Maxwell Maltz Quotes

To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.

Times will change for the better when you change.

This Creative Mechanism within you is impersonal. It will work automatically and impersonally to achieve goals of success and happiness, or unhappiness and failure, depending upon the goals which you yourself set for it. Present it with success goals and it functions as a Success Mechanism. Present it with negative goals, and it operates just as impersonally, and just as faithfully as a Failure Mechanism.

Worry is one of the most destructive scourges of mankind.

Self-discipline is the golden key; without it, you cannot be happy.

You will act like the sort of person you conceive yourself to be.

We, whoever we are, must have a daily goal in our lives, no matter how small or great, to make that day mean something.

Realizing that our actions, feelings and behaviour are the result of our own images and beliefs gives us the level that psychology has always needed for changing personality.

Do not say to yourself, ‘I am going to act this way tomorrow.’ Just say to yourself – ‘I am going to imagine myself acting this way NOW – for 30 minutes – today.’

Loneliness is caused by an alienation from life. It is a loneliness from your real self.

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

Do your worrying before you place your bet, not after the wheel stops turning.