Paul J. Meyer Quotes

“Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.”

— Paul J. Meyer

Communication - the human connection - is the key to personal and career success.

— Paul J. Meyer

Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses ... on your powers, instead of your problems.

— Paul J. Meyer

“Mistakes are merely steps up the ladder.”

— Paul J. Meyer

“Enthusiasm is the yeast that raises the dough.”

— Paul J. Meyer

“Do a little bit more than average and from that point on our progress multiplies itself out of all proportion to the effort put in.”

— Paul J. Meyer

Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people's criticisms, carry out your plan.

— Paul J. Meyer

“Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon ... must inevitably come to pass!”

— Paul J. Meyer

Enthusiasm glows, radiates, permeates and immediately captures everyone's interest.

— Paul J. Meyer

Writing crystallizes thought and thought produces action.

— Paul J. Meyer

“If you are not making the progress that you would like to make and are capable of making, it is simply because your goals are not clearly defined.”

— Paul J. Meyer

“Consider every mistake you do make as an asset.”

— Paul J. Meyer

“Construct your determination with sustained effort, controlled attention, and concentrated energy. Opportunities never come to those who wait ... they are captured by those who dare to attack.”

— Paul J. Meyer

“90% of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.”

— Paul J. Meyer

Your mind believes what you tell it.

— Paul J. Meyer

“An affirmation is simply a positive declaration of something you believe to be true or something you expect to become true and desire to live by. Affirmations transform your thinking, your attitudes, and finally, your behavior. Their impact on attitudes and behavior help to produce the results you desire.”

— Paul J. Meyer

“There isn't a ruler, a yard stick or a measuring tape in the entire world long enough to compute the strength and capabilities inside you.”

— Paul J. Meyer

“A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action.”

— Paul J. Meyer

“The natural principle of sowing and reaping is always at work. Whatever you plant , whether physical, spiritual, mental, financial, relational, or emotional, will grow and someday return to you in a multiplied fashion. It can be incredibly good or terribly bad, depending on your seed.”

— Paul J. Meyer

“Goal setting is the most important aspect of all improvement and personal development plans. Confidence is important, determination is vital, certain personality traits contribute to success, but they all come into focus in goal setting.”

— Paul J. Meyer

“The ability to delegate begins with believing in the potential of people.”

— Paul J. Meyer

“Plan your progress carefully; hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power.”

— Paul J. Meyer

“If you don't have discipline, you don't have anything”

— Paul J. Meyer

“You never work for someone else. The truth is someone is paying you to work for yourself.”

— Paul J. Meyer

“Determine what specific goal you want to achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader.”

— Paul J. Meyer

“Forget about the business outlook ... be on the outlook for business.”

— Paul J. Meyer

“Most time is wasted, not in hours, but in minutes. A bucket with a small hole in the bottom gets just as empty as a bucket that is deliberately kicked over ...”

— Paul J. Meyer

I never wanted to do away with my intensity because I felt it was a gift that helped put fuel in my engine, giving me exceptional drive and energy.

— Paul J. Meyer

You achieve what you believe in, look for, and work for.

— Paul J. Meyer