The comfort zone is a situation in which we feel comfortable and we don’t have to do anything new or difficult. We all have a comfort zone, but in order to grow, transition, and transform it’s very important to step outside it. Stepping outside of your comfort zone is key to discovering your passion, accomplishing your goals, finding happiness, reaching success, and being a leader. In this article, we collected 60 inspirational comfort zone quotes that may motivate you to challenge yourself in order to grow and build a remarkable life.
We hope that these comfort zone quotes and sayings will help you to re-think your lifestyle and inspire you to make important changes and decisions for the sake of your own development and success in life.
Here they are 60 inspirational comfort zone quotes!
60 Comfort Zone Quotes
#1
“A ship in a harbor is safe, but that’s not what a ship is built for.”
#2
“I see a comfort zone as some kind of energy swamp. You may feel like it’s a nice and warm place but in fact, you’re drowning deeper and deeper in that swamp. Very soon you won’t be able to see or hear anything new and exciting, you will stop feeling happiness and joy. The trick with an energy swamp is you’re drowning slowly but surely. And the more comfortable you feel in there the harder it will be to get out. In order to get out of that swamp, you have to start moving!”
– Katya Ki
#3
“The only thing that is stopping you from where you are to where you want to go is your comfort zone.”
– Dhaval Gaudier
#4
“You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
– Roy T. Bennett
#5
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good and go for the great.”
– Steve Prefontaine
#6
“The biggest rewards in life are found outside of your comfort zone. Live with it. Fear and risk are prerequisites if you want to enjoy a life of success and adventure.”
– Jack Canfield
#7
“Whenever you feel uncomfortable, instead of retreating back into your old comfort zone, pat yourself on the back and say, “I must be growing,” and continue moving forward.”
– T. Harv Eker
#8
“If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness.”
– Les Brown
#9
“You will face obstacles. Don’t let them scare you. Fear is part of the game. Trying things outside of your comfort zone is essential because your ability to grow as a person is directly related to the amount of insecurity you can handle. So be strong and fearless on this journey we call life.”
– Bruce Jenner
#10
“Comfort zones are where dreams got to die.”
– HustlersHaven
#11
“If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone.”
– John C. Maxwell
#12
“Staying in the comfort zone leads to a lack of goals and inspiration. You see, when our energy level decreases, the desire to create and inspiration disappears. We can’t be creative, inspired and excited about life if we don’t have enough energy.”
– Katya Ki
#13
“Before anything great is really achieved, your comfort zone must be disturbed.”
– Ray Lewis
#14
“I constantly get out of my comfort zone. Looking cool is the easiest way to mediocrity. The coolest guy in my high school ended up working in a carwash. Once you push yourself into something new. And a whole new world of opportunities opens up. But you might get hurt in fact you will get hurt. But amazingly when you heal – you are somewhere you’ve never been.”
– Terry Crews
#15
“If you opt for a safe life, you will never know what it’s like to win.”
– Richard Branson
#16
“Stepping outside your comfort zone is supposed to feel uncomfortable because we’re in new and unfamiliar territory. Being uncomfortable is a sign of success, NOT of failure! So if we are uncomfortably outside our comfort zones, then than means we are growing!!! And THAT is cause for celebration!”
– Roz Savage
#17
“Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone.”
– Shannon L. Alder
#18
“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”
– Dale Carnegie
#19
“Do not lie to yourself. We have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to ourselves and make excuses to stay in our comfort zone.”
– Roy T. Bennett
#20
“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
#21
“Choosing a path for convenience and speed is usually a recipe for mediocrity. The things that most enrich our lives usually demand a bigger investment of time and discipline.”
– Gina Mohammed
#22
“The shell must break before the bird can fly.”
– Alfred Tennyson
#23
“Genius is only gifted to the few who are ready to go beyond their comfort-zones. Those who are not satisfied only with the theoretical ideologies.”
– Mwanandeke Kindembo
#24
“When you cross your comfort zone, fear zone, learning zone and growth zone, you will enter into the zone of leadership.”
– Amit Ray
#25
“What I find really interesting is to try and mix it up, to push myself and try different things. I don’t want to stay in my comfort zone. I want to take risks and keep myself scared.”
– Michael Fassbender
#26
“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”
– Abraham Maslow
#27
“Usually, the Universe guides us to the path that lies outside our comfort zone. And in order to see it, we need to look for it beyond our fears and doubts.”
