Top 140 David J. Schwartz Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Action cures fear. Indecision, postponement, on the other hand, fuel fear.”

— David J. Schwartz

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2. “Life is too short to waste. Dreams are fulfilled only through action, not through endless planning to take action.”

— David J. Schwartz

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3. “Attitudes are more important than intelligence.”

— David J. Schwartz

4. “It’s better to wear out than rust out.”

— David J. Schwartz

5. “Believe, really believe, you can succeed, and you will.”

— David J. Schwartz

6. “Believe it can be done. When you really believe something can be done, your mind will find the ways to do it.”

— David J. Schwartz

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7. “Those who believe they can move mountains, do. Those who believe they can’t, cannot. Belief triggers the power to do.”

— David J. Schwartz

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8. “Believe Big. The size of your success is determined by the size of your belief. Think little goals and expect little achievements.”

— David J. Schwartz

9. “The thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important than how much intelligence you may have.”

— David J. Schwartz

10. “Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches, or pounds, or college degrees, or family back-ground; they are measured by the size of their thinking.”

— David J. Schwartz

11. “Here is the first step toward success. It’s a basic step. It can’t be avoided. Step One: Believe in yourself, believe you can succeed.”

— David J. Schwartz

12. “Hope is a start. But hope needs action to win victories.”

— David J. Schwartz

13. “The mind is what the mind is fed.”

— David J. Schwartz

14. “Build castles, don’t dig graves.”

— David J. Schwartz

15. “When you help others feel important, you help yourself feel important too.”

— David J. Schwartz

16. “How you think determines how you act. How you act in turn determines how others react to you.”

— David J. Schwartz

17. “Big people monopolize the listening. Small people monopolize the talking.”

— David J. Schwartz

18. “Knowledge is power only when put to use – and then only when the use made of it is constructive.”

— David J. Schwartz

19. “When you believe something is impossible, your mind goes to work for you to prove why. But when you believe, really believe, something can be done, your mind goes to work for you and helps you find the ways to do it.”

— David J. Schwartz

20. “Get the action habit – you do not need to wait until conditions are perfect.”

— David J. Schwartz

21. “Remember, you see in any situation what you expect to see.”

— David J. Schwartz

22. “Think doubt and fail. Think victory and succeed.”

— David J. Schwartz

23. “Belief releases creative powers.”

— David J. Schwartz

24. “Don’t let tradition paralyze your mind. Be receptive to new ideas. Be experimental. Try new approaches. Be progressive in everything you do.”

— David J. Schwartz

25. “Big thinkers are specialists in creating positive, forward-looking, optimistic pictures in their own minds and in the minds of others.”

— David J. Schwartz

26. “Goals are as essential to success as air is to life.”

— David J. Schwartz

27. “Belief triggers the power to do.”

— David J. Schwartz

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28. “The right attitude and one arm will beat the wrong attitude and two arms every time.”

— David J. Schwartz

29. “Then it dawned on me that no one else was going to believe in me until I believed in myself.”

— David J. Schwartz

30. “The person determined to achieve maximum success learns the principle that progress is made one step at a time.”

— David J. Schwartz

31. “Those who believe they can move mountains, do!”

— David J. Schwartz

32. “Believing there is a solution paves the way to a solution.”

— David J. Schwartz

33. “There is a good side to every situation.”

— David J. Schwartz

34. “Hesitation only enlarges, magnifies the fear. Take action promptly. Be decisive.”

— David J. Schwartz

35. “The test of a successful person is not an ability to eliminate all problems before they arise, but to meet and work out difficulties when they do arise.”

— David J. Schwartz

36. “Meet problems and obstacles as they arise. The test of a successful person is not the ability to eliminate all problems before he takes action, but rather the ability to find solutions to difficulties when he encounters them.”

— David J. Schwartz

37. “Think first class about everyone around you, and you’ll receive first-class results in return.”

— David J. Schwartz

38. “How much we can do depends on how much we think we can do. When you really believe you can do more, your mind thinks creatively and shows you the way.”

— David J. Schwartz

39. “People do more for you when you make them feel important.”

— David J. Schwartz

40. “Don’t let ideas escape. Write them down.”

— David J. Schwartz

41. “Believe triggers the power to do.”

— David J. Schwartz

42. “You are what you think you are. Think more of yourself and there is more of you.”

— David J. Schwartz

43. “Belief, strong belief, triggers the mind to figure ways and means and how-to.”

— David J. Schwartz

44. “Look your best and you will think and act your best.”

— David J. Schwartz

45. “See what can be, not just what is.”

— David J. Schwartz

46. “Just enough sense to stick with something-a chore, task, project, until its completed pays off much better than idle intelligence, even if idle intelligence be of genius caliber.”

— David J. Schwartz

47. “The thought “It’s impossible” sets off a chain reaction of other thoughts to prove you’re right.”

— David J. Schwartz

48. “Here is the basic rule for winning success. Let’s mark it in the mind and remember it. The rule is: Success depends on the support of other people. The only hurdle between you and what you want to be in is the support of other people.”

— David J. Schwartz

49. “Money seeds, of course, grow money. Plant service and harvest money.”

— David J. Schwartz

50. “How much we can do, depends on how much we THINK we can do.”

— David J. Schwartz