Michael > Michael's Quotes

“The greatest personal limitation is to be found not in the things you want to do and can't, but in the things you've never considered doing.”
― Richard Bandler

“The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.”
― Peter Drucker

“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.”
― Jim Rohn

“the choices we make dictate the life we lead”
― Danny De Vito

“Act as if! Act as if you're a wealthy man, rich already, and then you'll surely become rich. Act as if you have unmatched confidence and then people will surely have confidence in you. Act as if you have unmatched experience and then people will follow your advice. And act as if you are already a tremendous success, and as sure as I stand here today - you will become successful.”
― Jordan Belfort, The Wolf of Wall Street”
― Jordan Belfort

“I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?”
― Jordan Belfort, The Wolf of Wall Street

“When you live your life by poor standards, you inflict damage on everyone who crosses your path, especially those you love.”
― Jordan Belfort

“The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it.”
― Jordan Belfort

“a pro does as well as he can within what
he has set out to do
and a madman
does exceptionally well at what
he can't help
doing.”
― Charles Bukowski, What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire

“Successful people are 100% convinced that they are masters of their own destiny , they’re not creatures of circumstance, they create circumstance, if the circumstances around them suck they change them.”
― Jordan Belfort

“Respect Buddha and the gods without counting on their help”
― Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy