Robbins Motivational Quotes

It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistently.

You can't stop dreaming just because the night never seems to end.

A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.

How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to?

Passion is not a thing, it's a state of mind.

The only thing that’s keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself.

It's been said that there are only two pains in life, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret, and that discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.

Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want.

The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships.

Positive thinking won’t let you do anything but it will let you do everything better than negative thinking will. Zig Ziglar

Before you change your thinking, you have to change what goes into your mind. Zig Ziglar

Will it be your Heart that wins, or your Fear?

The person who is motivated by necessity is interested in what’s known and what’s secure. The person who is motivated by possibility is equally interested in what’s not known. He wants to know what can evolve, what opportunities might develop.

Forget motivation; it’s a myth. I don’t know when we all bought into the idea that in order to change you must “feel” eager or “feel” motivated to act. It’s complete garbage. The moment it’s time to assert yourself, you will not feel motivated. In fact, you won’t feel like doing anything at all.

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.

It’s not what you know, it’s what you use that makes a difference. Zig Ziglar

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days. Zig Ziglar

I've got to say no to the good so I can say yes to the best. Zig Ziglar

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” - Tony Robbins

If you wanna take the fucking island burn your fucking boats; and you will take the island 'cause people when they're gonna either die or succeed, tend to succeed.

The most powerful and effective managers, coaches, parents, and motivators are those who can represent the circumstances of life to themselves and to others in a way that signals success to the nervous system in spite of seemingly hopeless external stimuli.

If you can’t, you must. If you must, you can.

Of all the “attitudes” we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life changing. Zig Ziglar

Failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night. Zig Ziglar

You cannot solve a problem until you acknowledge that you have one and accept responsibility for solving it. Zig Ziglar

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.“ Jonathan Swift

Motivation is the fuel necessary to keep the human engine running. Zig Ziglar

Other people and things can stop you temporarily. You’re the only one who can do it permanently. Zig Ziglar

If you want to be rich, you need to develop your vision. You must be standing on the edge of time gazing into the future.” - Robert Kiyosaki

You’ll often find that it’s not mom or dad, husband or wife, or the kids that’s stopping you. It’s you. Get out of your own way.” - Robert Kiyosaki

The fear of being different prevents most people from seeking new ways to solve their problems.” - Robert Kiyosaki

When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do. Zig Ziglar

It’s not the situation, but whether we react (negative) or respond (positive) to the situation that’s important. Zig Ziglar

It’s not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you. Zig Ziglar

If we don't start, it's certain we can't arrive. Zig Ziglar

If standard of living is your major objective, quality of life almost never improves, but if quality of life is your number one objective, your standard of living almost always improves. Zig Ziglar

If you don’t like who you are and where you are, don’t worry about it because you’re not stuck either with who you are or where you are. You can grow. You can change. You can be more than you are. Zig Ziglar

Many people have lived with a negative self-concept so long that they can no longer feel how it affects them. Instead of feeling indignation or hurt feelings, these people have conditioned themselves to accept subjugation and disrespect. This dulls the pain of being treated badly, but it’s important to awaken to the high cost of a low self-concept. Once they finally realize how painful it is to feel so diminished by others, they can do something about it. As Tony Robbins (1992) has described, sometimes the best way to motivate yourself to change is by deliberately amplifying how painful the old way is.

You get what you focus on in life.

When you choose to be pleasant and positive in the way you treat others, you have also chosen, in most cases, how you are going to be treated by others. Zig Ziglar

When your image improves, your performance improves. Zig Ziglar

What comes out of your mouth is determined by what goes into your mind. Zig Ziglar

What you do off the job is the determining factor in how far you will go on the job. Zig Ziglar

If people are prepared to be flexible, keep an open mind and learn, they will grow richer and richer through the changes.

You are the only one who can use your ability. It is an awesome responsibility. Zig Ziglar

Success is one thing you can’t pay for. You buy it on the installment plan and make payments every day.  Zig Ziglar

You can finish school, and even make it easy – but you never finish your education, and it is seldom easy. Zig Ziglar

Positive thinking will let you use the abilities, training and experience you have. Zig Ziglar

The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job. Zig Ziglar

The most life destroying word of all is the word tomorrow.” - Robert Kiyosaki

Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember, the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you. Zig Ziglar

To respond is positive, to react is negative. Zig Ziglar

Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.” - John Maxwell

The price of success is much lower than the price of failure. Zig Ziglar

The more seriously you take your growth, the more seriously your people will take you.” - John Maxwell

You already have every characteristic necessary for success if you recognize, claim, develop and use them. Zig Ziglar

Many will want what you have, but few will do what you do.

The best way to make your spouse and children feel secure is not with big deposits in bank accounts, but with little deposits of thoughtfulness and affection in the “love account.” Zig Ziglar

His first—and worst—mistake was blindly doing what he was told to do. Without questioning their methods or their motives, he allowed politicians to make the decisions that led to his early demise.

