Quotes from Larry Winget

The world, and therefore the workplace, is full of idiots. And the reality of life is that when you get rid of one idiot, another will show up to take his place. It's the curse of humanity.

I have done the merry-go-round and I have ridden the roller-coaster. I have made my choice. I choose the roller-coaster. There is more risk when you choose the roller-coaster, but at least you will know you have lived.

The fact that you don't have any money is a result of all your other problems. You have thinking problems. Attitude problems. Self-esteem problems. You are lazy. You lack discipline. You lack goals. Your priorities are out of whack. Your biggest problem is not in your wallet or your bank account. Your biggest problem is between your ears. You will fix your money problems when you fix your other problems.

Success comes from what you do, not from what you say you are going to do.

The constant need to make everyone else happy at the cost of your own happiness will destroy you.

Make yourself happy and surround yourself with people who are cool with that.

Get in control. Live your life the way you want to live it. Don't have the money to do that? Remind yourself that your condition is your own damn fault and then commit and constantly recommit yourself to having the money to live any way you want to live.

No one ever wrote down a plan to be fat, broke, stupid, lazy, unhappy, and mediocre. Those are the things that happen to you when you don't have a plan.

If you are a good person who does good things when you have only a little, then you will be a good person who does even more good things when you have a lot.

Growing a pair is a state of mind, an attitude, and a way of thinking. It's about giving up being a victim and taking control of your life at every level. It is the willingness to do the right thing even when everyone else is doing the wrong thing.

Your time, energy, and money always go to what's important to you.

Your thoughts, your words, and your actions created the life you are living. You create your results—no one else.

People hate the truth. Luckily, the truth doesn't care.

You can't step up to the next level as long as you keep one foot on the lower level.

Do what you said you would do, when you said you would do it, the way you said you would do it.

What it takes that most people aren't willing to give is work. Hard work. Work on yourself, work on your life, and working while you are at work.

Anger can be a very healthy emotion when used to motivate yourself into positive action. Get angry and fight back. Yep, I said fight. You are in a battle. You need to steel your confidence with anger. Be angry that you messed up. Be angry that you didn't keep your word. Get mad at yourself for all your mistakes. Get sad, get mad, and then get on with it.

That's your problem! No list. We are going to fix that now. Make a list of what is important to you. Write down everything that really matters to you.

Your situation will improve right after YOU improve.

I made a deal that I would spend money on only one thing: getting smarter. I bought books. I would skip a meal and skip watching television, but I wouldn't skip an investment in my brain.

It's about knowing yourself, knowing your values, and becoming uncompromising in your willingness to do whatever it takes to stand up for them.

Leave God out of your mess and go look in the mirror instead.

What you tolerate is what you endorse.

Be confident. There is no one who is not attracted to confidence. Women dig it. Men love it. Confidence adds hair, drops ten pounds, and takes off ten years.