Top 200 Jack Canfield Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “You become like the people you spend the most time with.”

— Jack Canfield

52. “Never quit. My book, Chicken Soup for the Soul, was turned down by 33 publishers. It’s since sold millions of copies.”

— Jack Canfield

53. “Everything you want also wants you.”

— Jack Canfield

54. “I teach that people should watch less TV. I don’t care what else they’re doing! The average American’s watching anywhere from three to six hours a day. If you watch six hours of TV a day, that’s 15 years of your life!”

— Jack Canfield

55. “Persistence is probably the single most common quality of high achievers. They simply refuse to give up. They longer you hang in there, the greater the chance that something will happen in your favor. No matter how hard it seems, the longer you persist the more likely your success.”

— Jack Canfield

56. “When you think you can’t, revisit a previous triumph.”

— Jack Canfield

57. “The bottom line is that you are the one who is creating your life the way it is. The life you currently live is the result of all your past thoughts and actions. You are in charge of your current thoughts and your present feelings.”

— Jack Canfield

58. “You can’t change anyone else but people do change in relationship to your change. All relationships are a system, and when any one part of a system changes, it affects the other part.”

— Jack Canfield

59. “Most of us have never allowed ourselves to want what we truly want because we can’t see how it’s going to manifest.”

— Jack Canfield

60. “There’s so much information on the internet. But people don’t need more information, they need ‘aha moments,’ they need awareness, they need things that actually shift and change them.”

— Jack Canfield

61. “Now, when anything ‘bad’ happens, I remember that everything that ever happens to me has within it the seeds of something better. I look for the upside rather than the downside. I ask myself, ‘Where’s the greater benefit in this event?’”

— Jack Canfield

62. “The formula is simple – do more of what is working, do less of what isn’t, and try on new behaviors to see if they produce better results.”

— Jack Canfield

63. “Some people fold after making one timid request. They quit too soon. Keep asking until you find the answers. In sales there are usually four or five “no’s” before you get a “yes.””

— Jack Canfield

64. “To be ‘on purpose’ means you’re doing what you love to do, doing what you’re good at, and accomplishing what’s important to you.”

— Jack Canfield

65. “I’m a big believer in growth. Life is not about achievement, it’s about learning and growth, and developing qualities like compassion, patience, perseverance, love, and joy, and so forth. And so if that is the case, then I think our goals should include something which stretches us.”

— Jack Canfield

66. “Love and fear are the two opposite ends of the continuum, as far as I’m concerned. When we are not in love, we are in fear.”

— Jack Canfield

67. “We are God’s gift to each other. Like a master composer, He brings all the instruments together, each with a different tone, each playing a different part, and He makes it turn out so beautifully.”

— Jack Canfield

68. “The day you change your responses is the day your life will begin to get better.”

— Jack Canfield

69. “I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.”

— Jack Canfield

70. “Reject rejection! If someone says no, just say NEXT.”

— Jack Canfield

71. “Remember, it is not about luck. It is about doing the right things the right way.”

— Jack Canfield

72. “Remember, what you continually talk about, comes about.”

— Jack Canfield

73. “Repeating an affirmation several times a day keeps you focused on your goal, strengthens your motivation, and programs your subconscious by sending an order to your crew to do whatever it takes to make that goal happen.”

— Jack Canfield

74. “Life is simply a connect-the dots game, and all the dots have already been identified and organized by somebody else. All you have to do is follow the blueprint, use the system, or work the program that they provide.”

— Jack Canfield

75. “There are only two words that will always lead you to success. Those words are yes and no. Undoubtedly, you’ve mastered saying yes. So start practicing saying no. Your goals depend on it!”

— Jack Canfield

76. “When you accomplish a goal, don’t cross it out. Instead, write ‘victory’ next to it and move on to the next one. This way, whenever you have a bad day, all you have to do is to review your victories to feel good about yourself.”

— Jack Canfield

77. “I think there’s too much emphasis placed on learning things by rote that you don’t really care about. So what happens to students in school is that they eventually lose interest in learning, because they’ve been forced to learn the required courses, rather than pursing their passion.”

— Jack Canfield

78. “Build your self-esteem by recalling all the ways you have succeeded, and your brain will be filled with images of you making your achievements happen again and again. Give yourself permission to toot your own horn, and don’t wait for anyone to praise you.”

— Jack Canfield

79. “Mother Teresa was brilliant. She said, “I will never attend an anti-war rally. If you have a peace rally, invite me.” She knew. She understood the secret. Look what she manifested in the world.”

— Jack Canfield

80. “Success is the ability to do what you want, whenever you want, as often as you want.”

— Jack Canfield

81. “I consider myself to be an inverse paranoid. I always operate as if everything is part of a universal plot to enhance my well-being.”

— Jack Canfield

82. “Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow. Robert Kiyosaki.”

— Jack Canfield

83. “As you meditate and become more spiritually attuned, you can better discern and recognize the sound of your higher self or the voice of God speaking to you through words, images, and sensations.”

— Jack Canfield

84. “If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn’t matter if it’s an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.”

— Jack Canfield

85. “One of life’s fundamental truths states, ‘Ask and you shall receive.’ As kids we get used to asking for things, but somehow we lose this ability in adulthood. We come up with all sorts of excuses and reasons to avoid any possibility of criticism or rejection.”

— Jack Canfield

86. “Success consists of going from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

— Jack Canfield

87. “If What you re doing now was enough to get what you want, you’d already have it.”

— Jack Canfield

88. “I believe if everyone fulfilled their deepest life purpose, the world would work perfectly.”

— Jack Canfield

89. “SWSWSWSW Whenever you ask anyone for anything, remember the following: SWSWSWSW, which stands for “some will, some won’t; so what – someone’s waiting.” Some people are going to say yes, and some are going to say no. So what! Out there somewhere, someone is waiting for you and your ideas. It is simply a numbers game. You have to keep asking until you get a yes.”

— Jack Canfield

90. “The greatest gift you can give anyone is a gift of empowerment and love.”

— Jack Canfield

91. “And so I wait. I wait for time to heal the pain and raise me to me feet once again – so that I can start a new path, my own path, the one that will make me whole again.”

— Jack Canfield

92. “My definition of success is “the fulfillment of your soul’s purpose.””

— Jack Canfield

93. “Love would never b a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with a light of faith, water of sincerity, and an art of passion.”

— Jack Canfield

94. “Success depends on getting good at saying no without feeling guilty. You cannot get ahead with your own goals if you are always saying yes to someone else’s projects. You can only get ahead with your desired lifestyle if you are focused on the things that will produce that lifestyle.”

— Jack Canfield

95. “When your dreams include service to others – accomplishing something that contributes to others – it also accelerates the accomplishment of that goal. People want to be part of something that contributes and makes a difference.”

— Jack Canfield

96. “Every single cell in your body is affected by every single thought that you have.”

— Jack Canfield

97. “True freedom is an inward state of being. Once it is attained, no situation in the world can bind one or limit one’s freedom.”

— Jack Canfield

98. “Remember, nothing will change until you do.”

— Jack Canfield

99. “What we have to get straight in our heads is that owning the money doesn’t mean ANYTHING. “It’s the DOING with money that develops us – it’s not in the having. And when you have more, you’re enabled to DO more.””

— Jack Canfield

100. “It takes risks to achieve. It’s often scary. It requires something you didn’t know before or a skill you didn’t have before. But in the end, it’s worth it.”

— Jack Canfield