses life, purpose, and mental health. He has written a book named 'Think Like A Monk' which was published in 2020.
Below, we have collected some words of wisdom from this amazing human being for you to read. If you liked reading these quotes, you can also check out these Leo Buscaglia quotes or [Brennan Manning quotes] for more inspiration.
Here, we have collected some of the most famous Jay Shetty quotes that tell you to never stop trying to be the best. These quotes about life lessons will pump you up!
1. "The interesting thing is, those opinions didn’t change the world, but the people behind the ideas did."
- Jay Shetty.
2. "Everyone has a different clock. Wait for your time."
- Jay Shetty.
3. "What we’re searching for is not out there, but it’s inside. Therefore, happiness is actually an inside job."
- Jay Shetty.
4. "Never judge anyone, because you never know how their life is and what they go through."
- Jay Shetty.
5. "When nobody else celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself."
- Jay Shetty.
6. "Live as if you were to die tomorrow learn as if you were to live forever."
- Jay Shetty.
7. "Don’t let someone be a priority when all you are to them is an option."
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8. "Your new life will cost you your old one."
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9. "Canceling plans to read is ok. Skipping a party for the gym is ok. Staying home to cook is ok. Let's encourage it and respect self-improvement."
- Jay Shetty.
10. "Do you know what WE stands for? Without Ego."
- Jay Shetty.
11. "Everything in life happens according to our time our clock."
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12. "Being positive doesn’t mean you don’t ever have negative thoughts. It just means you don’t let those thoughts control your life."
- Jay Shetty.
13. "In a world with so much information, we're somehow still missing the wisdom of life."
- Jay Shetty.
14. "I love asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because I’m still looking for ideas."
- Jay Shetty.
15. "The more you try and keep up with others' opinions, the more you’ll fall behind."
- Jay Shetty.
16. "Forgiveness doesn't excuse the behavior, but it prevents the behavior from negatively affecting us."
- Jay Shetty.
17. "We are so anxious about what will happen in the future that we don't enjoy the present."
- Jay Shetty.
18. "You are still young, and you aren’t supposed to have your whole life figured out yet. Don’t stress. Everything will work out."
- Jay Shetty.
19. "The best people to surround yourself with are the ones that bring out the best in you."
- Jay Shetty.
The Jay Shetty quotes in this section are inspirational ones. These words of wisdom are enough to help you to stay inspired in life and say yes to the opportunities that you are offered.
20. "Starve your distractions, feed your focus."
- Jay Shetty.
21. "When you learn a little, you feel you know a lot. But when you learn a lot, you realize you know very little."
- Jay Shetty.
22. "Swap ‘Why is this happening to me?’ to ‘What is this trying to teach me?’- It will change everything."
- Jay Shetty.
23. "Failures are failures when we don’t learn from them, when we learn from them they become lessons."
- Jay Shetty.
24. "The paradox of our times is that we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but less solutions."
- Jay Shetty.
25. "If you’re looking around and you find yourself being the smartest person in the room, change rooms because you’re in the wrong one."
- Jay Shetty.
26. "Being happy for someone else’s success makes you happier. Go try it and stop being salty."
- Jay Shetty.
27. "We may not be the best, but if we keep going longer we will better ourselves."
- Jay Shetty.
28. "It’s not about how slow you go, just as long as you don’t stop."
- Jay Shetty.
29. "If you don’t sacrifice for what you want, what you want becomes the sacrifice."
- Jay Shetty.
30. "No matter how rich, talented, or educated you think you are, how you treat people says everything about you."
- Jay Shetty.
31. "What you want exists. Don’t settle until you get it."
- Jay Shetty.
32. "I don’t hate you, but I am done investing my time in you."
- Jay Shetty.
33. "Reading changes your mind, applying changes your life!"
- Jay Shetty.
34. "The most powerful prison is one when you don’t even know that you’re locked up."
- Jay Shetty.
The quotes below will keep you motivated through different parts of life.
35. "Motivation comes from meaning. Everything comes from meaning."
- Jay Shetty.
36. "The days you don’t want to are the days you really have to if you want to reach your goal."
- Jay Shetty.
37. "Go the extra mile, it’s never crowded."
- Jay Shetty.
