Maxwell Maltz Famous Quotations

Maxwell Maltz (1899 - 1975) was an American cosmetic surgeon and author who developed Psycho-Cybernetics, a system of ideas through which one could improve his self-image and lead a more successful and fulfilling life. These famous quotes dealing with goals, achievement, and success have been attributed to him.

Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving.
Close scrutiny will show that most "crisis situations" are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.
For imagination sets the goal picture which our automatic mechanism works on. We act, or fail to act, not because of will, as is so commonly believed, but because of imagination.
Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.
Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act.
Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.
Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today.
Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.
Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent.
To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.
We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.
We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.
You may live in an imperfect world but the frontiers are not closed and the doors are not all shut.
Your most important sale in life is to sell yourself to yourself.