Jack Canfield Quotes

The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.

I believe that visualization is one of the most powerful means of achieving personal goals.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

I eventually realized that good things wouldn't happen to me if I didn't make the right choices.

I found people that were willing to push me. I was like, 'These are my goals. I need you to get me here.' I don't need any excuses. I won't make any excuses. I'm over making excuses.

I just need to improve.

Don't let the reasons why you don't accomplish your dreams be because of you or a decision that you made. Do everything that you can possibly do to achieve that dream.

But remember this: in the final analysis, you can believe in your dream, you can be taught, supported, motivated, and loved by others, but ultimately, your success depends on you. You must take responsibility for your body, your mind, and for your character.

You have to motivate yourself with challenges. That's how you know you're still alive.

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

Let every man feel that he is the architect and builder of his own life, and that he proposes to make a success of it by working.

We set ourselves limits, but we are all strong enough to aim higher, to achieve our goals. All we have to do is find such strength within ourselves. Know how to develop it.

I am my own cheerleader. I am the one who puts my goals, who pushes myself to get to the next goal. I don't have someone next to me saying, 'Here you go, now do this, it's your next step, go for it.'

We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.

I like motivational books, because I like the go-getting American spirit - your destiny is in your own hands, life is what you make it, don't accept your limitations, jump before you're pushed, leap before you look.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

The best way to be, is to do.

I haven't had an easy life, but at some point, you have to take responsibility for yourself and shape who it is that you want to be. I have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.

You just have to take control of your own performance.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like. Give up doing the things that you do not like to do. You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.

There's always a new challenge to keep you motivated.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.