“Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.”

- From The Enchiridion by Epictetus

“Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever done without enthusiasm.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Your programming leads to your thoughts; your thoughts lead to your feelings; your feelings lead to your actions; your actions lead to your results. Therefore, just as is done with a personal computer, by changing your programming, you take the first essential step to changing your results.” 

- From Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker

“You don’t just owe it to yourself to be an optimist; you owe it to everyone around you. A pessimist sucks the energy out of the room. Nobody wants to put up with somebody who’s bitter and cynical all of the time. Not your friends, not your teammates, not your boss, and certainly not your spouse.”

- From Relentless Optimism by Darrin Donnelly

“Positive thinking leads to positive outcomes. Study after study proves this. Researchers have found that optimistic people live longer, live healthier, have more energy, have more successful careers, make better decisions, are more productive, are less stressed, have healthier relationships, and (not surprisingly) are much happier than pessimists.”

- From Relentless Optimism by Darrin Donnelly

“You want to know what your life will look like a year from now? Listen to what you’re saying when you talk to yourself. Your self-talk determines your future.”

- From Relentless Optimism by Darrin Donnelly

“There is no value in worrying, being anxious, or wasting energy thinking about all the things we cannot influence. It does not serve you. We can’t control whether someone else is wealthier, prettier, or happier than we are. But we can control how we act and, crucially, how we choose to spend our days. The good news is that you have a lot more control over your life—and happiness—than you might think.”

- From The Perfect Day Formula by Craig Ballantyne

“Optimism enables you to confront and overcome all obstacles and challenges. It gives you the power to persist. To meet any challenge, you must first believe that you can. Every challenge successfully met begins with a vision, and that vision is driven by optimism. You get what you expect.”

- From The Only Sales Guide You’ll Ever Need by Anthony Iannarino

“How would the superhero version of you act? Visualize that super version of you. See yourself wearing that cape and performing at a level 10 in all areas of your life. Like any goal you are striving to achieve, you need to have a clear picture of what a level 10 looks like.”

- From Tom Ferry: Mindset, Model, and Marketing

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right either way.”

- Henry Ford

“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”

- Thomas Jefferson

“One of the most amazing things you will ever realize is that the moment in front of you is not bothering you – you are bothering yourself about the moment in front of you.”

- From Living Untethered by Michael Singer

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”

- Marcus Aurelius

“Life consists of what a man is thinking about all day.”  

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Your level of optimism is the very best predictor of how happy, healthy, wealthy, and long-lived you will be. The more optimistic and positive you are, the more energy and enthusiasm you will have. Your immune system will be stronger and more resistant to disease and infection. You will seldom be sick. You will get along with less sleep, and you will have more mental and physical energy throughout the day.” 

- From Focal Point by Brian Tracy

“You must become the person you need to become in order to achieve the big goals and dreams that you want to achieve. You must do the right planning, take the right actions, make the right decisions, and eliminate the wrong obstacles that tempt you into wrong behaviors.” 

- From The Perfect Day Formula by Craig Ballantyne

“Decide how the person you want to become would act and then act that way.”

- Tom Bilyeu

“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.”

- Tony Robbins

“Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less of a challenge, wish for more wisdom.”  

- Earl Shoaff

“What kind of person will you have to become to get all you want? Write down the kinds of skills you’ll need to develop and the knowledge you’ll need to gain. The answers will give you some new goals for personal development. What you become is far more important than what you get. Most of what you have today, you have attracted by becoming the person you are today. Here’s the great axiom of life: to have more than you’ve got, become more than you are. Remember this rule: Income rarely exceeds personal development. You can change all things for the better when you change yourself for the better.”

- From 7 Strategies for Wealth and Happiness by Jim Rohn