Maxwell Maltz Quotes
An American cosmetic surgeon and author who developed Psycho-Cybernetics, a system of ideas through which, he claimed, one could improve one's self-image and, in turn, lead a more successful and fulfilling life.
(1899 - 1975)
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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.
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Close scrutiny will show that most "crisis situations" are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.
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For imagination sets the goal picture which our automatic mechanism works on. We act, or fail to act, not because of will, as is so commonly believed, but because of imagination.
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If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.
[Self Acceptance]
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Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.
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Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.
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Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act.
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Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.
[Positive]
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Realizing that our actions, feelings and behaviour are the result of our own images and beliefs gives us the level that psychology has always needed for changing personality.
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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.
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Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.
[Positive]
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Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent.
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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.
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The "self-image" is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior.
[Change]
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The most delightful surprise in life is to suddenly recognize your own worth.
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To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.
[Change]
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To think, when one is no longer young, when one is not yet old, that one is no longer young, that one is not yet old, that is perhaps something.
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We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.
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We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.
[Courage]
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Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power becomes available to you just as soon as you can change your beliefs.
[Peace]
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