Every day you must try to make your own self-image grow; this you can do. Maxwell Maltz More Quotes by Maxwell Maltz More Quotes From Maxwell Maltz Take the trouble to stop and think of the other person's feelings, his viewpoints, his desires and needs. Think more of what the other fellow wants, and how he must feel. Maxwell Maltz desire feelings thinking It is no exaggeration to say that every human being is hypnotized to some extent either by ideas he has uncritically accepted from others or ideas he has repeated to himself or convinced himself are true. These negative ideas have exactly the same effect upon our behavior as the negative ideas implanted into the mind of a hypnotized subject by a professional hypnotist. Maxwell Maltz mind negative ideas Close scrutiny will show that most of these everyday socalled “crisis situations” are not life-or-death matters at all, but opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are. Maxwell Maltz growth opportunity wrestling You can always find the sun within yourself if you will only search. Maxwell Maltz cybernetics positive-thinking motivational Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today. Maxwell Maltz inspiration mistake motivational Self-esteem is as necessary to the spirit as food is to the body. Maxwell Maltz loving-yourself love-yourself self-esteem You will act like the sort of person you conceive yourself to be. Maxwell Maltz cybernetics persons inspirational 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. Maxwell Maltz personality self motivational People who say that life is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no personal goals which are worthwhile. Prescription: Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project. Decide what you want out of a situation. Always have something ahead of you to “look forward to” — to work for and hope for. Maxwell Maltz motivational inspirational life Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving. Maxwell Maltz self-esteem opportunity moving When you believe you can... you can! Maxwell Maltz business attitude inspirational You are embarking on the greatest adventure of your life - to improve your self-image, to create more meaning in your life and in the lives of others. This is your responsibility. Maxwell Maltz responsibility self adventure Adopt the motto: It doesn't matter who's right, but what's right. Maxwell Maltz motto matter When you're not goal-striving, not looking forward, you're not really living. Maxwell Maltz strive looking-forward goal Emptiness is a symptom that you are not living creatively. You either have not goal that is important enough to you, or you are not using your talents and efforts in a striving toward an important goal. Maxwell Maltz using-your-talents motivation inspiration Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment. Maxwell Maltz accomplishment self integrity Study the situation thoroughly, go over in your imagination the various courses of action possible to you and the consequences which can and may follow from each course. Pick out the course which gives the most promise and go ahead. Maxwell Maltz imagination giving promise Develop an enthusiasm for life, create a need for more life, and you will receive more life. Maxwell Maltz enthusiasm-for-life law-of-attraction needs It was as if personality itself had a 'face'. This non-physical face of personality seemed to be the real key to personality change. It remained scarred, distorted, 'ugly' or inferior the person himself acted out this role in his behaviour regardless of the changes in physical appearance. If this 'face of personality' could be reconstructed, if old emotional scars could be removed, then the person himself changed, even without facial plastic surgery. Maxwell Maltz emotional keys real If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone. Maxwell Maltz love-yourself inspirational friendship