– Katya Ki
#28
“So you have to force yourself out of a comfort zone and really try to figure out what are the key ingredients, the key skill sets, the key perspectives that are necessary, and then figure out a way to attract the very best people to fill those particular roles.”
– Steve Case
#29
“To the degree we’re not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves.”
– Peter McWilliams
#30
“A good portion of the things you want in life is outside your comfort zone.”
– Idowu Koyenikan
#31
“The comfort zone is a psychological state in which one feels familiar, safe, at ease, and secure. You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
– Roy T. Bennett
#32
“Get comfortable with being uncomfortable!”
– Jillian Michaels
#33
“The hardest thing to do is leaving your comfort zone. But you have to let go of the life you’re familiar with and take the risk to live the life you dream about.”
– T. Arigo
#34
“Each stride you take outside your comfort zone, allows you to handle everyday situations with a greater piece of mind.”
―Ron Baratono
#35
“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”
– Michael John Bobak
#36
“I will guarantee you that the day you step outside your comfort zone by making success your goal is the day you discover that adversity, risk, and daring will make life sweeter than you ever imagined.”
– Mark Burnett
#37
“Comfort zones are plush lined coffins. When you stay in your plush lined coffins, you die.”
– Stan Dale
#38
“If you always do what is easy and choose the path of least resistance, you never step outside your comfort zone. Great things don’t come from comfort zones.”
– Roy T. Bennett
#39
“By leaving your comfort zone behind and taking a leap of faith into something new, you find out who you are truly capable of becoming.”
#40
“Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”
– Brian Tracy
#41
“The best piece of advice someone has ever given me was ‘do it scared.’ And no matter if you’re scared, just go ahead and do it anyway because you might as well do it scared, so it will get done and you will feel so much better if you step out of your comfort zone.”
– Sherri Shepherd
#42
“Even the smallest changes in our daily routine can create incredible ripple effects that expand our vision of what is possible.”
– Charles F. Glassman
#43
“If you are stuck in your comfort zone you are not willing to take the steps in the direction the Universe is trying to guide you. It may already be sending you signs, opportunities, and the shortest ways to solve your problems and fulfill your desires. But in order to receive help and guidance from the Universe, you need to be open and ready for changes.”
– Katya Ki
#44
“Sometimes it is good to be in uncomfortable situations because it is in finding our way out of such difficulties that we learn valuable lessons.”
– Idowu Koyenikan
#45
“Coming out of your comfort zone is tough in the beginning, chaotic in the middle, and awesome in the end… because in the end, it shows you a whole new world!! Make an attempt.”
– Manoj Arora
#46
“We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are.”
– Max DePree
#47
“Sometimes we have to step out of our comfort zones. We have to break the rules. And we have to discover the sensuality of fear. We need to face it, challenge it, dance with it.”
– Kyra Davis
#48
“Comfort is your biggest trap and coming out of comfort zone your biggest challenge.”
– Manoj Arora
#49
“My experience is that you cannot have everything you want but you can have anything you really want, you just need to decide what it is and then plan your exit from the comfort zone.”
– Jonathan Farrington
#50
“Be fearful of mediocrity.”
– Jonathan Ellery
#51
“Fear and anxiety many times indicate that we are moving in a positive direction, out of the safe confines of our comfort zone, and in the direction of our true purpose.”
– Charles F. Glassman
#52
“You must always overcome your comfort zone.”
– Sunday Adelaja
#53
“Step out of your comfort zone. Comfort zones, where your unrealized dreams are buried, are the enemies of achievement. Leadership begins when you step outside your comfort zone.”
– Roy T. Bennett
#54
“You have to be uncomfortable in order to be successful, in some ways. If you stay in your comfort zone, you would never do the things that you need to do.”
– Lights Poxlietner
#55
“To the degree, we’re not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves.”
#56
“Step out of your comfort zone and you will find the magic.”
– Amit Ray
#57
“Anything you do to stretch yourself out of your comfort zone will ultimately enable you to take larger risks and grow.”
– Leslie Evans
#58
“If your environment hasn’t changed in recent months or even years, and you haven’t made any new friends, this is another sign that you are stuck in a comfort zone.”
– Katya Ki
#59
“True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends.”
– Adam Braun
#60
“Do not allow your comfort zone to prevent you from adapting to change or from trying new ventures. To be trapped in what is comfortable is the same as allowing yourself to believe that you must remain captive to what was once sufficient for survival.”
– Byron Pulsifer
We hope you are inspired by these comfort zone quotes as much as we are!