Jennifer Aniston’s words on life, love, and motherhood are filled with wisdom, humor, and authenticity. From relationships to self-worth, here are her most inspiring quotes.
Jennifer Aniston Quotes

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Jennifer Aniston Quotes on Life
- “Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kinda falls into place.”
- “Really try to follow what it is that you want to do and what your heart is telling you to do.”
- “You can undo a lot of things. If you’re not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice.”
- “I realized it was only me who was stopping myself from living my life.”
- “When you try to avoid the pain, it creates greater pain.”
- “It’s impossible to satisfy everyone, and I suggest we all stop trying.”
- “I’m not sitting dwelling about the past or stressing or fretting about something in the future.”
- “Wrinkles happen to human beings.”
- “Life can be dramatic and funny all in the same day.”
- “I always say don’t make plans, make options.”
- “There are no regrets in life, just lessons.”
Jennifer Aniston Quotes on Love, Heartbreak & Relationship
- “Don’t rely on men but don’t shun them either.”
- “A relationship isn’t going to make me survive. It’s the cherry on top.”
- “I actually feel I’ve been unbelievably lucky in love.”
- “I love that feeling of being in love, the effect of having butterflies when you wake up in the morning. That is special.”
- “The best smell in the world is that man that you love.”
- “As I get older, I realize what qualities are important in love and what suits me. And what I won’t settle for.”
- “In a man, I look for a friend, someone who’s equal, with whom I’m comfortable.”
- “Women should stop going for the bad guys, stop looking so far when the good ones are right there.”
- “I couldn’t be in a relationship without equality, generosity, integrity, spirit, kindness, and humor. And awesomeness.”
- “I think a good relationship is about collaboration.”
- “It’s sad, something coming to an end. It cracks you open, in a way – cracks you open to feeling.”
- “The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain.”
- “True love brings up everything – you’re allowing a mirror to be held up to you daily.”
- “I think it’s important to have closure in any relationship that ends – from a romantic relationship to a friendship. You should always have a sense of clarity at the end and know why it began and why it ended. You need that in your life to move cleanly into your next phase.”
- “Marriage brings up all the things I pushed to the back burner – the fears, the mistrust, the doubts, the insecurities. It’s like opening Pandora’s box.”
- “My parents’ divorce left me with a lot of sadness and pain and acting, and especially humor, was my way of dealing with all that.”
- “A man divorcing would never be accused of choosing career over children.”
Jennifer Aniston Quotes on Motherhood, Pregnancy, Parenting & Baby
- “We are complete with or without a mate, with or without a child. We get to decide for ourselves what is beautiful when it comes to our bodies.”
- “We don’t need to be married or mothers to be complete.”
- “I don’t have this sort of checklist of things that have to be done and if they’re not checked then I’ve failed some part of my feminism, or my being a woman, or my worth or my value as a woman.”
- “I’ve birthed a lot of things, and I feel like I’ve mothered many things. And I don’t think it’s fair to put that pressure on people.”
- “Who knows what the reason is, why people aren’t having kids? There’s a lot of reasons that could be, and maybe it’s something that no one wants to discuss.”
- “I don’t like [the pressure] that people put on me, on women, that you’ve failed yourself as a female because you haven’t procreated. This continually is said about me: that I was so career-driven and focused on myself; that I don’t want to be a mother, and how selfish that is.”
- “The women that inspire me are the ones who have careers and children; why would I want to limit myself?”
- “I’ve always wanted to have children, and I would never give up that experience for a career. I want to have it all.”
- “I think people maybe want me to have a kid now … if it happens, it happens. I’m calm and peaceful with whatever the plan is. It’s not something where I’m going, ‘I gotta have a kid!’”
- “I’ve never in my life said I didn’t want to have children. I did and I do and I will!”
- “Parenting is one of the hardest jobs on earth.”
- “No, I’m not adopting any children.”
Jennifer Aniston Quotes on Brad Pitt
- “I couldn’t have found a better man than Brad. He still opens doors for me and brings me flowers. He’s the sweetest goofball on the planet.”
- “The first time I kissed Brad my knees went weak – I literally lost my breath!”