Quotes from Robert Anthony

If you don't start, it's certain you won't arrive.

Worry comes from the belief you are powerless.

Consciously or unconsciously, you always get what you expect.

The conformist is filled with the need for approval. He can never get enough. He runs from one person to another seeking compliments and endorsements for his behavior and actions. As a child, he turned to parents and teachers; when he started to work, to his boss and fellow workers; in marriage, he turned to his mate. He must always have someone around to pat him on the head and tell him he is doing a good job. This bolsters up his poor self-esteem.

The understanding of fear cures fear.

Fear is a destructive emotion that can deal a fatal blow to any attempt on your part to build total self-confidence. If you allow your fears to run your life, it will be impossible to create the life you truly desire.

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.

When it becomes more difficult to suffer than to change... you will change.

When you blame others, you give up your power to change.

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.

We fear the thing we want the most.

The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.

If you want to know what your true beliefs are- take a look at your actions.

Years ago I had realized I was blaming myself for it. People and doctors would tell me it wasn't my fault, but I couldn't "BELIEVE" it! Then I was talking to my friend Kieran and he explained to me in a way that I could PERCEIVE that I was not at fault. No one else could ever do that before, though many tried. Many, many people had tried to tell me it wasn't my fault, but I was convinced it was my fault because I was trying to cheer up my dad.

Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.

Most people feel they lack the intelligence to find the right way for them, but this is merely misunderstanding. Intelligence has nothing to do with college degrees or reading books. True intelligence is a willingness to exchange a fallacy for a fact.

we will always be attracted to the situation or person that we need, in any given moment, in order to learn whatever lesson that we need to learn. The most important thing is to learn the lesson quickly, let go, and then move on.

Everything in life is a matter of choice. There are only two things we have no choice about. We cannot avoid these two things no matter how hard we try. The first is that we must die. Death is an absolute certainty, and the second thing we have no choice about is that we must live until we die. Now understand this - everything else in your life that you think you have to do, or are forced to do, is a choice.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not. Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not. Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not. The world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are supreme.

Right thinking comes from being aware of the truth or the reality of any situation.

If you don't start, it is certain you won't arrive.

You can only have two things in life, reasons and results. Reasons don't count.

If you don't do the choosing, life will choose for you, and it may not be the choice you want.

Face your worry and see it as an illusion. It cannot exist unless you give it power and give it life.