Best 97 quotes of Jillian Michaels on MyQuotes

Nobody is perfect, so get over the fear of being or doing everything perfectly. Besides perfect is boring.

Nobody is perfect, so get over the fear of being or doing everything perfectly. Besides, perfect is boring. Today, instead of picking yourself apart in the mirror or with friends over drinks, start seeing your "imperfections" as unique traits that give you character and dimension-because that's exactly what they are.

No one but you can take your dreams away from you

No one ever died from an open mind.

One of my acting teachers once said that rejection is God's protection. There's something in it.

Parenting is not for sissies. You have to sacrifice and grow up

Part of abandoning the all-or-nothing mentality is allowing yourself room for setbacks. We are bound to have lapses on the road to health and wellness, but it is critical that we learn how to handle small failures positively so that we can minimize their long-term destructive effects. One setback is one setback—it is not the end of the world, nor is it the end of your journey toward a better you.

Play with your kids. Limit their TV time. Get outdoors and chase them around. Wrestle with them. Walk the dog. Go bike riding. The reality is that your kids are not stupid, and they know when they are overweight Start walking the dog after dinner instead of watching TV. You don't want them going on the Web to find ways to lose weight. That's when you'll find them eating tissue paper because they read that a supermodel did it.

Selfish isn't a dirty word. It means we take care of ourselves and are able to give back.

Something horrible may have happened to you, but you always have a choice in how you respond to it. You have the "Why does bad stuff always happen to me? I'm never going to find happiness" option, and the "This sucks but I'm going to learn and evolve from it, examine what role I played in it, and ultimately it will help me become the person I'm supposed to be" option.

Sometimes people will hear you and be able to change their behavior, but often their behavior has more to do with their own need for approval than with your need for support. No matter what their response, you need to be firm and hold your ground. At the end of the day, your health is your responsibility.

Sometimes you've got to make your work and workouts co-exist.

So when it comes down to it, a calorie is a calorie is a calorie: There is only one moral of the story: burn as many damn calories as possible whenever you work out.

The past does not define, you the present does.

The past doesn't define you, your present does. It's okay to create a vision of the future because it affects your behavior in the "now," but don't dwell on past mistakes. Learn from them and focus those lessons in the moment. That's where change can really happen.

The reality is that most of the time, the more bizarre the trend, the more bogus the results.

There are things you think you cannot do. You have no idea how strong you are until you try.

There is no authentic goal you can set for yourself that can't be reached, no dream that can't be realized. It's just a matter of learning HOW to achieve what you want.

There's always room for improvement. I incorporate the lessons I learned from my mistakes and move forward.

The trick is not escaping your fear, but confronting it and allowing it to drive and teach you. Only by getting to the bottom of your fears can you find their valuable lessons and move forward stronger than before.

The truth is that you are as unique on the inside as you are on the outside.

The way to get motivated and stay motivated is to identify, define, and emotionally connect to your dreams.

Think about how you are going to feel if you eat the healthy food, how you are going to look in a bikini next summer or in skinny jeans. Think about feeling strong, healthy, confident. You'll be more confident in the bedroom, more confident at the office.

This is where it matters the most. This is where lives are made, in these moments when you can choose whether or not to say "I Can't" or "I Can." It is a choice that will either make or break you for life.

Thriving. That's fighting... Surviving is barely getting by.

Transformation is not five minutes from now; it's a present activity. In this moment you can make a different choice, and it's these small choices and successes that build up over time to help cultivate a healthy self-image and self esteem.

Transformation isn't a future event, it's a present day activity

Unless You Puke, Faint or Die, Keep Going!

Visualize what you want out of life and think big. Don’t feel undeserving. We're all deserving of living our dreams—some of us realize it and some don't. You’re not doing anyone any favors by living small. Embrace these truths and step up. The world is waiting.

Whenever you're making an important decision, first ask if it gets you closer to your goals or farther away.

When friends tell you how awesome you look, drop the "I still have more to go" crap. You worked hard and you deserve the compliment!

When it comes to kids, it's just not hard to get them healthy. I don't find it hard and don't understand why people find it hard.

When you do hit the gym, you should push yourself. This is what makes fitness phenomena so interesting.

Why choose to fail when success is an option?

Why not you? Why not you to do something for work that you love? Why not you to have a healthy body? Why not you to have healthy love? Why not you to be, have or do anything you have ever dreamed? We are so quick to think others are deserving over ourselves. The truth is that we are all deserving. So why not YOU?

You can look for external sources of motivation and that can catalyze a change, but it won't sustain one. It has to be from an internal desire.

You don't have to be rich to be healthy. That's such a misconception.

You know when transformation happens? Right now. It’s a present activity. Who is the new you? Show me the new you.

Your destiny is just waiting for you to show up

You're dealing with people who are suiciding slowly. You've got to get to the bottom of what is psychologically motivating them to self-destruct.

You're much more likely to reach your goals if they're your goals, speaking to your desires, rather than the desires of outside influences. Goals that are meaningful to you will keep you inspired and driven towards success.

Your legs are not giving out. Your head is giving out. Keep going.

You've got to listen to the universe, to life, to God, whatever you want to call it. Because its going to speak to you.

Having the right to happiness means having the right to earn it, not having it given to you without effort and action on your part.

It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs.

Why are you going to choose failure when success is an option?

Will is a skill.