Tony Robbins, born in 1960, is a prominent American author, entrepreneur, and life coach renowned for his motivational speaking and self-help seminars. With a career spanning several decades, he is a leading figure in the personal development industry. Robbins is the author of influential books like “Unlimited Power” and “Awaken the Giant Within,” which offer practical strategies for achieving success, overcoming fears, and improving personal relationships. His seminars, notably “Unleash the Power Within,” attract a global audience seeking inspiration and empowerment. Despite varying opinions on his methods, Robbins has left an indelible mark on the self-help landscape. Beyond his professional pursuits, he engages in philanthropy, supporting initiatives like Feeding America to address issues of hunger.
Tony Robbins Quotes
1. “Where focus goes, energy flows.”
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2. “It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.”
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3. “Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.”
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4. “Repetition is the mother of skill.”
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5. “Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.”
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6. “No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.”
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7. “Whatever you focus on is what you get.”
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8. “Progress equals happiness.”
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9. “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.”
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10. “Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.”
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11. “Don’t limit your challenges; challenge your limits. Each day we must strive for constant and never ending improvement.”
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12. “If you want to take the island, then burn your boats. With absolute commitment come the insights that create real victory.”
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13. “Live with passion!”
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14. “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.”
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15. “Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.”
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16. “Knowledge is NOT power. Knowledge is only POTENTIAL power. Action is power.”
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17. “The secret to living is giving.”
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18. “People are rewarded in public for what they practice for years in private.”
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19. “The path to success is to take massive, determined action.”
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20. “Whatever you hold in your mind on a consistent basis is exactly what you will experience in your life.”
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21. “If you want to change your life you have to raise your standards.”
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22. “Knowing is not enough! You must take action.”
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23. “It’s not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.”
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24. “One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.”
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25. “Its not about the goal. Its about growing to become the person that can accomplish that goal.”
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26. “Winners take imperfect action while losers are still perfecting the plan.”
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27. “Ten years from now you’ll laugh at whatever’s stressing you out today. So why not laugh now?”
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28. “If I can’t – then I must. If I must – then I will.”
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29. “It’s not about your resources, it’s about your resourcefulness .”
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30. “Trade your expectations for appreciation and the world changes instantly.”
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31. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.”
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32. “If you talk about it, it’s a dream, if you envision it, it’s possible, but if you schedule it, it’s real.”
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33. “Remember anything you want that’s valuable requires you to break through short-term pain in order to gain long-term pleasure.”
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34. “God’s wealth circulates in my life, it flows to me in avalanches of abundance. All my needs, desires and goals are met instantaneously, for I am one with God and he is everything!”
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35. “Remember: we all get what we tolerate. So stop tolerating excuses within yourself, limiting beliefs of the past, or half-assed or fearful states.”
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36. “Whatever happens, take responsibility.”
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37. “We always have a choice.”
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38. “Where focus goes, energy flows. And if you don’t take the time to focus on what matters, then you’re living a life of someone else’s design.”
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39. “Activity without purpose is the drain of your life.”
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40. “Set high standards for yourself and don’t settle for anything less. You are the best judge of yourself and your capabilities.”
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41. “The race of life is a marathon, not a sprint.”
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42. “Losers react. Winners anticipate.”
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43. “Commit to “CAN I!” – Constant And Never-Ending Improvement.”
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44. “Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year – and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!”
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45. “Personal power is the ability to take action.”
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46. “The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.”
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47. “Your biography is not your destiny, your decisions are.”
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48. “Passion is the genesis of genius.”
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49. “Expect change. Analyze the landscape. Take the opportunities. Stop being the chess piece; become the player. It’s your move.”
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50. “Life will pay any price you ask of it.”
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51. “All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone.”
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52. “If you are not growing, you are dying.”
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53. “Complexity is the enemy of execution!”
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54. “Don’t cross oceans for people who wouldn’t cross a puddle for you.”
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55. “The secret of success is learning how to use pain 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.”
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56. “Happiness is found in the absence of expectation and a continuous focus on appreciation.”
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57. “Change your story, change your life. Divorce the story of limitation, and marry the story of the truth and everything changes.”
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58. “If you add the value, you will become the brand. Find a way to add more value than anyone else does.”
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59. “Realize that the hardest step in achieving anything is making a true commitment.”
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60. “The number one key to success in life is to master your own state. If you can manage and master your states, there’s nothing you can’t do.”
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61. “High self-esteem comes from feeling like you have control over events not that events have control over you.”
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62. “You can’t have a plan for your day, ’til you have a plan for your life.”
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63. “Decisions decide destiny, there is no action without decision.”
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64. “My philosophy is to “kill the monster while it’s little.” The best time to handle a “negative” emotion is when you first begin to feel it. It’s much more difficult to interrupt an emotional pattern once it’s full-blown.”
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65. “You feel what you’re focused on.”
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66. “The path of least resistance will never make you proud.”
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67. “We usually overestimate what we think we can accomplish in one year-but we grossly underestimate what we can accomplish in a decade.”
