Evelyn Waugh Quotes

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.

Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.

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.

Most real failures are due to limitations which men set up in their own minds.

Pronounce your limitations vigorously enough and they're yours.

Excuses are the explanations we use for hanging on to behaviors we don't like about ourselves; they are self-defeating behaviors we don't know how to change. InExcuses Begone! I review 18 of the most common excuses people use, such as "I'm too busy, too old, too fat, too scared or it's going to take too long or be too difficult."

Your only limitations are those you set up in your mind, or permit others to set up for you.

The greatest limitations you will ever face will be those you place on yourself.

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.

The only person holding you back is you.

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

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.

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

Nobody can stop you more than you can stop yourself.

The only limitation is that which one sets up in one's own mind.

My belief is that most of the limitations people have or face are self-imposed.

The theme that runs through my movies is the fact that we create barriers for ourselves....because we say, Well, I can't do that. But in the end, you can't do it unless you can imagine yourself succeeding at it.

The only limitations are those which we impose upon ourselves.

Your only limitation is the one you set up in your own mind!

Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds

Perfectionism is really a manifestation of the belief that one's efforts are never good enough. Imagine: How many of the obstacles standing in your way are the product of your own imagination? What have you convinced yourself that you can't do? What limitations have you come to believe in? Your mind is very powerful and effective. Is it working for you, or against you?

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

I am my own worst enemy. My friends and family will say, 'You've got everything going for you right now', and I say, 'Oh yes, but!' Which is not a good way to be.

I am my best enemy.