HIMYM

12 'How I Met Your Mother' Quotes That Will Revive Your Hope In The Love You Haven't Found Yet

If you aren't taking chances then what the hell are you even doing? 
Kirsten Corley
November 17, 2016
“You will be shocked, kids, when you discover how easy it is in life to part ways with people forever. That's why, when you find someone you want to keep around, you do something about it.”
— Ted Mosby, How I Met Your Mother, Season 9: Gary Blauman
Tagged: Life, Friends, Love, Taking Action, Change, moving, Moving On
“Even if you know how something's going to end, that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the ride.”
— Ted Mosby, How I Met Your Mother, Season 2: Monday Night Football
Tagged: Endings, Beginnings, Change, Love, Friendship, Happiness
“If you're not scared then you're not taking a chance. And if you're not taking a chance, then what the hell are you doing anyway?”
— Ted Mosby, How I Met Your Mother, Season 5: The Window
Tagged: Future, Change, Fear, Scared, Moving On, Life
“If you’re looking for the word that means caring about someone beyond all rationality and wanting them to have everything they want no matter how much it destroys you, it’s love. And when you love someone you don’t stop, ever. Even when people roll their eyes, and call you crazy. Even then. Especially then.”
— Ted Mosby, How I Met Your Mother, Season 9: Sunrise
Tagged: Love, Relationships, caring, Unrequited Love
“If you keep giving up on people so quickly, you're gonna miss out on something great.”
— Robin Scherbatsky, How I Met Your Mother
Tagged: Giving Up, Cynacism, Optimism, Love, Relationships, Dating, Breaking Up, HIMYM, how i met your mother
“The great moments of your life won't necessarily be the things you do, they'll also be the things that happen to you. Now, I'm not saying you can't take action to affect the outcome of your life, you have to take action, and you will. But never forget that on any day, you can step out the front door and your whole life can change forever. You see, the universe has a plan, kids, and that plan is always in motion. A butterfly flaps its wings, and it starts to rain. It's a scary thought, but it's also kind of wonderful. All these little parts of the machine constantly working, making sure that you end up exactly where you're supposed to be, exactly when you're supposed to be there. The right place at the right time.”
— Ted Mosby, How I Met Your Mother, Season 4: Right Place, Right Time
Tagged: Love, Timing, Relationships, Fate, The Universe, Change, Destiny
“You can't cling to the past. Because no matter how tightly you hold on, it's already gone.”
— Ted Mosby, How I Met Your Mother, How I Met Your Mother Season 8: Something Old
Tagged: The Past, Moving On, Change, Moving Forward, Letting Go
“I know it's a mistake, but there are certain things in life where you know it's a mistake but you don't really know it's a mistake because the only way to really know it's a mistake is to make the mistake and look back and say 'yep, that was a mistake.' So really, the bigger mistake would be to not make the mistake, because then you'd go your whole life not knowing if something is a mistake or not.”
— Lily Aldrin, How I Met Your Mother
Tagged: Mistakes, Change, Making A Mistake, HIMYM, how i met your mother, Taking Chances
“There are a lot of little reasons why the big things in our lives happen.”
— Ted Mosby, How I Met Your Mother, Season 4: Right Place, Right Time
Tagged: Life, Change, HIMYM, how i met your mother, Reasons
“That was the year I was left at the altar. The year I was beat up by a crazy bartender. The year I got fired. The year I got beat up by a goat, a girl goat at that. And dammit, if it wasn't the best year of my life.”
— Ted Mosby, How I Met Your Mother, Season 4: The Leap
Tagged: Life, Left at the Altar, Bartender, Fired, Best Year Of My Life