Our potential energy

Bob Marley - Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician

You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.

Unknown

The distance between dreams and reality is action.

Joseph Campbell - American professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion.

If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be.

Rollo May - American existential psychologist and author of the influential book Love and Will

Every organism has one and only one central need in life, to fulfill its own potentialities.

Ernest Holmes - American New Thought writer, teacher, and leader

All the power of the universe is with you. Feel it, know it, and then act as though it were true.

Eric Butterworth - Best-selling author of 16 books and a prominent leader in the Unity and New Thought movements

God can only do for you what He can do through you.

Eric Butterworth - Best-selling author of 16 books and a prominent leader in the Unity and New Thought movements

We are human in expression but divine in creation and limitless in potentiality.

Glenn Clark - Author ( from the biography of Walter Bowman Russell )

Yes, I believe sincerely that every man has consummate genius within him. Some appear to have it more than others only because they are aware of it more than others are, and the awareness or unawareness of it is what makes each one of them into masters or holds them down to mediocrity.

Robert Fritz - American author, management consultant, composer, and filmmaker

Your power to create does not come from the circumstances, but from yourself.

Michael J. Gelb - American non-fiction author, executive coach and management consultant

Your brain has a capacity for learning that is virtually limitless, which makes every human a potential genius.

Jim Loehr - World-renowned performance psychologist

Energy, not time, is the fundamental currency of high performance.

Esther Hicks - American inspirational speaker and author. She has co-written nine books with her late husband Jerry Hicks, presented numerous workshops on the law of attraction

You are joy, looking for a way to express. It's not just that your purpose is joy, it is that you are joy. You are love and joy and freedom and clarity expressing. Energy-frolicking and eager. That's who you are.

Henry Ford - American industrialist and business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company

Almost anyone can think up an idea. The thing that counts is developing it into a practical product.

Wallace Delois Wattles - American New Thought writer

The only service you can render God is to give expression to what he is trying to give the world, through you. The only service you can render God is to make the very most of yourself in order that God may live in you to the utmost of your possibilities.

Don Miguel Ruiz - Mexican author of Toltec spiritualist and neoshamanistic texts

Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art.

Sonia Choquette - Globally celebrated and dynamic spiritual teacher, six-sensory consultant, enchanting storyteller, and transformational visionary guide

In order to trust your vibes, you have to first be able to sense them—and to do this, you must quiet your mind.

Melanie Robbins - American lawyer, television host, author, and motivational speaker

If you only ever did the things you don’t want to do, you’d have everything you’ve ever wanted.

Mary-Elaine Jacobsen - Former Chief Psychologist for the Amherst Wilder Foundation, a highly-regarded organization with programs for behavior-disordered children, therapeutic foster care, home and school counseling, and child psychiatry

Unless we understand how it really works and find a way to express it, giftedness can become a heavy burden.

Calvin C. Newport - Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Georgetown University and the author of self-improvement books.

If you don’t produce, you won’t thrive—no matter how skilled or talented you are.

Alberto Villoldo - Cuban-born psychologist, medical anthropologist and author, writing primarily in the field of neo-shamanism

The dreamtime infuses all matter and energy, connecting every creature, every rock, every star, and every ray of light or bit of cosmic dust. The power to dream, then, is the power to participate in creation itself. Dreaming reality is not only an ability but a duty, one all humans must perform with grace so that our grandchildren will inherit a world where they can live in peace and abundance.

Alberto Villoldo - Cuban-born psychologist, medical anthropologist and author, writing primarily in the field of neo-shamanism

The dreamtime infuses all matter and energy, connecting every creature, every rock, every star, and every ray of light or bit of cosmic dust. The power to dream, then, is the power to participate in creation itself. Dreaming reality is not only an ability but a duty, one all humans must perform with grace so that our grandchildren will inherit a world where they can live in peace and abundance.

Abraham Harold Maslow - American psychologist who was best known for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

Abraham Harold Maslow - American psychologist who was best known for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization

One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities.

Esther Hicks - American inspirational speaker and author

When you remember that you get the essence of what you think about—and then you notice what you are getting—you have the keys for Deliberate Creation.

Steve Chandler - Author of 30 books that have been translated into over 25 languages. His personal success coaching, public speaking and business consulting have been used by CEOs, top professionals, major universities, and over 30 Fortune 500 companies.

Some people us language to describe the lives they lead, and other people use language to create the lives they lead.

