196 Quotes by Maxwell Maltz

When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative ''success mechanism'' within you takes over and does the job much better than you could do it by conscious effort or ''willpower.''

The biggest secret of self-esteem is this: Begin to appreciate other people more; show respect for any human being merely because he is a child of God and therefore a thing of value.

Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power becomes available to you just as you can change your beliefs.

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

The ''self-image'' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior.

Successful people are able to rise above crises by relaxing no matter what the external situation. Their belief in themselves, the strength of their self-image is impenetrable armor, which protects them against shattering events.

For imagination sets the goal ''picture'' which our automatic mechanism works on. We act, or fail to act, not because of ''will,'' as is so commonly believed, but because of imagination.

Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible....

Close scrutiny will show that most ''crisis situations'' are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.