Carlos Castaneda Quotes

The power to affect your future lies within your own hands.

Whether you prevail or fail depends more on what you do to yourself than on what the world does to you.

There is nothing that anyone can stop you from doing if you really want.

Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business. Nothing external can have any power over you unless you permit it.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

Everything is generated through your own will power.

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

No matter what happens to you, you can maintain your own control about what you believe and who you are.

I can control my destiny; I control my life.

Nobody is powerless.

We are the creators of our own destiny.

You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.

You are the architect of your personal experience.

Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them.

Look in the mirror every day and say, I am in charge. You might not have control over every phase of your life, but you have more control than you realize, and you are responsible for your own happiness and success.

Everyone has it within his power to say, this I am today, that I shall be tomorrow.

In this life, you have to be your own hero.

The biggest superpower you can have is the ability to change your own life. It’s in your hands, and if you believe that you can get the power you want, you can do whatever you wish to do.

I cannot give up my will - I must exercise it, putting it into action.

Anybody can do anything, it's up to themselves. All it takes is the right intentions.

The only person who is going to give you security and the life you want is you.

Every achiever that I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me'.

No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.