The ultimate resources are EMOTIONAL STATES: Creativity, decisiveness, passion, honesty, sincerity, love these are the ultimate human resources and when you engage these resources you can get any other resource on earth.

The whole universe is a complex of rhythms," mused Amanda. "We each of us feel a need to identify our bodily rhythms with those of the cosmos. The sea is the grand agency of rhythm. The grain-tops in the wind, the atoms that orbit are rhythmic. The uterus, which is a strong muscular organ, contracts with the birth of a baby - the rhythmic contractions, in fact, are the important motivations for the baby to emerge into the world. Rhythm is how it all begins.

Goals: Setting and Achieving Them on Schedule, How to Stay Motivated, and Secrets of Closing the Sale by Zig Ziglar: “Zig is your grandfather and my grandfather. He’s Tony Robbins’s grandfather. None of us would be here if it weren’t for Zig.

Thomas Friedman, the New York Times columnist and bestselling author, wrote, “If you are self-motivated, wow, this world is tailored for you. The boundaries are all gone. But if you’re not self-motivated, this world will be a challenge because the walls, ceilings and floors that protected people are also disappearing. . . . There will be fewer limits, but also fewer guarantees. Your specific contribution will define your specific benefits much more. Just showing up will not cut it.

When you’re an adult, your life, happiness, health, healing, social life, friendships, boundaries, needs, and success are all your responsibility. If you’ve been secretly hoping someone else would come and rescue you, fix your problems, pay your bills, create a social life, heal your wounds, change into your dream partner, and motivate you to be your best. . . it’s not going to happen. No one is coming. And any time you spend blaming other people, or waiting for permission or an invitation, is wasted. Those days are over. It’s time to take full responsibility for your happiness, your dreams, and your life. After all, responsibility is simply the ability to respond. And as you’ve just learned, true power lies in your response.

Forget motivation; it’s a myth. I don’t know when we all bought into the idea that in order to change you must “feel” eager or “feel” motivated to act. It’s complete garbage. The moment it’s time to assert yourself, you will not feel motivated. In fact, you won’t feel like doing anything at all. If you want to improve your life, you’ll need to get off your rear end and kick your own butt. In my world, I call that the power of a push.

As Anthony Robbins says, “For changes to be of any true value, they’ve got to be lasting and consistent. Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards. When people ask me what really changed my life eight years ago, I tell them that absolutely the most important thing was changing what I demanded of myself. I wrote down all the things I would no longer accept in my life, all the things I would no longer tolerate, and all the things that I aspired to becoming.”   What

I met with a group of a hundred or so fifth graders from a poor neighborhood at a school in Houston, Texas. Most of them were on a track that would never get them to college. So I decided then and there to make a contract with them. I would pay for their four-year college education if they kept a B average and stayed out of trouble. I made it clear that with focus, anyone could be above average, and I would provide mentoring support to them. I had a couple of key criteria: They had to stay out of jail. They couldn't get pregnant before graduating high school. Most importantly, they needed to contribute 20 hours of service per year to some organization in their community. Why did I add this? College is wonderful, but what was even more important to me was to teach them they had something to give, not just something to get in life. I had no idea how I was going to pay for it in the long run, but I was completely committed, and I signed a legally binding contract requiring me to deliver the funds. It's funny how motivating it can be when you have no choice but to move forward. I always say, if you want to take the island, you have to burn your boats! So I signed those contracts. Twenty-three of those kids worked with me from the fifth grade all the way to college. Several went on to graduate school, including law school! I call them my champions. Today they are social workers, business owners, and parents. Just a few years ago, we had a reunion, and I got to hear the magnificent stories of how early-in-life giving to others had become a lifelong pattern. How it caused them to believe they had real worth in life. How it gave them such joy to give, and how many of them now are teaching this to their own children.

The quality of your life is the quality of your communication.

Most people want everyone else in the world to change themselves. Let me tell you, it’s easier to change yourself than everyone else.

Good nutrition and regular exercise combine to offer more health per person than the sum of each part alone. We also know that physical activity has an effect on emotional and mental well-being. Much has been said about the effect physical activity has on various chemicals in our bodies, which in tum affect our moods and our concentration. And experiencing the rewards of feeling better emotionally and being more mentally alert provides the confidence and motivation to treat ourselves to optimal nutrition, which reinforces the entire cycle. Those who feel good about themselves are more likely to respect their health by practicing good nutrition. John Robbins has done more than any other person to bring this issue to the front of American consciousness, and I strongly recommend reading his most recent book, The Food Revolution. Our food choices have an incredible impact not only on our metabolism, but also on the initiation, promotion and even reversal of disease, on our energy; on our physical activity, on our emotional and mental well-being and on our world environment. All of these seemingly separate spheres are intimately interconnected. I have mentioned the wisdom of nature at various points in this book, and I have come to see the power of the workings of the natural world. It is a wondrous web of health, from molecules, to people, to other animals, to forests, to oceans, to the air we breathe. This is nature at work, from the microscopic to the macroscopic.

word you’re telling yourself, I love you. I see you. I believe in you. Let’s go. Don’t rush it. Revel in it. This moment is for you. Q: Why do it first thing in the morning? There are two reasons to make it the start of your day: It will impact your productivity and how you show up all day. When you high five yourself first thing in the morning, you set a positive tone for your day—and research shows your mood in the morning impacts your productivity for the rest of the day. You may be surprised by the shift. Caroline told me that she was amazed by how “weirdly motivated” she felt all day after doing the high five.

