I Am That Girl Quotes

“we are all afraid. We are all confident. We are all warriors on this road of life, and we’re all a mess sometimes. Girls are multifaceted, complicated, layered, and emotional beings. So who better to understand us than other girls?”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“Integrity is the most important accessory you'll ever have, it will never go out of fashion, get old, or fade. It's the greatest investment you'll ever make, and a noble fight you'll spend your lifetime pursuing.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“So for the people in your life who have not known your worth, who have been reckless with your heart or fallen painfully short of your expectations, sincerely wish them well, forgive yourself for holding on to it and preventing yourself from really living, forgive them for their shortcomings (as well as your own), scoop up that huge beautiful life lesson and all the pieces of your heart, and sail on. You have mountains to move, dreams to dream, and a world to change, even if the only world is your own.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“So I put up my white flag and waved it around violently for all to see. I quit. I gave up. I dropped out of the race to attain the image of perfection and asked myself,” Who signed me up in the first place?”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.” —Oprah Winfrey”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.” —MAYA ANGELOU”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“You suppose you are the trouble but you are the cure. You suppose that you are the lock on the door but you are the key that opens it. It’s too bad that you want to be someone else. You don’t see your own face, your own beauty. Yet, no face is more beautiful than yours.” —RUMI”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“A good mentor is someone who has done what you want to do and been where you hope to be.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“Hug and kiss whoever helped get you—financially, mentally, morally, emotionally—to this day. Parents, mentors, friends, teachers. If you’re too uptight to do that, at least do the old handshake thing, but I recommend a hug and a kiss. Don’t let the sun go down without saying thank you to someone, and without admitting to yourself that absolutely no one gets this far alone.” —STEPHEN KING”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“I certainly believe in reading as many books and articles as possible (Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn is my newest life-changing pick). But in the beginning of any new venture, no matter how well read you are, you will be inevitably short on experience. That’s where mentors come in. You’ll learn from their experiences as you begin to have your own, and you’ll gain a new perspective that only comes from someone who has been there.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“Don’t be afraid to learn, no matter where you are in your journey. You’ll be surprised how far the simple acts of listening to others and asking questions can take you. Even if you think you know a lot or have read a lot about a certain topic, always be seeking and gathering more information, particularly from people who have actually done it. There is something drastically different between theoretical knowledge and experiential knowledge. It’s the difference between reading about a far-off country and visiting it. Being there to soak up the sights, smells, tastes, and the feeling of a place firsthand changes you in ways that no book ever will. In class and through reading, you can prepare yourself only so much for what lies ahead of you. Experiencing life is how you learn the practical lessons, where you make the mistakes, and where you’re challenged to grow.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“Step three in becoming stronger and more resilient is to forgive yourself. As you did when laying the foundation for your integrity, resilience can only come when you are willing to leave your failures and mistakes in the past and don’t allow them to stop you from becoming the person you want to be.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“You are the only one who can make you happy. The grass is only greener when you let it be.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.” —VIVIAN GREENE”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“Instead of becoming bitter or lashing out at the “friends” who let her down, she decided to take this opportunity to improve herself. She bonded with a loyal friend and learned a valuable lesson about how to treat others. Like this girl, positivity is a choice you must make at the start of every day. It can come in the form of happiness, appreciation, tolerance, kindness, or humility, but it’s not always an easy choice to make. Like integrity, it requires digging deep into your soul and making the choice to be joyful, not only on the days when you land the perfect job, find the love of your life, or win the lottery, but also when you’re at rock bottom. When you screwed up and everyone’s talking about it, find something positive to cling to. Who’s supporting you? What are you learning? What will you never do again or always do in the future?”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” —CHRISTIAN D. LARSON”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“This life is not about avoiding obstacles, it’s not about sidestepping pain or avoiding hurt or disappointment. Life is about moving through those obstacles with grace. And sometimes that grace involves clenched fists, a tear-streaked face, and some four-letter words, but it’s about choosing to keep going even when it gets hard. Life is going to hand you some brutal circumstances that you have absolutely no control over, but what you choose to do with those circumstances makes you who you are. We are not entitled to this life, we’re not all guaranteed a healthy, happy ninety-something years. The only things we have control over are the choices we make and the attitude we carry with us. Be strong, persevere, and you’ll reap the rewards of knowing that you are a participant in life, not a victim.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“We all get the wind knocked out of us from time to time, get disappointed, betrayed, lied to, heartbroken, manipulated, or let down. Failure and rejection are part of living a full life (if you don’t take any chances you may be spared, but I doubt it). That’s why it’s crucial to develop a strong sense of resilience, a confidence in knowing you can and will get back up no matter the circumstances.