T. Harv Eker Quotes

The past explains how I got here, but the future is up to me - and I love to live life at full throttle.

I had grand visions of being in professional sports. But when reality set in, I went, 'Oh, OK. I'll just move to Hollywood and be an actor.' I didn't want to look back on my life and wonder, 'What if I had done this? Or I had done that?'

I should have been smart enough to stay happy. But my ambition ruled my life.

I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.

I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion.

I read somewhere once that you could be whatever you wanted. As long as I could remember, I was determined to make my way in the big world. And that meant New York.

Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.

The saddest thing in life is wasted talent and the choices you make will shape your life forever.

What do you want? What do you want your life to be? What do you want your testimony to be? Go for it!

Even when I was starting out, I knew there were certain things that I didn't want to do or wanted to do.

There are really only two ways to approach life - as victim or as gallant fighter - and you must decide if you want to act or react, deal your own cards or play with a stacked deck. And if you don't decide which way to play with life, it always plays with you.

Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you.

There is perfection in the process-and all life arises out of choice.

I think life is a matter of choices and that wherever we are, good or bad, is because of choices we make.

All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific.

I think there are huge lessons there, for young people who are getting started in life, as well as other people. And that is, to take responsibility for your own life. Only you are responsible for the course you take from there.

The biggest privilege I've had in my life is being able to make a choice. If you make a choice, it can't be a wrong choice because it seemed like a good idea at the time.

I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.

You've got to make sure every decision you make is right for you as a person. If you think you can go to a better club than the one you're at, then, regardless of what anyone says, you should go.

I've spent my life following my passion.

When I started travelling, I would go to a city and be on television and I used to get the question, 'Why do you work? If I were you, I'd just go and lie on a beach somewhere.' And I'd answer, 'Well, I wanted to make something of my life.'

I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, 'Well, what do I do? What's best for me?' I need to look into options for the future.

One of the most important things that I have learned in my 57 years is that life is all about choices. On every journey you take, you face choices. At every fork in the road, you make a choice. And it is those decisions that shape our lives.

If you don't have a mountain, build one and then climb it. And after you climb it, build another one; otherwise you start to flatline in your life.

I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.