Mandy Hale Quotes & Sayings

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. — Mandy Hale

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. — Mandy Hale

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

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

Happily Single is also the precursor to Happily Taken. You simply can't have one without the other. — Mandy Hale

Single ladies, we are not Damsels in Distress ... we are Divas that Impress! — Mandy Hale

The next time you check the box "S" for single, remember this: singleness is no longer a lack of options but a choice - a choice to refuse to let your life be defined by your relationship status and to live every day Happily and let your Ever After work itself out. Whether or not you have someone in the passenger seat, you are still the driver of your own life and can take whatever road you choose. So the next time you hit a speed bump, otherwise known as the age-old question, "Why are you still single?" look 'em in the eye and say, "Because I'm too strong, too smart, and too fabulous to settle. — Mandy Hale

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. — Mandy Hale

Some relationships just don't work out, no matter how bad both parties might want them to. Sometimes time, distance, and circumstances get in the way. And sometimes we have a purpose for our lives that couldn't be fulfilled inside the bounds of that relationship. — Mandy Hale

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. — Mandy Hale

Learn from your failure's; do not prevent misfortune from teaching you. — Mandy Hale

The person you're meant to be with will never have to be chased, begged or given an ultimatum — Mandy Hale

If they want to be in your life, they'll find a way to be in your life. Otherwise they'll find excuses. — Mandy Hale

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. — Mandy Hale

Too easy to get = Just as easy to forget. — Mandy Hale

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! — Mandy Hale

Red flags are moments of hesitation that determine our destination. — Mandy Hale

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

It is only after surrendering what we think our lives are supposed to be that we can step into everything that our lives are meant to be. — Mandy Hale

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

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. — Mandy Hale

To live, to TRULY live, we must be willing to RISK. To be nothing in order to find everything. To leap before we look. — Mandy Hale

Love often doesn't make any sense at all. It likes to creep up on you when you're least expecting it, with the person you're least expecting it to be with. It climbs walls and crosses oceans to find you. When it's your time, love will track you down. Love isn't possession, it isn't codependency, it isn't jealousy, and it isn't neediness or clinginess. It's not meant to complete you, but to complement you. If it's toxic, it isn't love. Love isn't finding a "better half," but an "equal match." Love is letting go when you want to hold on. Love will never require you to sacrifice your dreams or your dignity. Love isn't uncertainty. It isn't a "maybe" thing. It isn't a question. It's always an answer. Love is beautiful. It is magical. It is life-changing. It is breathtaking. — Mandy Hale

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

What we are waiting for is not as important as what happens to us while we are waiting. Trust the process. — Mandy Hale

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

Two things you will never have to chase: True friends & true love. — Mandy Hale

Take care of someone else. Be there for someone else. Bless someone else. A happy life is about GIVING more than you TAKE. — Mandy Hale

There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others. — Mandy Hale

You have a destiny and a purpose that no one else on this earth can fulfill ... and you have traveled a unique journey that has equipped you along the way with the tools you need to carry it out. — Mandy Hale

YOU ARE STRONGER AND BIGGER AND BRAVER THAN WHAT THEY DID, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO LET IT DEFINE YOU ANY LONGER. FORGIVE. LET GO. MOVE ON. DON'T LOOK BACK. YOUR NEW BEGINNING IS WAITING. — Mandy Hale

Happiness begins with you. Not with your relationship, your friends, or your job. but with you. — Mandy Hale

It makes no sense to try to extend a friendship for a lifetime if it was only meant to last a season. — Mandy Hale

The only keeper of your happiness is you. Stop giving people the power to control your smile, your worth and your attitude. — Mandy Hale

Because sometimes, even when you see someone headed for a collision, all you can do is step out of the way and let it happen, hoping there will be something left to salvage after the wreckage is cleared. — Mandy Hale

Happy is still Happy, with or without the Ever After. — Mandy Hale

My journey, however, has followed a far less predictable story: stalled chapters, unexpected plot twists, and dozens of rewrites that have left the ending more than a little uncertain. — Mandy Hale

Timing is everything. What good is finding the RIGHT thing if it's the WRONG time? — Mandy Hale

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

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

We have to release our plans to realize God's greater purpose — Mandy Hale

YOU ARE SOMETHING BETTER. — Mandy Hale

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. — Mandy Hale

Perhaps sometimes in life, no matter how much you want to, you can't grow into the person you are meant to be while you're standing in the shade or the sunlight of someone else. — Mandy Hale

The wonderful, beautiful thing that happens when you rid yourself of the things that don't see your worth? You make space in your life for all the glorious things you deserve. — Mandy Hale

A positive attitude turns "I can't & I won't," into "I have & I WILL! — Mandy Hale

SO DO THE THING. TAKE THE LEAP. TRY SOMETHING RIDICULOUS, OR CRAZY, OR BRAVE. NO MATTER HOW IT TURNS OUT, YOU WILL NEVER REGRET CHOOSING TO LIVE - WILD, BOLD, AND FREE. — Mandy Hale

Find yourself first ... like yourself first ... love yourself FIRST ... & friendship & love will naturally find YOU. — Mandy Hale

You cannot ask someone to like you or love you more than you like or love yourself. YOU have to set the standard. — Mandy Hale

Toxic people will pollute everything around them. Don't hesitate. Fumigate. — Mandy Hale