38. "The next time you see someone that you think is successful, don’t focus on what they’re doing now. Focus on what they did to get there."
- Jay Shetty.
39. "Don’t worry about rejections. All you need is one person to say yes."
- Jay Shetty.
40. "The thing about limitations is that they are only true as long as you believe in them. So, instead of believing in your limitations, start believing in yourself."
- Jay Shetty.
41. "Think about what you can do right now, not what you wish you had done before."
- Jay Shetty.
42. "We live for the weekEND but then END up feeling WEAK."
- Jay Shetty.
43. "Failure has the ability to lure success."
- Jay Shetty.
44. "Don’t carry your mistakes around with you. Instead, place them under your feet and use them as stepping stones."
- Jay Shetty.
Some believe that if you don't love, you are missing out on so many things in life. The quotes below by Jay Shetty explain what it truly means to love.
45. "We put time limits on what we love, but we do what we don’t love all of the time."
- Jay Shetty.
46. "Choose people who choose you."
- Jay Shetty.
47. "Spend more time with people who make you forget to look at your phone."
- Jay Shetty.
48. "The challenges we all want to be with someone who makes us happy when what we need to do is be some who makes us happy."
- Jay Shetty.
49. "Often the people closest to us get the worst of us. And the people we barely know get the best of us."
- Jay Shetty.
50. "You cannot transform that which you do not accept."
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51. "At your best, you still won’t be good enough for the wrong person. At your worst, you’ll still be worth it to the right person."
- Jay Shetty.
52. "Some people love you but don’t tell you, Some people tell you but don’t love you."
- Jay Shetty.
53. "Every act is either an act of love or a cry for love."
- Jay Shetty.
54. "Whatever is taken for granted, will eventually be taken away."
- Jay Shetty.
55. "Success comes from gaining, happiness comes from giving."
- Jay Shetty.
56. "Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world. Even your shadow leaves you when you’re in darkness."
- Jay Shetty.
57. "The way we communicate says it all. We spend more time holding our phones than we hold each other. We ask Google more questions than we ask each other."
- Jay Shetty.
58. "I believe that you can’t fix yourself by breaking someone else. It’s like what Buddha said: resentment is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die."
- Jay Shetty.
Life is what you make of it. Here are some of the best Jay Shetty quotes that can help you make the most of life!
59. "I’m always opening 1000 doors. Everyone sees the 10 that stay open. That’s the key to growth."
- Jay Shetty.
60. "Never blame anyone if you got hurt by them because it was not their fault it was you who gave them the right to tear you apart."
- Jay Shetty.
61. "If we never learn to be alone we will always feel lonely."
- Jay Shetty.
62. "The person we will become in five years is defined by the people that we spend time with today and the books that we read today."
- Jay Shetty.
63. "We force ourselves out of bed to live the same day again and again and call it a life."
- Jay Shetty.
64. "Your identity should be made by what you think you should be."
- Jay Shetty.
65. "The best lesson I have learned in life came from the worst feeling I ever felt in life."
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66. "Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but make sure it does not replace you as the driver."
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67. "Our words have more power than we even believe. Our words define our reality. We need to pick them carefully. Make sure you taste your words before you spit them out."
- Jay Shetty.
68. "Life and time are the best two teachers. Life teaches us to make good use of time and time teaches us the value of life."
- Jay Shetty.
69. "A monk is simply a traveler, except the journey is inwards."
- Jay Shetty.
70. "If you could be more creative, what would you use it for?"
- Jay Shetty.
71. "The slowest road to success is when you’re comparing yourself to others."
- Jay Shetty.
72. "We spend the whole day trying to get our work on time, but then spend all of our time thinking about work."
- Jay Shetty.
73. "You’re not going to master the rest of your life in one day. Don’t stress. Master the day. Make this a daily reminder."
- Jay Shetty.
74. "Let's not make happiness and success about the size of our homes, but about the size of our heart. Let’s not make it about gratification, but gratitude."
- Jay Shetty.
Read these quotes on figuring out who you really are.
75. "You don’t know what you need in your life until you figure out who you are."
- Jay Shetty.
76. "It’s important to figure out who you’re not, in order to figure out who you are."
- Jay Shetty.
Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for Jay Shetty quotes, then why not take a look at these Nick Vujicic quotes or Bob Goff quotes too?
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