Marshall Goldsmith Quotes

Most of us talk ourselves out of our own ideas, because we're our own worst enemy.

There’s no better guarantee of failure than convincing yourself that success is impossible, and therefore never even trying.

Fear of failure leads to failure.

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

It's our own small voice within that is our oppressor; it says we are not worthy and not powerful enough. Our limited beliefs are the real foes we need to fight and conquer.

The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.

When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.

The thing you have to be on guard against, more than anything, is self-sabotage. You have to make sure you're not your own worst enemy.

I'm my biggest problem; I'm the thing that stops me most from doing what I need to do to be successful or to achieve success in whatever area of life.

People are often very limiting to themselves and can be their own worst enemy.

I just try to get out of my own way because if anyone is their own worst enemy, it's usually you.

There is only one thing keeping us from having heaven on earth: we can't believe it! Why? Because we don't want to be wrong - so we'll be right and make it hell!

People talk about bullying, but you can be your own bully in some ways. You can be the person who is standing in the way of your success, and that was the case for me.

I think to visualize failure as you're starting off is really a bad thing to do.

So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it.

I have a tendency to sabotage relationships; I have a tendency to sabotage everything. Fear of success, fear of failure, fear of being afraid. Useless, good-for-nothing thoughts.

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.

I think I've failed every test I've ever taken. If there was a failure I would have been it.

The only person holding you back is you.

Wherever there's an all-encompassing 'always,' 'all' or 'never' in your life, it's a sign that your mischievous subconscious is setting you up for failure by consistently leading you back toward these repeat performances.

My biggest enemy is typically me.

For me, I've always been the guy who self-sabotages.

I've always felt like, you know, there's this imaginary wall that we ourselves put up or others do by saying that we can't do something.

Nobody can pull you down more than you.

Fear of failure is a far worse condition than failure itself, because it kills off possibilities.