"In the end, it’s about what you want to be, not what you want to have. To have something (a finished recording, a business, or millions of dollars) is the means, not the end. To be something (a good singer, a skilled entrepreneur, or just plain happy) is the real point. When you sign up to run a marathon, you don’t want a taxi to take you to the finish line."
-- Derek Sivers
"Observe your inner talking and remember your aim. Do they match? Does your inner talking match what you would say audibly had you achieved your goal? The individual’s inner speech and actions attract the conditions of his life. Through uncritical self-observation of your inner talking you find where you are in the inner world, and where you are in the inner world is what you are in the outer world. You put on the new man whenever ideals and inner speech match. In this way alone can the new man be born."
-- Neville Goddard
"The power of your subconscious is beyond all measure. It inspires you and guides you. It calls up vivid scenes from the storehouse of memory. Your subconscious controls your heartbeat and the circulation of your blood. It regulates your digestion, assimilation, and elimination. When you eat a piece of bread, your subconscious mind transmutes it into tissue, muscle, bone, and blood. These processes are beyond the ken of the wisest person who walks the earth. Your subconscious mind controls all the vital processes and functions of your body. It knows the answer to all the problems."
—- Joseph Murphy
"It is our job to dig up whatever potential we have in whatever situation we are in, and then to invest it and see it grow. The choice is whether we are going to allow fear and experiences to keep our potential buried, or choose to step out in faith and see that potential turn into reality."
-- Henry Cloud
"Achieving isn’t just about knowing how to reach your goals—it’s at least as much about pursuing the kinds of goals that will help you to develop your full potential and actually enjoy the process of getting there."
-- Heidi Grant Halvorson
"When you’ve been blaming somebody else for your problems all of your life, and all of a sudden you forgive them, you can no longer blame them. That means you’re now accepting responsibility for your future. That’s the most important step you will ever take: accepting that responsibility. Nonetheless, you’ll discover that the load is so much lighter that you can move much faster."
-- Zig Ziglar
"I find meditation and visioning useful for so many reasons. It brings me clarity, it renews my energy and it clears my head of a tremendous amount of noise. It also helps me to deal with stress."
-- Trinny Woodall
"Inner talking is the beginning, the sowing of the seeds of future action. To determine the action, you must consciously initiate and control your inner talking. Construct a sentence which implies the fulfillment of your aim, such as “I have a large, steady, dependable income, consistent with integrity and mutual benefit,” or “I am happily married,” “I am wanted,” “I am contributing to the good of the world,” and repeat such a sentence over and over until you are inwardly affected by it. Our inner speech represents in various ways the world we live in."
-- Neville Goddard
"It won’t surprise you to learn that your beliefs are important influences on the goals you adopt. For instance, you would probably only commit to the goal of improving your math skills if you believe that math skills can be improved in the first place—otherwise it just wouldn’t make sense to try. Our beliefs determine whether we see a goal as within our reach or as a waste of time and energy."
-- Heidi Grant Halvorson
"I firmly believe that we all need to find something to do in our lives that stops us from eating the couch. Whether we make a profession out of it or not, we all need an activity that is beyond the mundane and that takes us out of our established and limiting roles in society (mother, employee, neighbor, brother, boss, etc.)."
-- Elizabeth Gilbert
