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Quotes from the book The Single Woman by Mandy Hale

When you refuse to settle for less than the best, the best tends to track you down.

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake and help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for.

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Hope for love, pray for love, wish for love, dream for love…but don’t put your life on hold waiting for love.

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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.

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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.

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It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it.

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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.

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

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A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence.

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We were not put here on this earth to barely squeak by and settle for a lukewarm, watered-down version of life, or to live in fear of what other people will think. Our lives can't rise any higher than our standards. Rise above settling in life or in love. And next time someone tells you your standards are too high, don't apologize. Tell them, "Thank you." The standards you set determine the life you get. And those who know their worth don't even entertain the lesser things. They hold out for the best things.

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Be a bit of a challenge; not because you're playing games but because you realize you're worth the extra effort.

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An amazing thing happens when you stop seeking approval and validation: You find it. People are naturally drawn like magnets to those who know who they are and cannot be shaken.

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Someone out there is looking for exactly what you've got…and will never try and undercut your value or question your worth.

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Ten years from now, make sure you can say that you chose your life, you didn't settle for it.

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You don't need a significant other to lead a significant life.

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

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If you don't love yourself, you'll always be chasing after people who don't love you either.

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I would rather be alone with dignity than in a relationship that requires me to sacrifice my self-respect.

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

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

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You will evolve past certain people. Let yourself.

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If you're still waiting for it, it means 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.

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

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Even seasonal situations can bring with them lessons that last a lifetime. If the love doesn't last, it prepares you for the one that will.

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

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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.

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While being married is about becoming the wife you are meant to be, being single allows you to focus on becoming the woman you were born to be.

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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.

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

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