2. “When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.”
3. “People are not lazy, they simply have impotent goals—that is, goals that do not inspire them.”
4. “Why live an ordinary life, when you can live an extraordinary one.”
5. “It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.”
6. “Live life fully while you’re here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You’re going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process.”
7. “You can’t have a plan for your day ‘til you have a plan for your life.”
8. “It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It’s what we do consistently.”
9. “Every problem is a gift—without problems, we would not grow.”
10. “If you can’t, you must; and if you must, you can.”
11. “People who fail focus on what they will have to go through; people who succeed focus on what it will feel like at the end.”
12. “Take the opportunity to learn from your . Find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don’t try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.”
13. “It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.”
14. “It’s not about the goal. It’s about growing to become the person that can accomplish that goal.”
15. “I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life’s greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve.”
16. “In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions.”
17. “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.”
18. “Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.”
19. “In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.”
20. “Success in life is the result of good judgment. Good judgment is usually the result of experience. Experience is usually the result of bad judgment.”
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21. “Although we cannot always control the events in our lives, we can always control our response to them, and the actions we take as a result.”
22. “A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided.”
23. “Action is what unites every great success.”
24. “Action is what produces results.”
25. “Knowledge is only potential power until it comes into the hands of someone who knows how to get himself to take effective action.”
26. “Remember this—anticipation is the ultimate power. Losers react; leaders anticipate.”
27. “In fact, the literal definition of the word ‘power’ is ‘the ability to act’.”
28. “I am the source of all my emotions. Nothing and no one can change how I feel except me. If I find myself in reaction to anything, I can change it in a moment.”
29. “Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.”
30. “You are now at a crossroads. This is your opportunity to make the most important decision you will ever make. Forget your past. Who are you now? Who have you decided you really are now? Don’t think about who you have been. Who are you now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully.”
31. “How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I’m committed to?”
32. “What’s important is to decide you will find a way, no matter what.”
33. “If you don’t set a baseline standard for what you’ll accept in your life, you’ll find it’s easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of life that’s far below what you deserve.”
34. “You need to set and live by these standards no matter what happens in your life.”
35. “Three decisions that we all control each moment of our lives with—what to focus on, what things mean, and what to do in spite of the challenges that may appear to limit us.”
36. “Face your challenges head on with the core belief that problems are just speed bumps on the road to your dreams.”
37. “Want to learn to eat a lot? Here it is—eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.”
38. “Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards.”
39. “Life isn’t about waiting for the to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain. It’s about removing the fear in this area of your life so you can focus on what matters most.”
40. “Every man dies. Not every man lives.”
41. “Why not make cheerfulness, outrageousness, playfulness a new priority for yourself? Make feeling good your expectation. You don’t have to have a reason to feel good—you’re alive; you can feel good for no reason at all!”
42. “If there’s anything you’re not happy about—in your relationships, in your health, in your career—make a decision right now about how you’re going to change it immediately.”
43. “It is not what we get, but who we become, what we contribute, that gives meaning to our lives.”
44. “Enjoy making decisions. You must know that in any moment, a decision you make can change the course of your life forever.”
45. “My teacher, Jim Rohn, taught me a simple principle—every day, stand guard at the door of your mind, and you alone decide what thoughts and beliefs you let into your life; for they will shape whether you feel rich or poor, cursed or blessed.”
46. “Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.”
47. “Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.”
48. “The person who is motivated by necessity is interested in what’s known and what’s secure.”
49. “They think that everything happens for a reason and it serves them. They believe that every adversity contains the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.”
50. “How you feel is not the result of what is happening in your life—it is your interpretation of what is happening.”
51. “The next time you’re feeling uncertain, remind yourself that you’re the creator of your life, not a manager of circumstances.”
52. “You can use your story, or your story can use you.”
53. “The only way to become wealthy and stay wealthy, is to find a way to do more for others than anyone else is doing in an area that people really value.”
54. “Winter is not infinite. Even if you’re having challenges today, you can never give up on the coming of spring.”
55. “Whatever you focus on—whatever you tune in to—you will feel more intensely. So if you don’t like what you’re doing, maybe it’s time to change the channel.”
