David J. Schwartz Quotes - Page 2

There is a good side to every situation.

The mind is what the mind is fed.

It really is easy to forget the unpleasant if we simply refuse to recall it. Withdraw only positive thoughts from your memory bank. Let the others fade away. And your confidence, that feeling of being on top of the world, will zoom up-ward. You take a big step forward toward conquering your fear when you refuse to remember negative, self-deprecating thoughts.

Believe triggers the power to do.

Every day thousands of people bury good ideas because they are afraid to act on them.And afterwards, the ghosts of these ideas come back to haunt them.

The thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important than how much intelligence you may have.

Goals are as essential to success as air is to life.

Remember, you see in any situation what you expect to see.

It’s better to wear out than rust out.

How can I give more than is expected of me?

The thought "It's impossible" sets off a chain reaction of other thoughts to prove you're right.

Success shuns the man who lacks ideas.

Belief releases creative powers.

The test of a successful person is not an ability to eliminate all problems before they arise, but to meet and work out difficulties when they do arise.

Persons who reach the higher rungs in business management, selling, engineering, religious work, writing, acting, and in every other pursuit get there by following conscientiously and continuously a plan for self-development and growth.

Believe it can be done. When you really believe something can be done, your mind will find the ways to do it.

Here is the first step toward success. It's a basic step. It can't be avoided. Step One: Believe in yourself, believe you can succeed.

The person determined to achieve maximum success learns the principle that progress is made one step at a time.

Here is the basic rule for winning success. Let's mark it in the mind and remember it. The rule is: Success depends on the support of other people. The only hurdle between you and what you want to be in is the support of other people.

Build castles, don't dig graves.

Hesitation only enlarges, magnifies the fear. Take action promptly. Be decisive.

Believing something can be done sets the mind in motion to find a way to do it.

Think you are weak, think you lack what it takes, think you will lose, think you are second class - think this way and you are doomed to mediocrity.

Just enough sense to stick with something-a chore, task, project, until its completed pays off much better than idle intelligence, even if idle intelligence be of genius caliber.

Luck take a second look at what appears to be someone's good luck. You'll find not luck but preparation, planning, and success-producing thinking.