You’ll Want to Tattoo These Badass Quotes on Your Soul
Some words are more than just inspiring—they’re transformative.
They hit with such raw power and truth that you don’t just remember them;
you feel them in your bones.
These are the phrases that awaken your inner rebel, fuel your courage,
and remind you exactly who you are
when the world tries to tell you otherwise.
They’re not meant to be politely framed on a wall.
They’re meant to be internalized, carried like armor,
and worn like a badge of honor.
This collection is for those who live boldly, love fiercely,
and refuse to apologize for taking up space.
Read these quotes and feel the shift.
They’re so potent, you’ll wish you could etch them directly onto your soul.
Badass quotes
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” — Rumi
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” — Rumi
“And still, after all this time, the Sun has never said to the Earth, ‘You owe me.’ Look what happens with a love like that. It lights up the whole sky.” — Hafez
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.” — Steve Jobs
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” — Oprah Winfrey
“Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.” — Rumi
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” — Carl Jung
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” — Kahlil Gibran
“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.” — Lao Tzu
“One day you will tell your story of how you overcame what you went through, and it will be someone else’s survival guide.” — Brené Brown
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.” — Ernest Hemingway
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” — Rumi
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” — Rumi
“At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.” — Plato
“Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.” — Rabindranath Tagore
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” — Ian Maclaren
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” — Steve Jobs
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” — Pablo Picasso
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” — John D. Rockefeller
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” — Jim Rohn
“Energy flows where attention goes.” — Ancient Proverb
“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” — Steve Martin
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” — Abraham Lincoln
“Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.” — Jerzy Gregorek
“Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers, or you can grow weeds.”
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” — Aesop
“Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.” — Émile Coué
“Upgrade your thoughts, and your life will upgrade itself.”
“Your potential is endless. Go be a limitless person.”
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” — Henry Ford
“You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” — Jim Rohn
“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” — Steve Jobs
“Your vibe attracts your tribe. Choose your frequency wisely.”
“Your life is a result of the standards you consistently accept.”
“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.” — Bryant McGill
“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.” — Sigmund Freud
