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

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

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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.

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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.

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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.

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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.

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman