Maxwell Maltz
24 quotes
Biography
"Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today."
"You make mistakes, mistakes don't make you"
"A human being always acts and feels and performs in accordance with what he imagines to be true about himself and his environment...For imagination sets the goal ‘picture’ which our automatic mechanism works on. We act, or fail to act, not because of ‘will,’ as is so commonly believed, but because of imagination."
"There is within each of us a "life-instinct," which is forever working toward health, happiness, and all that makes for more life for the individual."
"A human being always acts and feels and performs in accordance with what he imagines to be true about himself and his environment."
"If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone."
"To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior."
"The 'self-image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior."
"Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act."
"Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act."
"We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve."
"For imagination sets the goal picture which our automatic mechanism works on. We act, or fail to act, not because of will, as is so commonly believed, but because of imagination."
"Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward."
"Times will change for the better when you change."
"Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent."
"If you make friends with yourself, you’ll never be alone."
"Thus man of all creatures is more than a creature, he is also a creator. Man alone can direct his success mechanism by the use of imagination, or imaging ability."
"If you make friends with yourself, you'll never be alone."
"The most delightful surprise in life is to suddenly recognize your own worth."
"We must have courage to bet on our ideas on the calculated risk and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness."
"Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become."
"Our self-image and our habits tend to go together. Change one and you will automatically change the othe"
"Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power becomes available to you just as soon as you can change your beliefs."
"Our self-image strongly held essentially determines what we become."