Not only does it feel awful to be hard on yourself, but research shows that when you’re tough on yourself, it has the opposite impact that you want it to have. It is not motivating and it does not encourage you to achieve. It just shuts you down. It makes you feel defeated and discouraged. It is the reason why you are stuck.

They also report increased motivation, focus, and activity levels—perhaps the reason why Tony Robbins, the well-known motivational speaker, uses vibration machines at his seminars. This is an area of great potential and should be investigated more thoroughly.

There are also millions of satisfied users worldwide, from youngsters to seniors, including: top athletes such as Shaquille O’Neal and Trace Armstrong; celebrities such as Madonna and Clint Eastwood; many health professionals, including chiropractors, physical therapy centers, and Dr. Norman Shealy (renowned pain specialist and holistic doctor); motivational experts such as Tony Robbins; and sports franchises such as the Denver Broncos and the Miami Dolphins.

you can’t motivate people who are unwilling to do what it takes to succeed. They need to want it for themselves more than you want it for them. I can’t take credit for peoples’ success or failure. I am only responsible to get them off to a great start.

As a teacher, I pride myself on education, but I quickly realized you can’t motivate people who are unwilling to do what it takes to succeed. They need to want it for themselves more than you want it for them.

When a company or an individual compromises one time, whether it’s on price or principle, the next compromise is right around the corner. Zig Ziglar

Success is doing what you want, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want. - Anthony Robbin

Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. Zig Ziglar

The only reason we don’t have what we want in life is the reasons we create why we can’t have them. - Tony Robbins     Everything

Take time to be quiet. Obstacles are the things we see when we take our eyes off our goals. Zig Ziglar

When you exercise your freedom to express yourself at the lowest level, you ultimately condemn yourself to live at that level. Zig Ziglar

What can a quote do for you?  A quote is a powerful tool for our mind, our soul, our spirit.

A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided.” – Tony Robbins

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them. - Tony Robbins

Keep your thinking right and your business will be right. Zig Ziglar

Is motivation something we can do to people, or does it need to come from within the person themselves?

Anthony Robbins says, “Success in life is the result of good judgment. Good judgment is usually the result of experience. Experience is usually the result of bad judgment.”   To

Even Tony Robbins worked as a janitor only a decade back but today he is one of the most successful entrepreneurs. Let go of your past and start shaping up your future.   Lesson

The more rules you have about how people have to be, how life has to be for you to be happy, the less happy you’re going to be.” Don’t keep rules and expectations

Anthony Robbins says, “Repetition is the mother of skill.” Repeat till you succeed. The more you practice, the better will be your skill. When you do the same things over and over again, you master it. So don’t hate mundane and repetitive tasks!   Lesson

The Rhythm of Relationships It’s not a mystery that there are certain people with whom we "click" and others with whom we don’t. In the movie, Forrest Gump, Forrest proclaimed that he and Jenny got along like "peas and carrots." I once heard Tony Robbins say that if you are with the right person, a relationship does not take a lot of work. When relationships are in rhythm, everything is made easier.

If you are self-motivated, wow, this world is tailored for you. The boundaries are all gone. But if you’re not self-motivated, this world will be a challenge because the walls, ceilings and floors that protected people are also disappearing. . . . There will be fewer limits, but also fewer guarantees. Your specific contribution will define your specific benefits much more. Just showing up will not cut it.

If this is not the case right now then become the motivator in your own group, and at the same time start finding other people to spend time with who can become your motivator in

He could be disciplined when he wanted to be.

As he flew, Sonny listened to an old Tony Robbins motivational tape. "Everything on Earth has a purpose, and you do, too," Tony was saying. "Once you declare your intention you will find your life's true meaning.

Most people fail in life because they major in minor things. -Anthony Robbins (1960 -

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more. Tony Robbins

Right now you have a tendency to live in a low mental and emotional state—thanks to your past. That’s why you have low confidence, low self-esteem, and low levels of motivation. The High 5 Habit flips this on its head and helps you restore yourself back to the higher mental and emotional state that you were designed for—a state that inspires you to take action. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. You cannot think your way to a new life. You must act your way there, one high five at a time. Taking consistent action toward change is not always easy, but you can do it.

To make profound changes in your life, you need either inspiration or desperation.