Tony Robbins Quotes

I always try to demand greatness from myself.

Through discipline, and determination one can change anything and everything about him - his habits, his outlook on life

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

I learnt one thing in the past or in my life: the only person you can change is yourself, and it has to come from within.

As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

You can survive tough situations and even turn them to your advantage by acting as if you are the person you want to be. When you act like that person, you can become that person. The hard parts are deciding whom you want to become, being willing to rehearse until you become that person, and forgiving yourself until you do.

I'm a guy who expects a lot from himself.

My expectations for myself were really high.

Before a person can achieve the kind of life he wants, he must think, act, walk, talk and conduct himself in all of his affairs as would the person he wishes to become.

Change the way you speak about yourself and you can change your life.

There are any number of conditions as to why your life didn't turn out the way you intended it to. My whole philosophy has always been that there is no way to change anything else in the world if you don't have the capacity to change yourself.

Most of us expect too much from others and not enough from ourselves.

Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards. When people ask me what really changed my life eight years ago, I tell them that absolutely the most important thin was changing what I demanded of myself. I wrote down all the things I would no longer accept in my life, all the things I would no longer tolerate, and all the things that I aspired to becoming.

We demand too much of life, too little of ourselves.

For things to change, you have to change. For things to be different, you have to be different. Before financial success can occur personal growth must occur.

We must demand more not from each other, but more from ourselves

I am my own worst critic and I am hell to pay so I just have to do everything to my utmost ability.

Nobody should expect more of you than you expect of yourself.

As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me; therefore, I have always found myself capable of being my own pupil, and ready to love my teacher.

I can't raise the bar of others if I haven't raised the bar for myself.

The hope of the world lies in what one demands, not of others, but of oneself.

I demand more of myself than anyone else could ever expect.

Obviously, everybody has their own expectations of you, but you have to have your own expectations for yourself. For me, I'm right on track.

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.