45+ Jay Shetty Quotes That Will Help You To Live Extraordinary Life

Former Monk Jay Shetty is globally recognized as an award-winning host, viral content creator and storyteller. He launched his channel in 2016 at where he started sharing his videos which were very inspirational and went viral on the Internet. His videos generated over 3 million followers and garnered over 1 billion views worldwide. I hope Jay Shetty Quotes will educate you and the give wisdom which you have needed to live a healthy, happy, depression free and successful life.

1. “Starve your distractions, feed your focus.” 

2. “Reading changes your mind, applying changes your life!”

3. “When you learn a little, you feel you know a lot. But when you learn a lot, you realize you know very little.”

4. “Often the people closest to us get the worst of us. And the people we barely know get the best of us.”

5. “Never judge anyone, because you never know how their life is and what they go through.”

6. “The interesting thing is, those opinions didn’t change the world, but the people behind the ideas did.”

7. “Motivation comes from meaning. Everything comes from meaning.”

8. “Failures are only failures when we don’t learn from them, because when we learn from them they become lessons.”

9. “We may not be the best, but if we keep going longer we will better ourselves.”

10. “Don’t let someone be a priority when all you are to them is an option.”

11. “Forgiveness doesn’t excuse the behavior, but it prevents the behavior from negatively affecting us.”

12. “Go the extra mile, it’s never crowded.”

13. “Being positive doesn’t mean you don’t ever have negative thoughts. It just means you don’t let those thoughts control your life.”

14. “A monk is simply a traveler, except the journey is inwards.”

15. “When nobody else celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself. When nobody else compliments you, then compliment yourself. It’s not up to other people to keep you encouraged. It’s up to you. Encouragement should come from the inside.” 

 16. “The paradox of our times is that we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but less solutions.”

17. “You can take a fish out of water and give it a beautiful mansion and a Bentley and all the money in the world, but it will die and that’s what we are like, our environment. Everyone is in an environment in which they thrive, which we have to craft.”

18. “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.”

19. “What you want exists. Don’t settle until you get it.” 

20. “We force ourselves out of bed to live the same day again and again and call it a life.”

21. “I’m always opening 1000 doors. Everyone sees the 10 that stay open. That’s the key to growth.”

22. “You don’t know what you need in your life until you figure out who you are.”

23. “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.”

24. “We only view people success as what we see in their highlight reel and we forget what they actually had to go through to get to that stage. And that’s why 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.”

25. “Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but make sure it does not replace you as the driver.”

26. “Forgiveness and letting go and the ability to rise above the challenges that have been caused by others in our life is such an important ability, because we need to learn to accept apologies that we never received.”

27. “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.”

28. “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.”

29. “If you don’t sacrifice for what you want, what you want becomes the sacrifice.”

30. “If you could be more creative, what would you use it for?”

30. “We need to redefine what success means. 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.”

31. “What we’re searching for is not out there, but it’s inside. Therefore, happiness is actually an inside job.”

32. “The most powerful prison is one when you don’t even know that you’re locked up.”

33. “Fast-forward where you are. Look at yourself in 10, 15, 20 years time and ask yourself the question: Is that where I want to be? If you’re in a company, look at the person who’s 20 years ahead of you and ask yourself: Is that where I want to be? If you’re in a start-up, look at where other startups have got to in similar roles and go: Is that where I want to be? And if the answer’s NO, then you need to find a new path.”

34. “What if Oprah listened to her haters and doubters? What if Steve Jobs settled for a real job? What if The Rock never broke through depression? What if Ellen never overcame the bullying? Imagine a world where everyone lived their passion. We would be better people. We’d be better partners. We’d be better parents.”

35. “No matter how many times life will tread on you. Life will crumple you, life will scrunch you, and life will squeeze you. You will always keep your value, that spark within us, all of bliss, knowledge and eternity that exists, that spark will never be taken away.”

36. “Real friends tell you when you aren’t living up to your potential. They don’t let you sit and be mediocre and think you are lit.” 

36. ” Success comes from gaining, happiness comes from giving.”

37. “Our value is not created by the price of our clothes or our bank balance or the job title that we have. We should be building a life and not just building our CV.”

38. “Do you know what We stands for? Without Ego. When we say “WE” we’re choosing to work with others Without Ego.”

39. “It’s important to figure out who you’re not, in order  to figure out who you are.”

40. “It’s amazing how that time, that unforgotten, that invisible world, beyond the bottom of the iceberg, underneath the water, the part you don’t see, is actually what made what you see today possible.”

41. “You are still young and you aren’t supposed to have your whole life figured out yet. Don’t stress. Everything will work out.”

42. “What we need to recognize is that the things that we truly want, the things that are deeply meaningful, the things that are genuinely fulfilling, all require patience. They all require work. They all require energy.”

43. “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. You want to be around people who lift up the way you think, who lift up your mindset, who really take you to new dimensions and horizons that you can never ever imagine yourself.”

44. “Think about what you can do right now, not what you wish you had done before.”

45. “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.”

46. “Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but make sure it does not replace you as the driver.”

47. “Swap ‘Why is this happening to me?’ to ‘What is this trying to teach me?’. It will change everything.”

48. “Don’t be afraid of new beginnings, from new people, new energy, new surroundings, and new challenges. Embrace new chances at happiness.”

49. “The best people to surround yourself with are the people that bring out the best in you.”

50. “What if Oprah listened to her haters and doubters? What if Steve Jobs settled for a real job? What if The Rock never broke through depression? What if Ellen never overcame the bullying? Imagine a world where everyone lived their passion. We would be better people. We’d be better partners. We’d be better parents.”

51. “Many of us are experiencing setbacks and failures in everyday life. Eventually, we get emotionally drained, tired, unmotivated and we stop trying. We believe that because we’ve been unsuccessful in the past that that barrier still exists even for new ventures.”

52. “We spend the whole day trying to get our work on time, but then spend all of our time thinking about work.”

53. “You cannot transform that which you do not accept.”

54. “Failures are only failures when we don’t learn from them, because when we learn from them they become lessons.”

55. “Let’s not make happiness and success about the size of our homes, but about the size of our hearts; let’s not make it about gratification but gratitude.”

56. I believe you should focus your life on observing the little things, because one day you look back and realize they were the big things.

57. “I love asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because I’m still looking for ideas.”

58. “Actually, I have a challenge for you: what’s the craziest thing you can think of? An idea that can change the world?”

59. “We’re so anxious about what will happen in the future that we don’t enjoy the present. The result being, we don’t live in the present or the future. We end up living, feeling like we’re never going to die and then die never having truly lived. “

60. “Often the people closest to us get the worst of us. And the people we barely know get the best of us.”

So Here are some of the best & famous Inspirational quotes by Jay Shetty. tell me your favorite in the comment section and see also the below video in which he is sharing his wisdom.