Leo Tolstoy Quotes

If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.

I believe that misconceptions about oneself that one does not correct where possible act as a bad magic.

Our inner beliefs trigger failure before it happens. They sabotage lasting change by canceling its possibility. We employ these beliefs as articles of faith to justify our inaction and then wish away the result. I call them belief triggers.

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

It isn’t defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it, that whips you.

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

Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.

Remember, in the end, it isn't what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.

The thought "It's impossible" sets off a chain reaction of other thoughts to prove you're right.

Self-doubt is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.

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

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.

The best mistake I ever made was believing that I was stupid. It was a childhood thing, but it played out big-time as an adult. It scorned me the rest of my life - in a good way.

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.

You would not hang out with people that talk to you the way you talk to yourself. So get out of your head! Your feelings! Your feelings are screwing you! I don't care how you feel! I care about what you want! And if you listen to how you feel, when it comes to what you want - you will not get it. Because you will never feel like it.

What hurts most is whenever I am leading, and then I lose the match, it is disappointing, and there are so many such matches.

I'm not a big fan of losing.

It's always disappointing to lose a final.

There's a lot of disappointment when you lose a playoff game.

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.

You can't be happy about anything after a 5-0 loss.

Every time I've ever gotten close to being successful, I've found some way to screw it up.