133 Quotes by David J. Schwartz

Believe triggers the power to do.

Take the initiative in building friendships – leaders always do. It’s easy and natural for us to tell ourselves, “Let him make the first move.” “Let them call us.” “Let her speak first.

The only real basis other people have for judging your abilities is your actions. And your actions are controlled by your thoughts.

Big people monopolize the listening. Small people monopolize the talking.

He believes he is worth little, so he receives little. He believes he can’t do big things, and he doesn’t. He believes he is unimportant, so everything he does has an unimportant mark. As times goes by, lack of belief in himself shows through in the way the fellow talks, walks, acts.

Luck take a second look at what appears to be someone’s good luck. You’ll find not luck but preparation, planning, and success-producing thinking.

And when you put life in your talk, you automatically put more life in you.

Get the big view of your job. Think, really think your present job is important. That next promotion depends mostly on how you think toward your present job.

Think you are weak, think you lack what it takes, think you will lose, think you are second class – think this way and you are doomed to mediocrity.