The Best Quotes About Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone
I've collected thousands of quotes over the past 10+ years.
Here are the best ones I've found so far about leadership...
“The bigger your comfort zone, the smaller your life.” -Jamie Jackson
“If you’re comfortable, you’re doin’ it wrong.” -Ted Lasso
“You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” -André Gide
“We feel most comfortable when things are certain, but we feel most alive when they’re not.” -Tania Luna and LeeAnn Renninger
“The truth is that growth and comfort rarely coexist.” -Pat Flynn
“Smooth seas do not make strong sailors.” -African proverb
“Comfort reduces your future happiness.” -Derek Sivers
“We all have to be willing to deal with a certain amount of discomfort in order to see what we’re truly capable of.” -David Taylor
"If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?" -T.S. Eliot
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“Becoming a creature of discomfort can unlock hidden potential in many different types of learning. Summoning the nerve to face discomfort is a character skill—an especially important form of determination.” -Adam Grant
“Growth isn’t supposed to feel good in the moment.” -Benjamin Hardy
“Comfort is a silent killer. Comfort is quicksand. The softer the chair, the harder it is to get out of it.” -Derek Sivers
“Integrity is choosing courage over comfort.” -Brené Brown
“Most people today rarely step outside their comfort zones. We are living progressively sheltered, sterile, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged, safety-netted lives.” -Michael Easter
“I believe people have innate evolutionary machinery that gets triggered when they go out and do really fucking hard things. When they explore those edges of their comfort zone.” -Dr. Marcus Elliott
“I think you can measure your success—in many ways—by the number of uncomfortable conversations you are willing to have.” -Tim Ferriss
“I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow—when there’s that moment of, ‘Wow, I’m really not sure I can do this,’ and you push through.” -Marissa Mayer
“Like any good school, learning from failure isn’t free. The tuition is paid in discomfort and having to start over. Be glad to pay the cost. There will be no better teacher for your career, for your book, for your new venture.” -Ryan Holiday
“The comfort zone is where your dreams come to die.” -Regina King
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” -Neale Donald Walsch
“When discomfort is a signal of progress, you don’t want to run away from it. You want to keep stumbling toward it to continue growing.” -Adam Grant
“If you’re not embarrassed by what you thought last year, you need to learn more and faster. When you’re really learning, you’ll feel stupid and vulnerable—like a hermit crab between shells.” -Derek Sivers
“Everything that will make us better tomorrow involves discomfort today.” -Bobby Powers
At the risk of being immodest, I slipped in one of mine at the end. 😉
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed these quotes!