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“This life is too short for you to waste it wondering, “What if?” Joyce taught me that. So be bold. We all have it in us, even you, my dear, whether you know it or not. It just takes deciding to punch your pride in the face, to forget about what “they” think, and to go for it. It means making the choice that you are willing to put in tireless hours of work and that you are unwilling to quit, unwilling to back down, unwilling to be distracted or deterred. Boldness is a choice we are all presented with, a state of mind, a way of being. If you don’t try, you won’t succeed. If you don’t shoot, you’ll never score. If you don’t leap, you’ll never know what you are made of, and you’ll wake up at the end of a very long life and wish you had danced more.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“Boldness is the vehicle to get you from point A to point B, from your current reality to the place where your dreams come true. No one is going to do the work for you, and who you choose to be is more powerful than any resume. So when you want something, you have to be vocal about it. If you want something, no one knows until you say it, and the more people who know, the better the chances of them helping you make it happen. Humility is a beautiful thing, but if you aren’t willing to be bold, you will often be overlooked. There’s a fine line between seeking attention and actually being able to back it up, but there’s not a stronger combination than knowing what you’re made of, being the best candidate for the job, and confidently letting your future boss know it as well.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“There is nothing more life threatening than resignation because the moment you settle for complacency and compromise who you are, you’ve lost the best part of life and squandered the potential that lies within you. Don’t believe it’s okay to show up every day at a job that you don’t love or one you do just for the money. Discard others’ expectations; hold tight to your own. The beauty of life is that it is your own, so dare to live it.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“Life’s timing is strangely perfect and not necessarily synced with our rather impatient, internal clocks. If you can forget everything you’ve heard about the way it’s “supposed” to be, and trust that it will be exactly as it should be, you will be able to live a more satisfying life.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“You were my whole flat world, until the day I discovered it was round. You were my favorite movie, until they started making them with sound.” Be willing to see past the scope of your life experience and trust that what lies out beyond the horizon is better than anything you can currently fathom.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“I don’t believe that while you sit at home, God magically hand delivers everything you’ve prayed for while you’re on your butt watching TV. While I do think the God of my understanding is capable of anything, I don’t believe that if you stay cooped up in your room praying, your dream husband will appear on your doorstep, your future boss will magically find your phone number and offer you your dream job, or that God will melt away those extra pounds. I believe you have to do the legwork, you have to chase down whatever you want trusting that the desire has been placed on your heart for a reason; you have to fight for your passion, your dreams, and chase down everything you can to make them your reality. Then you patiently wait for God and the universe to show up for the last 10 percent, trusting that whether or not that last 10 percent looks like you thought it would, it works out exactly as it should. It’s a delicate and humble dance with the Divine, and something that I work on daily.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“My faith allows me to be bolder than I could ever be with all the preparation and memorization in the world. I believe that if something is meant to be, it will. That means I get to be courageous because I know that when things don’t work out as planned, I’m still precisely on the path I’m supposed to be on. Even though I don’t always understand it at the time, I trust things will unfold perfectly and not even I can mess up what I’m meant to do in this world. Maybe it’s naïve or childish to believe in a world where there’s an unconditionally loving God that has my best interests at heart (and I’m not asking you to agree with me), but I’ll admit this—that crazy, awesome belief absolutely works for me. It makes my life brighter, my purpose stronger, and my courage bigger.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“I sometimes think about that scene when I’m facing something in life. I work so hard and the most difficult part for me is, after I’ve done all I can, to throw my hands up and trust that it’s either meant to be or not. I tend to be a type A, “can do anything” control freak, so giving up that last 10 percent is more painful than all the legwork I’ve done for the previous 90. But that’s where my personal faith kicks in and I couldn’t write this book without including my secret advantage, the ace up my sleeve. My faith plays a major role in my life.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” —MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” —AYN RAND”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“Don’t just walk away from your dream without exploring the other ways you can achieve it. This girl wanted to go to art school and had applied time and time again. She had met with successful artists to get their advice, called the deans of the art school, emailed her portfolio, and cold-called people looking for a way in. Yet time and time again, she was getting doors closed and professionals advising her to maybe try something else. I asked if she had tried everything, and I mean everything? Her response was an exasperated, “Yes,” to which I responded, then try something different. Sometimes we’re not listening when God, the universe, or whatever you believe in is trying to tell us something, and beating a dead horse does us no good.”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl

“You miss a hundred percent of the shots you never take.” —WAYNE GRETZKY”
― Alexis Jones, I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl