Here we collected some interesting and very popular it is what it is quotes.

“It is what it is” is a phrase that describes a frustrating or difficult circumstance that a person feels cannot be altered and must be accepted as is.

The phrase it is what it is first appeared in a 1949 essay in The Nebraska State Journal by J.E. Lawrence, according to the New York Times. When characterizing the difficulties of living in Nebraska during the frontier period, Lawrence used the phrase:

In the twenty-first century, it has gained traction. Gary Mihoces noted in a 2004 USA Today story titled It Is What It Is that the term had grown popular in athletics when it came to defeats. In that year alone, Mihoces named more than a dozen players and coaches who used the phrase.

It is what it is, it is what you make it. James Durbin

Not everything happens when you expect it; it is what it is. The people who ride with you, ride with you. Kali Uchis

It is what it is, and it ain’t nothin’ else… Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delivered. Dan Flavin

You get to the point where you’re like, ‘I’m just doing me, and if people don’t like it, then it is what it is.’ Bebe Rexha

Boxing’s a poor man’s sport. We can’t afford to play golf or tennis. It is what it is. It’s kept so many kids off the street. It kept me off the street. Sugar Ray Leonard

Unpredictability means what it means. I don’t know how you define it. It is what it is. Michael Keaton

It is what it is. I balled out, had some good years, man, had fun and did it with some guys, and made relationships that will never end. Calvin Johnson

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One door shuts, and another one opens, and you just kind of follow that path. My path has been a little curvy, but it is what it is. It’s all good. John Corabi

The Madden Curse has really taken on a life of its own. People just love talking about it, and it is what it is, but I look at it as a challenge. Drew Brees

I was born on a full moon. Both my children were born on full moons, too. Some people say that’s scary. It is what it is, man, I don’t be trippin’. I couldn’t tell God when I wanted to be born. Kevin Gates

You got to keep your feet on the ground, and it is what it is. Max Holloway

My mates send me pictures every single night on the Whatsapp group taking the mick out of me. It’s banter, it is what it is. It doesn’t bother me. Phil Jones

People misinterpret my lyrics sometimes too, but I mean, it is what it is. Roddy Ricch

It Is What It Is Mindset Quotes

Success is a mindset. Let’s learn how to create a positive one. Beau Norton, Manifesting Abundance

You will find when you take emotion out of the picture and give the mindset a good reason to do something, it’s easy to do it and get on with your life. Lora Jets, how to master

Know how to change your mindset so that you can steer it towards success. Lora Jets, how to master DAVID NAIR, I- eXceL Wired For Success:

If you can manipulate your mindset and begin viewing obstacles as opportunities, you’ll have better confidence when entering the situation.

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Change management has its roots in a changed mindset. Byron Pulsifer

We think positive thoughts and we become positive people. Andrew Evans

Remember that what you are feeling does not reflect your reality! We cannot always control the thoughts that come into our minds, but we can control the thoughts that we dwell on. Les Brown

Get your mind going in the right direction and you’ll get your life going in the right direction. Joel Osteen

Mindfulness involves paying attention with a focused mind, in the present moment, without judgment. DK, Practical Mindfulness

When you master your mind and your deep unconscious abilities, you will move ahead faster and achieve more in a shorter period of time than perhaps you could even imagine today. Brian Tracy, Transform

ACT is all about doing the things that really matter to you and not letting your mind get in the way. Freddy Jackson, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy For Dummies

Deep It Is What It Is Quotes

Life teaches you a new lesson every day if you are attentive enough in the class of life. ~ Invajy

Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. ~ Napoleon Hill

You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will. ~ Stephen King

Don’t wait for others to bring the change. Be the change and bring the change. ~ Invajy

The Law of Win/Win says, ‘Let’s not do it your way or my way; let’s do it the best way’. ~ Greg Anderson

The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking. ~ Robert H Schuller

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open. ~ John Barrymore

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He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. ~ Elbert Hubbard

Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands. ~ Roy T. Bennett

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses. ~ Abraham Lincoln

Happening Good things may not make you positive. You have to be positive. And, when you’re positive, good things are bound to happen.~ Invajy

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. ~ Oscar Wilde

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. ~ Oprah Winfrey

Be the change that you wish to see in the world. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

It Is What It Is Relationship Quotes

Having someone wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night is a very old human need. —Margart Mead

We are most alive when we’re in love. —John Updike

The simple lack of her is more to me than others’ presence. —Edward Thomas

You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly. —Sam Keen

Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that’s a real treat. —Joanne Woodward

True love stories never have endings. —Richard Bach

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. —Aristotle

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The best thing to hold onto in life is each other. —Audrey Hepburn

You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. —Dr. Seuss

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart. —Helen Keller

Love cures people—both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it. —Karl Menninger

When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. —Harry (Billy Crystal)

True love is not a hide-and-seek game; in true love, both lovers seek each other. —Michael Bassey Johnson

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. —Morrie Schwartz

At a touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. —Plato

It Is What It Is Funny Quotes

I’m sick of following my dreams, man. I’m just going to ask where they’re going and hook up with ’em later. —Mitch Hedberg

Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here. This is the war room. —President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove

My mother always used to say: The older you get, the better you get, unless you’re a banana. —Rose (Betty White)

Halloween is the beginning of the holiday shopping season. That’s for women. The beginning of the holiday shopping season for men is Christmas Eve. —David Letterman

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes. —Jack Handey

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society. —Mark Twain

Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet to see who they really are. —Will Ferrell

I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. —Rita Rudner

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Ned, I would love to stand here and talk with you—but I’m not going to. —Phil Connors

When your mother asks, ‘Do you want a piece of advice?’ it is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway. —Erma Bombeck

I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them. —Phyllis Diller

Never follow anyone else’s path. Unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. Then, by all means, follow that path. —Ellen DeGeneres

Insomnia sharpens your math skills because you spend all night calculating how much sleep you’ll get if you’re able to ‘fall asleep right now.’ —Anonymous

Breaking up is like knocking over a Coke machine. You can’t do it in one push; you got to rock it back and forth a few times, and then it goes over. —Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld)

I Guess It Is What It Is Quotes

Music is a reflection of who you are, and if those things that you mentioned are what your music is all about, then I guess that’s who you are. – Lil’ Wayne

I used to second guess myself all the time. I can sit there and work in circles when I’m nervous about what I’m doing. – Chino Moreno

Well, I guess I’m just not as special as you are. (Urian)

No one knows their true mettle until it’s been tested. This is yours. Whether you pass or fail is entirely up to you. I can’t tell you what to do, but I know where I’ll be tonight. (Acheron) – Sherrilyn Kenyon

I guess really having a good support group around me and talking about what I’ve gone through is important. – April Rose

I knew the things happening in my life would eventually define my future, and I guess I hoped no matter what occurred those things wouldn’t ultimately define me. – S.R. Grey

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I feel comfortable with what I do and I guess that my girlfriend feels the same. – Felix Baumgartner

What most people want, I guess? I want the individual to know that if we unite, we are not powerless. – David Guetta

Adrian had a Guinness because I guess he felt like drinking a loaf of bread or something. That’s what it smelled like, anyway. – Cherie Priest

What if I don’t know who the real me is? he asked.

Then I guess you better find yourself, I smiled. – Micalea Smeltzer

I’m still the kid dreaming of the lives she’ll never have but guess what? Maybe she doesn’t want them. – Naomi Shihab Nye

Yeah, what were you doing at WrestleMania? Ohhhh yeeeeah I’d like to know. You weren’t there to gloat, were you? No, I guess you weren’t. – Randy Savage

It’s like that, I guess when the past come to collect what you owe. – Esi Edugyan

And I guess you judge how well you’re doing by how well you sleep at night … and what your dreams are like. – Stephen King

I guess what they say is true. Anything the government wants to hide, they stick it in New Mexico – Maya Banks

I like my body, and I like to have fun with what I put on, but I also want to remain classic. So I guess my signature is sexy and eclectic but classic. – Lake Bell