Tony Robbins

Along with Wayne Dyer, Tony Robbins introduced me to personal development. His book "Awaken the Giant Within" had a great impact as did listening to his CD series "Personal Power." 

Some favourite quotes

• Realise the power of a single choice acted upon immediately and with total conviction.
• What changes your life is not learning more. What changes your life is making decisions and using your personal power and taking action.
• It is in your moment of decision that your destiny is shaped.
• Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision.
• A decision made from fear is always the wrong decision.
• A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided.
• Realise the power of a single choice acted upon immediately and with total conviction.
• The secret of unleashing your true power is setting goals that are exciting enough that they inspire your creativity and ignite your passion.
• It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute, that gives meaning to our lives.
• Sense the huge benefits in changing your behaviour. Imagine the price (pain) you’ll pay for not changing.
• Focus on what you want, not on what you fear or don’t want. Focus on what you fear and that’s exactly where you’ll end up.
• Focus! True direction is being woken up at 3 am and knowing exactly what your one goal is.
• All human progress is preceded by new questions.
• Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.
• The only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can’t have it.
• Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
• It’s not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.
• The ability to progress and achieve extraordinary results even in the midst of chaos is to take just one step at a time in the right direction.
• When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.
• Never leave the site of setting a goal without first taking some form of positive action toward its attainment.
• Every problem is a gift – without problems we would not grow.
• I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
• There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
• If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.
• If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you’ll achieve the same results.
• Perfection is the absolute lowest standard you can ever have for yourself because it’s impossible to attain.
• How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I’m committed to?
• Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfilment.
• It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.
• Quotes on Wisdom Trove