David Joseph Schwartz Quotes

Within you, whoever you may be, regardless of how big a failure you may think yourself to be, is the ability and the power to do whatever you need to do to be happy and successful.

In order for me to achieve... I had to regard myself greater than what I was. In other words I had to fake it until I make it.

If you don't think that you're the best, how do you become the best?

Just think you are the greatest. Where's the harm in thinking like that? It is not for pride you do it, but for bringing the best out of you. There is nothing wrong.

You are better than you think.

If you don't think you're a winner, you don't belong here.

Never mind what the 'people' think of you! They may overestimate or underestimate you! Until they discover your real worth, your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself. You can succeed if nobody else believes it; but you will never succeed if you don't believe in yourself.

It's one thing for other people to see potential in you, and it's quite another for you to understand that and see it in yourself.

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.

People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.

Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.

I learned really valuable lessons from 'Blue's Clues.' I'd repeat them every day. 'You can do things. You are smart.'

The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best.

Ego is good.

A man is always better than he thinks.

You have to know your strengths and tell yourself you're the best.

I'd say I'm the best 19-year-old ever, and I still feel that way at 21.

Even when I was down, I treated myself as a star and eventually the world would catch up.

The greatest step toward success is self confidence. The greatest builder of self confidence is self esteem, and self esteem comes from doing the daily things you know you should do. Your self esteem will start to soar when you make some critical decisions - decisions to walk a new road, to start a new direction, to start a new discipline.

Self-confidence is the most important thing, and this comes from identifying your goals, knowing your limits and roping in all the help you can get.

Successful people...focus on the rewards of success: learning from their mistakes and thinking about how they can improve themselves and their situations.

Never underestimate yourself

One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.

I feel like our future is our confidence and self-esteem.

Self-esteem is a huge piece of my work. You have to believe it's possible and believe in yourself. Because after you've decided what you want, you have to believe it's possible, and possible for you, not just for other people. Then you need to seek out models, mentors, and coaches.