Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

When you finally accept that it's OK not to have answers and it's OK not to be perfect, you realize that feeling confused is a normal part of what it is to be a human being.

I don't pretend to be perfect.

I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being.

I've learned that it's OK to be flawed.

You really have to try hard to create space and, at least for a time, stop the political world from rushing in. The important thing is to remain sane.

Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy you've ever met, sometimes I may be in between. But that's life. Who isn't like that? What's the big deal if I had an arrogant moment.

I have my flaws and my issues, past and present and who knows what will happen in the future. I want people to know I'm vulnerable too and each one of us is.

I'm human. I mean, I'm not always happy.

I am not perfect. I know that. None of us is perfect.

To be okay with not knowing is a sign of a mature person and a mature society.

The fact is: I no longer believe in my own infallibility. That is why I am lost.

I have a giant ego and terrible self-esteem, so I need to hit the re-set button fairly regularly - to get into presence, and humility, and being right-sized.

Believe in yourself and try not to take anything personally.

It's hard to distinguish when I was actually struggling from when I only felt like I was struggling - which was pretty much always.

I don't always like my own behavior. I haven't known anyone who is perfect all the time.

I don't have big anxieties. I wish I did. I'd be much more interesting.

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.

Well. I'm probably not loving myself like I should, but I'm really trying.

I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity.

Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools.

I'm a human being. I'm not perfect.

It's not like I have all the answers.

Of course I have bad hair days; I'm human.

I can live with myself.

I write about moments, and I don't make blanket statements about anything because no one has all the answers; nobody's come up with a foolproof way to do anything when it comes to emotions.