David J. Schwartz Quotes

Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.

Remind yourself regularly that you are better than you think you are. Successful people are not superhuman. Success does not require a super-intellect. Nor is there anything mystical about success. And success isn't based on luck. Successful people are just ordinary folks who have developed belief in themselves and what they do. Never...yes, never...sell yourself short.

Life is too short to waste. Dreams are fulfilled only through action, not through endless planning to take action.

Get the action habit - you do not need to wait until conditions are perfect.

Believe Big. The size of your success is determined by the size of your belief. Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success. Remember this, too! Big ideas and big plans are often easier -certainly no more difficult - than small ideas and small plans.

Don't let tradition paralyze your mind. Be receptive to new ideas. Be experimental. Try new approaches. Be progressive in everything you do.

People do more for you when you make them feel important.

Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches, or pounds, or college degrees, or family back-ground; they are measured by the size of their thinking.

Action cures fear. Indecision, postponement, on the other hand, fuel fear.

How much we can do, depends on how much we THINK we can do.

When you believe something is impossible, your mind goes to work for you to prove why. But when you believe, really believe, something can be done, your mind goes to work for you and helps you find the ways to do it.

How much we can do depends on how much we think we can do. When you really believe you can do more, your mind thinks creatively and shows you the way.

Knowledge is power only when put to use - and then only when the use made of it is constructive.

Believe Big. The size of your success is determined by the size of your belief. Think little goals and expect little achievements.

How you think determines how you act. How you act in turn determines how others react to you.

Big thinkers are specialists in creating positive, forward-looking, optimistic pictures in their own minds and in the minds of others.

A good idea if not acted upon produces terrible psychological pain. But a good idea acted upon brings enormous mental satisfaction. Got a good idea? Then do something about it. Use action to cure fear and gain confidence. Here's something to remember: Actions feed and strengthen confidence; inaction in all forms feeds fear. To fight fear, act. To increase fear--wait, put off, postpone.

Think doubt and fail. Think victory and succeed.

To think confidently, act confidently... Act the way you want to feel.

Think first class about everyone around you, and you'll receive first-class results in return.

Those who believe they can move mountains, do. Those who believe they can't, cannot. Belief triggers the power to do.

Hope is a start. But hope needs action to win victories

Then it dawned on me that no one else was going to believe in me until I believed in myself.

Attitudes are more important than intelligence.

Those who believe they can move mountains, do!