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68. “Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment.”
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69. “Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.”
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70. “Simply by changing your habitual vocabulary, you can instantaneously change how you think, how you feel, and how you live.”
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71. “Execution will trump knowledge every day of the week.”
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72. “What people CAN do is very different from what they WILL do.”
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73. “Every problem is a gift – without problems we would not grow.”
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74. “Success without happiness is failure.”
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75. “Your Philosophy of life shapes you more than anything else.”
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76. “Engaging people is about meeting their needs, not yours.”
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77. “Who will you have to become, to achieve all you want?”
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78. “No one’s life is a smooth sail; we all come into stormy weather. But it’s this adversity – and more specifically our resilience – that makes us strong and successful.”
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79. “Rapport is the ability to enter someone else’s world, to make him feel that you understand him, that you have a strong common bond.”
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80. “The strongest force in the universe is a human being living consistently with his identity.”
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81. “Many people are passionate, but because of their limiting beliefs about who they are and what they can do, they never take actions that could make their dream a reality.”
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82. “Success leaves clues, Proximity is power. Love your family, CHOOSE your peers.”
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83. “Everything happens for a reason and a purpose, and it serves you.”
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84. “Make your life a masterpiece: Step beyond the demands of the moment and begin right now to design and live the life you deserve.”
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85. “The how will show up after the commitment to the what.”
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86. “Lack of emotion causes lack of progress and lack of motivation.”
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87. “Problems are the gifts that make us dig out and figure out who we are, what we’re made for, and what we’re responsible to give back to life.”
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88. “The Art of Fulfillment is the ability to experience not only the thrill of the chase, but also the magic of the moment, the unbridled joy of feeling truly alive.”
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89. “The secret of unleashing your true power is setting goals that are exciting enough that they truly inspire your creativity and ignite yourpassion.”
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90. “When you know what’s most important to you, making a decision is quite simple. Most people, though, are unclear about what’s most important in their lives, and thus decision making becomes a form of internal torture.”
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91. “Focus equals feeling.”
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92. “The only people without problems are those in cemeteries. It is not what happens to us that separates failures from successes. It is how we perceive and what we do about what happens that makes the difference.”
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93. “I began to realize that thinking itself is nothing but the process of asking and answering questions.”
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94. “There’s always a way – if you’re committed.”
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95. “You either master money, or, on some level, money masters you.”
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96. “Happy, vibrant, successful people think and behave in certain ways. So do miserable and unfulfilled people. In other words, there are patterns of success and patterns of failure. The good news is, success leaves clues.”
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97. “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.”
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98. “Most people know what to do, but they don’t do what they know – because they haven’t found their inner drive. Their passion.”
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99. “I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.”
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100. “It’s your unlimited power to care and to love that can make the biggest difference in the quality of your life.”
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101. “One belief that I’ve developed to carry me through extremely tough times is simply this: God’s delays are not God’s denials.”
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102. “You could be winning and feel like you’re losing because the scorecard you’re using is unfair.”
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103. “Change is never a matter of ability, it’s always a matter of motivation.”
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104. “It’s not resources but resourcefulness that ultimately makes the difference.”
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105. “All too often, the security of a mediocre present is more comfortable than the adventure of trying to be more in the future.”
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106. “Live every day with an attitude of gratitude.”
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107. “People are my greatest resource.”
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108. “Nothing in life has any meaning except the meaning you give it.”
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109. “Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions.”
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110. “The road to someday leads to a town of nowhere.”
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111. “If you can’t, then you must!”
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112. “The only person who is truly holding you back is you. No more excuses. It’s time to change. It’s time to live life at a new level.”
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113. “I’m on a mission to help people grow and give. The more they grow the more they can give, the more life they build, the greater the quality of their life.”
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114. “Life happens not to me but for me.”
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115. “Job dissatisfaction is the number one factor in whether you survive your first heart attack.”
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116. “People will do more to avoid pain than they will do to gain pleasure.”
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117. “At any moment the decision you make can change the course of your life forever.”
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118. “The quality of your life is directly related to how much uncertainty you can comfortably handle.”
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119. “If you can’t you must, and if you must you can.”
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120. “A decision made from fear is always the wrong decision.”
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121. “Emotion is created by motion. Whatever you’re feeling right now is related to how you’re using your body.”
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122. “Life is about the moments: Don’t wait for them, create them!”
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123. “If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you’ll achieve the same results.”
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124. “Decision is the ultimate power. Decisions shape destiny.”
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125. “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.”
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126. “Always have something to look forward to.”
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127. “By changing nothing, nothing changes.”
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128. “Excitement must lead to immediate action or you will lose the power of momentum. More dreams die because we fail to seize the moment. Do it now!”
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129. “Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want.”
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130. “When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.”
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131. “Life is found in the dance between your deepest desire and your greatest fear.”
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132. “There is no breakthrough without a breakdown.”
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133. “Success leaves clues. Go figure out what someone who was successful did, and model it. Improve it, but learn their steps. They have knowledge.”