It's better to be a "misfit" than a "one-size-fits-all"! — Mandy Hale

Figure out what makes you laugh, and do more of it. Figure out what makes you cry, and do less of it. — Mandy Hale

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

The things we don't stress tend to turn out best. Trust and let go. — Mandy Hale

Was I always your option ... while you were my choice? — Mandy Hale

The only thing we single ladies need to be rescued from is the notion that we need to be rescued. — Mandy Hale

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

Just like a puzzle, it takes time for all of the pieces of your life to come together. But when you dwell in possibility, you know that unseen forces are working to turn all those jumbled pieces into a beautiful masterpiece. Trust that in the end it all works together for your good, even when you can't see it at the time. And although you may not get there today, or even tomorrow, you will get there. — Mandy Hale

Don't be afraid to be who you are, no matter who that person might be. — Mandy Hale

You will never gain anyone's approval by begging for it. When you stand confident in your own worth, respect follows. — Mandy Hale

Here's a little secret that's going to save you a LOT of unnecessary grief in life. Are you ready? Your worth is not tied to any person. — Mandy Hale

Your thoughts are like a magnet; they determine what you attract. So if you want to live in abundance, stop focusing on what you lack! — Mandy Hale

Mean girls go far in high school. Kind women go far in LIFE. — Mandy Hale

Not everything in life has to be about finding "The One." Sometimes a girl just wants to have fun. — Mandy Hale

Happily Single is holding out for the best and letting go of the rest. It's saying "I will and I can" to yourself before you say "I do" to someone else. It means you're not looking for a better half because you are already whole. And ultimately, it means that someday when you do invite someone to join you on your journey, it will be because he complements your life, not because he completes it. — Mandy Hale

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 ... — Mandy Hale

Stand strong in your worth and don't let anyone talk you out of it. — Mandy Hale

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. — Mandy Hale

It can seem as if the single season of life is going to drag on forever and ever. — Mandy Hale

You will evolve past certain people. Let yourself. — Mandy Hale

The right one for you will move mountains to be with you - he won't hide behind them. — Mandy Hale

Change starts with YOU. When you step up, you invite others to step up, too. — Mandy Hale

Pick your battles. You don't have to show up to every arguement you're invited to. — Mandy Hale

No matter how sexy or appealing or flashy or tall, dark, and handsome the object of your desire may be ... no matter how AMAZING the job opportunity may seem ... no matter the size of your impossible dream..if it is NOT meant for you, it is time to let it go and move on to what IS. Just as Rose let go of Jack, so she could bloom instead of meet her doom.
"But MY Leonardo diCaprio WANTS to be held," you might argue.
No, he doesn't. (If he did, you wouldn't be reading this book.)
THE SINGLE WOMAN SAYS: You don't have to cling to what is truly meant for you. You can let go. It'll stick around — Mandy Hale

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 — Mandy Hale

To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you revisit it, analyze it, regret it, or sweat it ... it's over. It can hurt you no more. — Mandy Hale

Our friends have a way of reminding us of how fabulous we are when the rest of the world has forgotten. — Mandy Hale

The trick to not getting mired in the past and missing out on the future lies solely in our ability to let go and move on, yet this seems to be the most difficult thing in the world for most people (including myself) to do. — Mandy Hale

When we overthink, we stop acting boldly and hide behind our endless streams of questions, objections, and insecurities. We drive away people and opportunities that are meant to be in our lives by overwhelming them with our expectations, stipulations, and worries. We shut off our hearts and allow our minds to work overtime, essentially turning ourselves into hamsters in wheels - endlessly grinding but going nowhere. — Mandy Hale

If you want your life to be a five-star reality, you have to stop settling for a fast food mentality! — Mandy Hale

She has moments of panic when she wonders if her Prince Charming got lost somewhere or decided to settle for another less complicated, less stubborn, less independent princess. — Mandy Hale

No matter how attractive a person's potential may be, you have to date their reality. — Mandy Hale

There is never a moment when God is not in control. Relax! He's got you covered. — Mandy Hale

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. — Mandy Hale

We can let go of the person or love or friendship without letting go of the lesson. — Mandy Hale

It's OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you're about to do something really, really brave. — Mandy Hale

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

There is nothing that can happen TO you that can't also happen FOR you ... if you'll let it. — Mandy Hale

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

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. — Mandy Hale

Loneliness is designed to help you discover who you are ... and to stop looking outside yourself for your worth. — Mandy Hale

If you're still waiting for it, it mean you're not yet ready for it ... whatever "it" is ... so stop looking at waiting as a punishment and start looking at it as preparation! — Mandy Hale

If you have to beg someone to be in your life, they don't belong there. — Mandy Hale

God already has someone picked out for you, and you don't have to frantically search for him. When it's right, God will cross your paths. — Mandy Hale

You can love them, forgive them, want good things for them ... but still move on without them. — Mandy Hale

Self-love, self-respect, self-approval, and self-worth do not equal self-ish. — Mandy Hale

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. — Mandy Hale

The WHY of letting it go is quite simple: You have to let go of what is NOT meant for you in order to receive what IS. So now I ask you: What are YOU willing to let go of today, — Mandy Hale

A girl who truly knows herself is a girl that everybody else wants to know. — Mandy Hale

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