Top 280 James Altucher Quotes (2025 Update)
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251. “This is how we form a better society. First we become better as individuals. You can’t help others if you look in the mirror and hate what you see. And it’s very easy to hate what is there. We live most of our lives hating the mirror.”

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252. “Spiritually we need to recognize the importance of wanting less in our lives, to the point that we want to disappear.”

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253. “Society is made up of individuals. The only way to improve society is to come at it from a place of deep, individual satisfaction. The only way to do that is to spend long periods of time just being silent. Find out who the real you is.”

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254. “Some people will say, “Well, I’m just not an entrepreneur.” This is not true. Everyone is an entrepreneur. The only skills you need to be an entrepreneur are the ability to fail, to have ideas, to sell those ideas, to execute on them, and to be persistent so even as you fail you learn and move onto the next adventure.”

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255. “Blogging is not about money. Blogging is about trust.”

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256. “For the past five thousand years, people have been largely enslaved by a few select masters who understood how violence, religion, communication, debt, and class warfare all work together to subjugate a large group of people.”

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257. “But once you divide the world into categories, into an “us” versus “them,” then you immediately become a “them” and lose touch with who you really are. And.”

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258. “The only truly safe thing you can do is to try over and over again. To go for it, to get rejected, to repeat, to strive, to wish.”

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259. “The only things that really matter in this world are the relationships you have with the people you love, and the meaningful things that you do.”

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260. “Keep going until you hit the finish line!” It’s “Keep failing until you accidentally no longer fail.” That’s persistence. NOT.”

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261. “Do you really think you are going to change anyone’s mind?”

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262. “Being mediocre doesn’t mean you won’t change the world. It means being honest with yourself and the people around you. And being honest at every level is really the most effective habit of all if you want to have massive success.”

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263. “We rob ourselves of our joy and happiness when we stop and check in with what everyone else is thinking and saying about us.”

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264. “Some people say, “Oh! You have to meditate!” You have to sit in the lotus position! Blah blah blah. No, you don’t. All you have to do is stay in the present. When you catch yourself upset about the past or worried about the future, say to yourself, “Ah, I’m time traveling,” then STOP.”

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265. “The facets that resonate with time, even if it’s hundreds of years old, will resonate with your work as well. It’s like a law of the universe.”

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266. “The day and age of the massive corporations that take care of us from beginning to end are over.”

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267. “On a much smaller scale, I.”

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268. “But only you can act to change the world with your ideas. If.”

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269. “Ultimately we are the sum of our experiences and not the sum of our belongings.”

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270. “You no longer have to wait for the gods of corporate America, or universities, or media, or investors, to come down from the clouds and choose you for success. In every single industry, the middleman is being taken out of the picture, causing more disruption in employment but also greater efficiencies and more opportunities for unique ideas to generate real wealth. You can develop those ideas, execute on them, and choose yourself for success.”

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271. “You must first be the change you want to see in this World.”

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272. “Opinions are like money. No matter how much you know, there’s always someone who knows more.”

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273. “All you have to do is stay in the present. When you catch yourself upset about the past or worried about the future, say to yourself, “Ah, I’m time traveling,” then STOP. That’s what meditation is.”

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274. “And being honest at every level is really the most effective habit of all if you want to have massive success.”

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275. “A year or so ago, a guy I didn’t like died. We used to argue all the time over our opinions. Now he’s dead. I guess I won.”

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276. “Finally, try to label your thoughts: “future” or “past.” If you can do that, you stand a pretty good chance of remaining in the present.”

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277. “The day and age of the massive corporations that take care of us from beginning to end are over. But that is exciting news. It means we can choose the life we want for ourselves.”

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278. “There were about ten different areas I needed to improve and gradually I improved them all and sold the company a year later. EXPAND THE.”

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279. “I would watch either Michael Cera doing comedy or Louis CK doing stand-up. This would.”

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280. “In some cultures, like Buddhism, you want things in your life to disappear, to reduce your needs and desires.”

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281. “How do you surrender? By trusting that you’ve done the right preparation. You’ve done all you can do. All that is within your power, your control. Now, give up the results. The right thing will happen.”

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282. “It’s one thing to know “The Secret” or take whatever life-affirming steps you’ve read about in order to bring positivity into your life, but it’s something else altogether to actually create opportunities for yourself. You’re definitely not going to find them reading a book.”

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283. “A lot of companies that use Groupons are struggling for customers and need creative ideas. I’ll take a look at the Groupon offers for that day and see if I can come up with other ways to promote the company or make their product better.”

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284. “ZERO sectors in the economy are moving toward more full-time workers.”

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285. “As we move toward the employee-less society, where ideas become currency and innovation gets rewarded more than manual or managerial services, you will have the opportunity to live a life you want to. In I Was Blind but Now I See, I wrote about how people no longer needed a home or an education. How both are leashes that society has created to hold you down and prevent you from growth.”

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286. “Keep failing until you accidentally no longer fail.”

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