Live in the present. The past is gone; the future is unknown - but the present is real, and your opportunities are now. Maxwell Maltz More Quotes by Maxwell Maltz More Quotes From Maxwell Maltz True success and true happiness not only go together but each other enhances the other. Maxwell Maltz true-happiness true-success together Loneliness is caused by an alienation from life. It is a loneliness from your real self. Maxwell Maltz loneliness real self I may be a mistake maker, but I'm also a mistake breaker. Maxwell Maltz makers mistake may When a person has adequate self-esteem little slights offer no threat at all - they are simply "passed over" and ignored. Even deeper emotional wounds are likely to heal faster and cleaner, with no festering sores to poison life and spoil happiness. Maxwell Maltz emotional poison self-esteem The greatest miracle you can hope for is self-acceptance. Maxwell Maltz miracle acceptance self Of all the traps and pitfalls in life, self-disesteem is the deadliest, and the hardest to overcome: for it is a pit designed and dug by our own hands, summed up in the phrase, 'It's no use - I can't do it.' Maxwell Maltz self-esteem inspirational life Thus man of all creatures is more than a creature, he is also a creator. Man alone can direct his success mechanism by the use of imagination, or imaging ability. Maxwell Maltz imagination use men It doesn't matter how many times you have failed.... What matters is the successful attempt. Maxwell Maltz what-matters successful matter Self-discipline is the golden key; without it, you cannot be happy. Maxwell Maltz discipline keys self Visualizing, creative mental picturing, is no more difficult than what you do when you remember some scene out of the past, or worry about the future. Acting out new action patterns is no more difficult than deciding, then following through on tying your shoes in a new and different manner each morning, instead of continuing to tie them in your old habitual way, without thought or decision. Maxwell Maltz shoes morning past Conscious effort inhibits and ‘jams’ the automatic creative mechanism. Maxwell Maltz effort creative jam The un-happiest of mortals is that man who insists upon reliving the past, over and over in imagination - continually criticizing himself for past mistakes - continually condemning himself for past sins. Maxwell Maltz mistake men past A healthy strong ego, with plenty of self-esteem, does not feel itself threatened by every innocent remark. Maxwell Maltz ego strong self-esteem Faith, courage, optimism, looking forward, bring us new life and more life. Futility, frustration, living in the past are not only characteristic of 'old age'; they contribute to it. Maxwell Maltz optimism frustration past Ignore past failures and forge ahead. Maxwell Maltz past-failures failure past Plan all you want for the future. Prepare for it. But don't worry about how you will react tomorrow, or even five minutes from now. Your creative mechanism will react appropriately in the 'now' if you pay attention to what is happening now. Maxwell Maltz creative worry attention Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project. Maxwell Maltz psycho-cybernetics projects goal Failure feelings - fear, anxiety, lack of self-confidence - do not spring from some heavenly oracle. They are not written in the stars. They are not holy gospel. Nor are they intimations of a set and decided fate which means that failure is decreed and decided. They originate from your own mind. Maxwell Maltz stars spring mean You are not your mistakes. Just because you have done something stupid does not make you stupid. Maxwell Maltz stupid doe mistake Why not imagine yourself successful? Maxwell Maltz why-not imagine successful
