"Elite Performers focus on the process. Others focus on the outcome."

— Troy Bassham

"Now is the only time you ever have. The past doesn’t exist; it’s nothing more than memories in the present. And the future doesn’t exist; it’s nothing more than thoughts and images in the present. The only time you ever have is this moment. So make the most of it. Notice what is happening. Appreciate it in its fullness."

— Dr. Russ Harris, The Happiness Trap

"If there is a gap between your current reality and your desired reality, here’s the reason: There is a limit that must be released and replaced in one of three areas: A limit in your Mindset—you entertain a low belief in yourself, your capabilities, what you deserve, or what is possible. A limit in your Motivation—you lack the drive, purpose, or energy to take action. A limit in your Methods—you were taught and are acting on a process that is not effective to create the results you desire."

— Jim Kwik, Limitless

"Long term, your beliefs determine your destiny. Beliefs create behaviors. The cumulation of those behaviors adds up to your entire life."

— Marie Forleo, Everything Is Figureoutable

"I keep my mind so busy thinking about what I wish to accomplish that there is no room in it for thinking about things I don’t want."

— Henry Ford

"I continually ask myself a very powerful self-coaching question: ‘What would the person who is the best in the world at what I do be doing in this very moment?’"

— Darrin Donnelly

"Every time you push yourself to speak when you’re nervous, act when you’re afraid, or get to the gym when you don’t feel like it, you realize that you can rely on yourself to get anything done. From this belief in your personal abilities flows your confidence."

— Mel Robbins, The 5 Second Rule

"In the end, it’s not about what you achieve but who you become."

— Bill Beswick, Changing Your Story

“The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image…We will always tend to fulfill our own expectation of ourselves.”

- Brian Tracy

"Every thought-seed sown or allowed to fall into the mind, and to take root there, produces its own, blossoming sooner or later into act, and bearing its own fruitage of opportunity and circumstance. Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit."

— James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

"Every statement we make to ourselves, enters into the mental bank account of our confidence and either drives it upward or drags it down."

— Dr. Nate Zinsser, The Confident Mind

"Every mistake is a step toward growth."

- Carol Dweck, Mindset

"Accepting complete responsibility for your life means that you refuse to make excuses or blame others for anything in your life that you’re not happy about. You refuse, from this moment forward, to criticize others for any reason. You refuse to complain about your situation or about what has happened in the past. You eliminate all your if-onlys and what-ifs and focus instead on what you really want and where you are going."

— Brian Tracy, Focal Point

"Here is the first step toward success. It’s a basic step. It can’t be avoided. Step one: believe in yourself, believe you can succeed."

— David Schwartz

"How we spend our days is how we spend our lives."

— Annie Dillard

"Every man is where he is by the law of his being; the thoughts which he has built into his character have brought him there, and in the arrangement of his life there is no element of chance, but all is the result of a law which cannot err."

- James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“Affirmations are one of the most effective tools for quickly programming your mind to become the person you need to be to achieve everything you want in your life. Affirmations allow you to design and then develop the mindset that you need to take any area of your life to the next level.”

- Hal Elrod, The Miracle Morning for Real Estate Agents

"Everything outside you is a reflection of your own thinking. You are the storyteller, the projector of all stories, and the world is the projected image of your thoughts."

- Byron Katie, Loving What Is

"Every man is what he is because of the dominating thoughts which he permits to occupy his mind. It is essential for you to encourage the positive emotions as dominating forces of your mind, and discourage—and eliminate negative emotions."

- Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

"Focus on the process (the way you spend your time) instead of the product (what you want to accomplish)."

- Barbara Oakley