56. “Sometimes, coaches can teach you new information, new strategies, and skills.”
57. “The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
58. “The world we live in is the world we choose to live in—whether consciously or unconsciously. If we choose bliss, that’s what we get. If we choose misery, we get that, too.”
59. “Contrary to popular wisdom, knowledge is not power—it’s potential power. Knowledge is not mastery. Execution is mastery. Execution will trump knowledge every day of the week.”
60. “Our country—our world—is one of boundless opportunities waiting for you to explore.”
61. “Change your story, change your life. Divorce the story of limitation and marry the story of the truth, and everything changes.”
62. “For every disciplined effort, there is a multiple reward.”
63. “When I work, I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired.”
64. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act—the rest is merely tenacity.”
65. “Our goal is not to ignore the problems of life, but to put ourselves in better mental and emotional states where we can not only come up with solutions, but act upon them.”
66. “You can fulfill your dreams. If you want it badly enough, you’ll find a way.”
67. “Success is buried on the other side of rejection.”
68. “Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want.”
69. “The secret of success is learning how to use and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you’re in control of your life. If you don’t, life controls you.”
70. “There are no real successes without . The more rejection you get, the better you are, the more you’ve learned, the closer you are to your outcome. If you can handle rejection, you’ll learn to get everything you want.”
71. “You can choose beliefs that limit you, or you can choose beliefs that support you. The trick is to choose the beliefs that are conducive to success and the results you want, and to discard the ones that hold you back.”
72. “The road to success is always under construction. It is a progressive course, not an end to be reached.”
73. “Success is simple. First, you decide what you want specifically; and second, you decide you’re willing to pay the price to make it happen—and then pay that price.”
74. “Goals are like magnets. They’ll attract the things that make them come true.”
75. “No one ever achieved a goal by being interested in its achievement. One must be committed.”
76. “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
77. “Money is nothing more than a reflection of your creativity, your capacity to focus, and your ability to add value and receive back.”
78. “Don’t find fault, find a remedy.”
79. “The most successful people aren’t necessarily the best and brightest, the fastest and strongest. They’re the ones with the most commitment.”
80.“Which do you tend to focus on more—what you have or what’s missing from your life?”
81. “Remember, don’t drive into the past using your rear-view mirror as a guide. You want to learn from your past, not live in it—focus on the things that empower you.”
82. “It’s not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.”
83. “The only reason we don’t have what we want in life is the reasons we create why we can’t have them.”
84. “There is power in the pressure of dissatisfaction—in the tension of temporary discomfort.”
85. “Nothing in life has any meaning except the meaning we give it.”
86. “Yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision. But today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope.”
87. “The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.”
88. “All too often, the security of a mediocre present is more comfortable than the adventure of trying to be more in the future.”
89. “The best opportunities come in times of maximum pessimism.”
90. “So live in an attitude of positive expectancy, knowing that everything that happens in your life benefits you in some way.”
91. “This real-world approach is called the dollar-weighted return.”
92. “I don’t worry about maintaining the quality of my life, because every day I work on improving it.”
93. “Some very wealthy people gain significance by hiding their wealth.”
94. “Persistence overshadows even talent, as the most valuable resource shaping the quality of life.”
95. “Life is always happening for you, not to you. Appreciate that gift, and you are wealthy, now and forever.”
96. “You can be rich by having more than you need, or by needing less than you have.”
97. “Deciding to commit yourself to long term results rather than short term fixes is as important as any decision you’ll make in your lifetime.”
98. “We don’t know how the world really is. We won’t know if our beliefs are true or false. What we can know, though, is if they work—if they support us, if they make our lives richer, if they make us better people, if they help us and help others.”
99. “Making a true decision means committing to achieving a result, and then cutting yourself off from any other possibility.”
100. “The past does not equal the future.”
101. “You can’t hit a target if you don’t know what it is.”
102. “Nothing tastes as good as looking good feels.”
103. “If you really want your life to be passionate, you need to live with this attitude of expectancy.”
104. “In life, you need either inspiration or desperation.”
