Over the course of a three-decade long career, Jennifer Aniston has become one of Hollywood’s most successful and beloved actresses.

It took hard work and a strong personality for Aniston to achieve what she has today. It’s really easy to give up on a dream after a few failures, but when someone close constantly criticizes you, it’s a wonder that you even started pursuing it, For Aniston, that “someone close” was her own mother.

Discouraged by her mother’s words and some unsuccessful television series at the beginning of her career, Aniston was on the verge of giving up. But just before that happened, she was cast as the beautiful, funny, and loveable Rachel Green in one of the most popular series of all times: Friends.

In spite of her personal struggles and the fact the media somehow gave her the image of “poor Jennifer” Aniston never posed as a victim.

She proved to be a strong woman who simply faces life and wins every time. Not to mention that she is as beautiful as ever and rocks her 50s!

Here are 20 Jennifer Aniston quotes on facing up and winning:

The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain.

There are no regrets in life, just lessons.

Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kinda falls into place.

It’s impossible to satisfy everyone, and I suggest we all stop trying.

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True love brings up everything – you’re allowing a mirror to be held up to you daily.

Look I eat really well and I work out, but I also indulge when I want to. I don’t starve myself in an extremist way. You’re not taking away my coffee or my dairy or my glass of wine because I’d be devastated.

A relationship isn’t going to make me survive. It’s the cherry on top.

People who avoid the brick walls – all power to ya, but we all have to hit them sometimes in order to push through to the next level, to evolve.

I’m not sitting dwelling about the past or stressing or fretting about something in the future.

Wrinkles happen to human beings.

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.

I think it’s always important to reflect anyway, no matter what age you’re approaching or what milestone is in front of you. Reflection should be almost a daily thing if possible.

Really try to follow what it is that you want to do and what your heart is telling you to do.

It’s sad, something coming to an end. It cracks you open, in a way – cracks you open to feeling.

I realized it was only me who was stopping myself from living my life.

I think you miss out on a lot of stuff when you’re so protected and isolated.

When you try to avoid the pain, it creates greater pain.

I always say don’t make plans, make options.

Beauty is inner confidence. Peace. Kindness. Honesty. A life well-lived. Taking on challenges and not feeling shame for things that haven’t gone the way you felt they should have.

If you’re not happy, you can become happy.