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134. “Identity is this incredible invisible force that controls your whole life. It’s invisible, like gravity is invisible, but it controls your whole life.”
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135. “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.”
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136. “Who you spend time with is who you become! Change your life by consciously choosing to surround yourself with people with higher standards!”
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137. “It’s not how long you live, but how you live that’s important. Therefore, don’t make your life just livable, make it memorable.”
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138. “Your current situation does not determine your future. Your future is determined by your decision to succeed.”
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139. “Emotion is created by motion.”
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140. “Why live an ordinary life, when you can live an extraordinary one.”
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141. “The minute you start keeping score, you’re destroying the relationship.”
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142. “People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals – that is, goals that do not inspire them.”
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143. “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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144. “Most people fail in life because they major in minor things.”
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145. “You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.”
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146. “Progress is the ultimate motivation.”
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147. “It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.”
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148. “Leaders anticipate. Losers react.”
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149. “In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.”
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150. “Here’s a two step formula for handling stress. Step number one: Don’t sweat the small stuff. Step number two: Remember it’s all small stuff.”
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151. “Remember this: Anticipation is the ultimate power. Losers react; leaders anticipate.”
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152. “I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.”
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153. “Quality questions create a quality life.”
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154. “All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs.”
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155. “The past does not equal the future.”
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156. “What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?”
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157. “The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.”
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158. “Begin to live as though your prayers are already answered.”
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159. “There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.”
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160. “Our beliefs are like the unquestioned commands, telling us how things are, what’s possible and what’s impossible, what we can and can not do.”
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161. “It’s what you practice in private that you will be rewarded for in public.”
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162. “We are defined by the stories we tell ourselves.”
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163. “Goals are like magnets. They’ll attract the things that make them come true.”
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164. “Pain is part of life. Suffering is an option.”
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165. “The 2 master skills of life are The Science of Achievement and The Art of Fulfillment.”
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166. “Live life fully while you’re here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird.”
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167. “The real joy in life comes from finding your true purpose and aligning it with what you do every single day.”
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168. “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.”
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169. “Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision.”
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170. “We all have our own story. And we stay attached to our story. This can stop us from growing and living. You wanna make your life better? Change your story, change your life.”
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171. “There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that once unleashed can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”
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172. “Don’t be afraid of new ideas. Be afraid of old ideas. They keep you where you are and stop you from growing and moving forward. Concentrate on where you want to go, not on what you fear.”
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173. “People who succeed at the highest level are not lucky; they’re doing something differently than everyone else.”
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174. “Make it so today is not like yesterday and tomorrow will be different FOREVER.”
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175. “The secret to wealth is simple: Find a way to do more for others than anyone else does. Become more valuable. Do more. Give more. Be more. Serve more. And you will have the opportunity to earn more.”
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176. “When it looks impossible and you are ready to quit, victory is near!”
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177. “Frustration is a very positive sign. It means that the solution to your problem is within range, but what you’re currently doing isn’t working, and you need to change your approach in order to achieve your goal.”
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178. “In life you need either inspiration or desperation.”
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179. “Self-awareness is one of the rarest of human commodities. I don’t mean self-consciousn ess where you’re limiting and evaluating yourself. I mean being aware of your own patterns.”
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180. “The quality of your life is the quality of where you live emotionally.”
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181. “Variety is the spice of life. We all want surprises.”
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182. “I believe that life supports what supports more of life. In other words, motivation does matter. If you’re just trying to take care of yourself, you’re part of life and I believe life steps in and gives you a certain level of insight.”
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183. “As soon as you truly commit to making something happen, the ‘how’ will reveal itself.”
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184. “The quality of your life is a direct reflection of the expectations of your peer group. Choose your peers wisely.”
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185. “The only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can’t have it.”
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186. “Don’t try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.”
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187. “Everybody’s got a past. The past does not equal the future unless you live there.”
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188. “Keep your goals in front of you, and your fears behind you.”
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189. “If I’m committed, there is always a way.”
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190. “Rapport is the ultimate tool for producing results with other people. No matter what you want in your life, if you can develop rapport with the right people, you’ll be able to fill their needs, and they will be able to fill yours.”
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191. “Working because you want to, not because you have to is financial freedom.”
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192. “You can’t always control the wind, but you can control your sails.”
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193. “You can’t hit a target if you don’t know what it is.”
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194. “Most people settle for connection, because love’s too scary. They don’t want to lose that feeling, that super high is too crushing so they settle for the comfort of connection.”
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195. “The way to go from discord to harmony is to go from concentrating on differences to concentrating on similarities.”
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196. “There are no failures, only outcomes. As long as I learn something, I am succeeding.”
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197. “Success comes from taking the initiative and following up or persisting.”
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198. “Learn to convert the discomfort of discipline into the satisfaction of personal growth.”
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199. “All decision-making is a values-clarifying exercise.”
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200. “Do what you did in the beginning of a relationship and there won’t be an end.”
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