Carlos Castaneda Quotes

Will is what can make you succeed when your thoughts tell you that you're defeated.

I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.

I learned that if we set our mind to things, we can accomplish almost anything no matter what the circumstances are.

Determination, with an optimistic attitude is the key to success.

Keep your morale high, in spite of setbacks. At the end you are bound to succeed.

You can do anything you want to do as long as you keep a good attitude and keep working at it. But the second you give up, you’re screwed.

I believe in mind over matter and doing anything you set your mind on.

Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.

You have many options in life, never make giving up one of them

It's kind of hard to keep going sometimes but you just have to believe in what you are and what you can do and that's the way to success.

Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It's no use. I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.

There are a lot of people who came out of adverse situations and made it. Use it as motivation. Use it to drive you.

Failure is a word I don't accept.

Accomplishment comes from making positive efforts, even in the face of negative circumstances.

I train myself for triumph by knowing it is mine no matter what.

One will never get any more than he thinks he can get. YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES. Look back and see your progress - damn the torpedo, full speed ahead!

Never let anyone in life tell you that you can't have something that you are willing to work for.

There is no limit to what you can imagine. And with commitment, with effort, what you can imagine you can become. Put your mind to work for you. Believe that you can do it. The world will tell you that you can't. Yet, in your belief you'll find the strength, you'll find the ability, to do it anyway.

If you don't think you can do it, who will? You control the most important tool in success, your mind.

Stay focused. Your start does not determine how you're going to finish.

I remember everyone telling me I had to think positive when I was writing my first book. If I believed I could do it, then I could! If I pictured myself published, then it was going to happen! Which sounded great, except...could I do it? If I didn't think I could, was I doomed to fail? What if I was almost totally sure I would fail? I am here to tell you-what matters is sticking with it.

People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters; they will not allow life's circumstances to push them down and hold them under.

"Where there is a will there is a way" is an old true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution often scales the barriers to it and secures its achievement. To think we are able is almost to be so - to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself.