18 Best ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Quotes On Life

18. Meredith Grey, Season 7 Episode 10

"Just when we think we figured things out, the universe throws us a curve ball. So, we have to improvise. We find happiness in unexpected places. We find ourselves back to the things that matter the most. The universe is funny that way. Sometimes it just has a way of making sure we wind up exactly where we belong."

17. Amelia Shepherd, Season 11 Episode 11

“If you aren't willing to keep looking for light in the darkest of places without stopping, even when it seems impossible, you will never succeed."

16. Meredith Grey, Season 2 Episode 3

“If there's an upside to free-falling, it's the chance you give your friends to catch you.”

15. Izzie Stevens, Season 5 Episode 22

"You never know the biggest day of your life is going to be the biggest. The days you think are going to be the big ones, they are never as big as you make them out to be in your head. It's the regular days, the ones that start out normal. Those are the days that end up being the biggest."

14. Denny Duquette, Season 3 Episode 4

“It turns out sometimes you have to do the wrong thing. Sometimes you have to make a big mistake to figure out how to make things right. Mistakes are painful, but they're the only way to find out who we really are."

13. Meredith Grey, season 13, episode 24

"Nobody wakes up thinking: 'My world will explode today. My world will change.' Nobody thinks that. But, sometimes, it happens. Sometimes, we wake up, we face our fears. We take them by the hand. And we stand there waiting, hoping, ready for anything."

12. Amelia Shepherd, Season 11 Episode 14

“We lose those battles as often as we succeed. The key, though, win or lose, is to never fail. And the only way to fail is not to fight. So fight until you can't fight anymore. Never let go. Never give up. Never run. Never surrender. Fight the good fight, you fight even when it seems inevitable you're about to go down swinging.”

11. Alex Karev, season 5, episode 19

“Doesn’t matter how tough we are, trauma always leaves a scar. It follows us home, it changes our lives, trauma messes everybody up, but maybe that’s the point. All the pain and the fear and the crap. Maybe going through all of that is what keeps us moving forward. It’s what pushes us. Maybe we have to get a little messed up, before we can step up."

10. Meredith Grey, Season 11 Episode 24

"You can build a house out of anything. Make it as strong as you want. But a home, a home is more fragile than that. A home is made of the people you fill it with. And people can be broken, sure, but any surgeon knows, what's broken can be mended. What's hurt can be healed. That no matter how dark it gets the sun's going to rise again.”

9. Cristina Yang, Season 10 Episode 24

"Don't let what he wants eclipse what you need. He's very dreamy, but he's not the sun. You are!”

8. Meredith Grey, Season 5 Episode 23

“We spend our whole lives worrying about the future, planning for the future, trying to predict the future, as if figuring it out will cushion the blow. But the future is always changing. The future is the home of our deepest fears and wildest hopes. But one thing is certain when it finally reveals itself. The future is never the way we imagined it."

7. Mark Sloan, Season 9 Episode 2

"If you love someone, you tell them. Even if you're scared that it's not the right thing. Even if you're scared that it'll cause problems. Even if you're scared that it will burn your life to the ground, you say it, and you say it loud and you go from there."

6. Meredith Grey, Season 2 Episode 5

“Your choice, it's simple, her or me. And I'm sure she's really great. But Derek, I love you, in a really, really big 'pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window,' unfortunate way that makes me hate you ... love you. So pick me. Choose me. Love me.”

5. Richard Webber, Season 4 Episode 10

“Sometimes it's good to be scared. It means you still have something to lose.”

4. Meredith Grey, Season 5 Episode 24

"Did you say it? 'I love you.' 'I don't ever want to live without you.' 'You changed my life.' Did you say it? Make a plan. Set a goal. Work toward it, but every now and then look around; Drink it in 'cause this is it. It might all be gone tomorrow."

3. Derek Shepherd, Season 6 Episode 24

“The human life is made up of choices. Yes or no. In or out. Up or down. And then there are the choices that matter. Love or hate. To be a hero or to be a coward. To fight not to give in. To live or die. Live or die. That's the important choice. And it's not always in our hands."

2. Cristina Yang, Season 4 Episode 15

"Have some fire. Be unstoppable. Be a force of nature. Be better than anyone here, and don’t give a damn what anyone thinks. There are no teams here, no buddies. You’re on your own. Be on your own."

1. Meredith Grey, Season 1 Episode 6

"Knowing is better than wondering. Waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beats the hell out of never trying.”