196 Quotes by Maxwell Maltz

We are injured and hurt emotionally, Not so much by other people or what they say and don’t say, But by our own attitude and our own response.

No man is hurt but by himself,” said Diogenes.

Ideas are changed, not by will, but by other ideas.

In expecting to grow “old” at a given age we may unconsciously set up a negative goal image for our Creative Mechanism to accomplish.

To the degree that we deny the gift of life, we embrace death.

As soon as the error has been recognized and corrections made, it’s equally important that the error be forgotten and the successful attempt remembered and dwelt upon.

When you’re not goal-striving, not looking forward, you’re not really living.

Stop measuring yourself against “their” standards. You are not “them” and can never measure up. Neither can “they” measure up to yours – nor should they. Once you see this simple, rather self-evident truth, accept it, and believe it, your inferior feelings will vanish.

2. The self-image can be changed. Numerous case histories have shown that one is never too young or too old to change his self-image and thereby start to live a new life. One of the reasons it has seemed so difficult for a person to change his habits, his personality, or his way of life has been that heretofore nearly all efforts at change have been directed to the circumference of the self, so to speak, rather than to the center.