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“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful.”
― Eric Thomas, The Secret to Success

“Pain is temporary. It may last for a minute, or an hour or a day, or even a year. But eventually, it will subside. And something else take its place. If I quit, however, it will last forever.”
― Eric Thomas

“Don’t think about what can happen in a month. Don’t think about what can happen in a year. Just focus on the 24 hours in front of you and do what you can to get closer to where you want to be.”
― Eric Thomas

“If you can look up, you can get up.”
― Eric Thomas

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen” - Michael Jordan”
― Eric Thomas, The Secret to Success

“i use pain to push me to greatness”
― Eric Thomas

“It's not easy, but it's simple.”
― Eric Thomas

“The only way to get out of mediocrity is to keep shooting for excellence.”
― Eric Thomas, The Secret to Success

“You can get through this. you are bigger than your pain, don't give up don't give in”
― Eric Thomas

“Don't make a habit out of choosing what feels good over what's actually good for you.”
― Eric Thomas

“I wanted to surround myself with the kind of people who could help me turn my life around; people whom I could rub up against like iron and be sharpened.”
― Eric Thomas, The Secret to Success

“Your relationships will either make you or break you and there is no such thing as a neutral relationship.  People either inspire you to greatness or pull you down in the gutter, it’s that simple.  No one fails alone, and no one succeeds alone.”
― Eric Thomas, The Secret to Success

“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful”
― Eric Thomas

“Done is better than perfect if perfect ain't done.”
― Eric Thomas

“I learned that a real friendship is not about what you can get, but what you can give.  Real friendship is about making sacrifices and investing in people to help them improve their lives.”
― Eric Thomas, The Secret to Success

“I have learned over the years that the higher the level of emotion, the lower the level of reasoning. For example, if your emotions are at the highest level of 10, your ability to reason is at a 0. If it’s a 9 then your reasoning is a 1. I am not suggesting that emotions don’t have their place, but taking actions based purely on emotions is dangerous and could cost you everything.”
― Eric Thomas, The Secret to Success

“I do not take constructive criticism from people who have never constructed anything.”
― Eric Thomas

“Success, meaningful success, begins when we take ownership and actively take responsibility for our part in the shortcomings of our life.”
― Eric Thomas, Greatness Is Upon You: Laying the Foundation

“Can you honestly say the environment(s) you are in will yield the kind of harvest you are expecting?”
― Eric Thomas, The Secret to Success

“There was a young man who, you know,
He wanted to make a lot of money
And so he went to this Guru, right.

And he told the Guru,
“You know I wanna be on the same level you’re on.”

And so The Guru said,
“If you wanna be on the same level I’m on,
I’ll meet tomorrow,
At the beach, at 4 AM.”

He’s like,
“The beach?
I said I wanna make money. I don’t wanna swim.”

Guru said,
“If you wanna make money,
I’ll meet you tomorrow. 4 AM.”

So the young man got there 4 AM.
He all ready to rock n’ roll.
Got on a suit.
Should have worn shorts.

The old man grabs his hand and said,
“How bad do you wanna be successful?”

He said, “Real bad”.
[The Guru] He said, “Walk on out in the water.”
So he walks out into the water.

Watch this.
When he walks out into the water it goes waist deep.

So he’s like,
“This guy crazy.
I wanna make money and he got me out here swimming.
I didn’t ask to be a lifeguard.
I wanna make money.”

So he [The Guru] said, “Come out a little further.”
[He] walked out a little further.

Then he had it right around this area,
The shoulder area.

“So this old man crazy.
He making money,
But he crazy.”

So he [The Guru] said,
“Come on out a little further.”

He came out a little further,
It was right at his mouth,
My man like,
“I’m not about to go back in.
This guy out of his mind.”

So the old man said,
“I thought you said you wanted to be successful?”

He said, “I do.”
He [The Guru] said, “Walk a little further.”

He came,
Dropped his head in,
Held him down,
Hold him down,
My man getting scratchy,
Holding him down,
He [The Guru] had him held down,
Just before my man was about to pass out,
He [The Guru] raised him up.

He [The Guru] said, “I got a question for you.”
He [The Guru] said, “When you were underwater, what did you want to do?”

He said, “I wanted to breathe.”

He [The Guru] told the guy; He [The Guru] said,
“When you want to succeed,
As bad as you want to breathe,
Then you’ll be successful.”
― Eric Thomas, The Secret to Success

“Only when you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, will you be successful.”
― Eric Thomas

“Maybe, just maybe, I was pointing the finger because it was easier to make excuses than it was to make adjustments.”
― Eric Thomas, Greatness Is Upon You: Laying the Foundation

“You owe it to you to put yourself first. When you take care of yourself, take the time to see yourself, and get comfortable with being you, only then can you start to take care of other people, see other people, and be comfortable with other people.”
― Eric Thomas, You Owe You: Ignite Your Power, Your Purpose, and Your Why

“Information changes situations.”
― Eric Thomas

“As long as you're being a copycat, you will never be the best copycat.”
― Eric Thomas

“Be phenomenal or be forgotten.”
― Dr. Eric Thomas

“Be more intentional about the direction we allow our minds to go. Meaning, when you catch yourself thinking negatively, STOP. REDIRECT to something positive.”
― Eric Thomas, Greatness Is Upon You: Laying the Foundation

“Part of making yourself a priority is spending time alone.”
― Eric Thomas, You Owe You: Ignite Your Power, Your Purpose, and Your Why

“Life has taught me that you will grow through what you go through.

Life has taught me that for every level there is another devil.

Life has taught me that the depth of your struggle will determine the height of your success.”
― Eric Thomas

“Desire and imagination have the potential to position a person for greatness”
― Eric Thomas