Quotes from Jack Canfield

People who don't make goals end up working for those who do.

Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them.

The day you change your responses is the day your life will begin to get better.

What have you done for YOURSELF this year to create a better life?

Since I learned the Secret and started applying it to my life, my life has truly become magical, I think the kind of life that everybody dreams of and I live on a day to day basis.

To achieve major success in life - to achieve those things that are most important to you - you must assume 100% responsibility for your life. Nothing less will do.

I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.

I have lived by one crucial principle since I was 24 years old. I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.

When you think you can't revisit a previous triumph.

If you are not moving closer to what you want, you probably aren't doing enough asking. And you're probably not asking the single most important question that can help you achieve a higher level of success and personal fulfillment: How am I doing?

If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.

Every time you take a risk or move out of your comfort zone, you have a great opportunity to learn more about yourself and your capacity.

You become like the people you spend the most time with.

Every time you share your vision, you strengthen your own subconscious belief that you can achieve it.

Remember, there is no perfect time for anything. There is only now.

Clarify your purpose. What is the why behind everything you do? When we know this in life or design it is very empowering and the path is clear.

What if you, too, were to greet every interaction in your life with the question 'What's the potential opportunity that this is?'

You can't heal what you don't acknowledge.

It is kindness in a person, not beauty that wins our love

You can't change anyone else, but people do change in relationship to your change.

When you really need help, people will respond. Sincerity means dropping the image facade and showing a willingness to be vulnerable. Tell it the way it is, lumps and all. Don't worry if your presentation isn't perfect; ask from your heart. Keep it simple, and people will open up to you.

In working with top leaders and thought philosophers of our time, I will tell you that among their secrets of success is a regular practice of acknowledging and appreciating what they have. It can offer an oracle into the future because it not only tells you where you are, but it also helps clarify where you want to go in life.

To be 'on purpose' means you're doing what you love to do, doing what you're good at, and accomplishing what's important to you.

The greatest gift you can give anyone is a gift of empowerment and love.