105. “Our beliefs about what we are and what we can be precisely determine what we can be.”
106. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.”
107. “In life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know.”
108. “Remember—we’re drowning in information, but we’re starving for wisdom.”
109. “Achievers rarely, if ever, see a problem as permanent, while those who fail see even the smallest problems as permanent.”
110. “All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs.”
111. “The quality of your life is a direct reflection of the quality of the questions you are asking yourself.”
112. “The birth of excellence begins with our awareness that our beliefs are a choice.”
113. “Remember—we all get what we tolerate. So stop tolerating within yourself, limiting beliefs of the past, or half-assed or fearful states.”
114. “You shape your perceptions, or someone shapes them for you. You do what you want to do, or you respond to someone else’s plan for you.”
115. “The trouble is, the human brain isn’t designed to make us happy and fulfilled. It’s designed to make us survive.”
116. “You can do everything right—find a fiduciary advisor, reduce your fees, invest tax efficiently, and build up a Freedom Fund.”
117. “There are no failures in life. There are only results.”
118. “Lack of income is stressful. Lack of income is a struggle. Lack of income is not an acceptable outcome for you and your family.”
119. “When it comes to money, delusions that you’re better than everybody else can kill you.”
120. “Always remember that income is the outcome.”
121. “If you want to take the island, you have to burn your boats!”
122. “Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it’s who you become—as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals—that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.”
123. “Asset allocation, where to park your money, and how to divide it up, is the single most important skill of a successful investor.”
124. “What matters is that you master money and it doesn’t master you.”
125. “Remember, the biggest challenge in investing is staying power; when markets tank, folks get scared and sell.”
126. “A mind out of control will play tricks on you. Directed, it’s your greatest friend.”
127. “You become what you do most of the time.”
128. “If you talk about it, it’s a dream; if you envision it, it’s possible; but if you schedule it, it’s real.”
129. “The quality of your life is in direct proportion to the quality of your relationships.”
130. “We’ve all heard about people who’ve exploded beyond the limitations of their conditions to become examples of the unlimited power of the human spirit.”
131. “To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.”
132. “Focus equals feeling.”
133. “For changes to be of any true value, they’ve got to be lasting and consistent.”
134. “Life is a gift and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.”
135. “One belief that I’ve developed to carry me through extremely tough times is simply this—God’s delays are not God’s denials.”
136. “Your brain can’t tell the difference between something you vividly imagine and something you actually experience.”
137. “For most people, the fear of loss is much greater than the desire for gain.”
138. “Anytime you have difficulty making an important decision, you can be sure that it’s the result of being unclear about your values.”
139. “Most fears in life rarely come to fruition.”
140. “Any pattern of emotion or behavior that is continually reinforced will become an automatic and conditioned response. Anything we fail to reinforce will eventually dissipate.”
141. “Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy.”
142. “Changing an organization, a company, a country, or a world, begins with the simple step of changing yourself.”
143. “Realize that you may have misinterpreted the situation completely, that your anger about this person breaking your rules may be based on the fact that they don’t know what’s most important to you—even though you believe they should.”
144. “Leaders are those individuals who live by empowering beliefs and teach others to tap their full capabilities by shifting the beliefs that have been limiting them.”
145. “Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”
146. “One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day.”
147. “Many of the most famous people in our culture have achieved their dreams, but have still not found a way to enjoy them.”
148. “The fastest way to feel connection, a sense of how significant your life is, a deep sense of certainty and variety, and putting yourself in a state where you can give to others, is to find a way each day to appreciate more and expect less.”
149. “Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.”
150. “No matter how difficult our situation may be, there are always people who are suffering more.”
151. “If you want to look for obstacles, what’s wrong is always available; but so is what’s right!”
152. “The way to go from discord to harmony is to go from concentrating on differences to concentrating on similarities.”
153. “He taught me that everything we create in our lives starts with thought.”
154. “Belief in limits creates limited people.”
155. “Life is the dance between what you desire most and what you fear the most.”
156. “All communication is either a loving response or a cry for help.”
157. “They were asset rich and cash poor.”