Brian Tracy - Canadian-American motivational public speaker and self-development author

You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.

Eric Butterworth - Best-selling author of 16 books and a prominent leader in the Unity and New Thought movements

We are human in expression but divine in creation and limitless in potentiality.

Eric Butterworth - Best-selling author of 16 books and a prominent leader in the Unity and New Thought movements

God can only do for you what He can do through you.

William Harry McRaven - Retired United States Navy four-star admiral who served as the ninth commander of the United States Special Operations Command

Without daring greatly, you will never know what is truly possible in your life.

Lao Tzu - Ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. He is the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching, the founder of philosophical Taoism, and a deity in religious Taoism and traditional Chinese religions

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Daniel Jay Millman - American author and lecturer in the personal development field

Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.

Esther Hicks - American channeler, inspirational speaker, and author. She has co-written nine books with her late husband Jerry Hicks, presented numerous workshops on the law of attraction with Abraham-Hicks Publications and appeared in the original version of the 2006 film The Secret

You are the creator of your own experience, and no one else has power within your experience. And that is true for everyone.

Shawn Phillips - Fitness Philosopher. Internationally respected strength and fitness expert who has helped athletes, celebrities, and tens of thousands of others over the past twenty years

Most people are settling for less than their potential, for less strength, energy and vitality than they both can have and deserve. To accept life anywhere below our fullest potential is to be living in the gap, blindly accepting ‘what is’ without ever deeply considering ‘what could be.

Robin Sharma - Canadian writer, best known for his The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari book series. Sharma worked as a litigation lawyer until age 25, when he self-published MegaLiving, a book on stress management and spirituality

Each of us is born into genius. Sadly, most of us die amid mediocrity.

Matthew Kelly - One of the great thought leaders of our time. His enormous success as an author, speaker, and business consultant is the result of his comprehensive worldview which springs forth from the single idea that we are each here to become the-very-best-version-of-ourselves

Let your life be guided by greatness.

Brendon Burchard - #1 New York Times best-selling author and "the world's leading high performance coach". His latest book, High Performance Habits, was a The Wall Street Journal best-seller and named by Amazon as one of its top three best business and leadership books of 2017

But we all know that the seeds of greatness grow faster in the hearts of those doing work they love than in the bitter hearts of those enslaved by work they despise.

Sam Harris - American author, philosopher, neuroscientist, and podcast host. His work touches on a wide range of topics, including rationality, religion, ethics, free will, neuroscience, meditation, psychedelics, philosophy of mind, politics, terrorism, and artificial intelligence

On one level, wisdom is nothing more profound than an ability to follow one’s own advice.

Raymond Charles Barker - Leader and author in the New Thought spiritual movement and, specifically, in Religious Science

Your thought is creative, because as you think the Creative Mind thinks as you.

Raymond Charles Barker - Leader and author in the New Thought spiritual movement and, specifically, in Religious Science

There is a Power in me, acting through me, and acting for me which causes me to accomplish what I want.

Angela Lee Duckworth - American academic, psychologist, and popular science author. She is the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she studies grit and self-control

Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another.

Robert Greene - American author known for his books on strategy, power, and seduction. He has written six international bestsellers: The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery, and The Laws of Human Nature

The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.

Tony Robbins - American author, coach, speaker, and philanthropist. Robbins is known for his infomercials, seminars, and self-help books including the books Unlimited Power and Awaken the Giant Within

Where focus goes, energy flows.

Matthew Syed - British journalist, author, broadcaster and former table tennis player. He competed as an English table tennis international, and was the English number one for many years

Later doesn’t always come to everybody.

Rory Vaden - One of the top 100 leadership speakers in the world according to Inc. Magazine

Channel your emotion into the excellence of doing something rather than the mediocrity of deciding whether or not to do it.

Steven Pressfield - American author of historical fiction, non-fiction, and screenplays

It’s better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.

Gary Keller - American entrepreneur and best-selling author. He is the founder of Keller Williams, which is the largest real estate company in the world by agent count, closed sales volume, and units sold

Extraordinary results happen only when you give the best you have to become the best you can be at your most important work.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - Hungarian-American psychologist. He recognised and named the psychological concept of flow, a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity

Most enjoyable activities are not natural; they demand an effort that initially one is reluctant to make. But once the interaction starts to provide feedback to the person's skills, it usually begins to be intrinsically rewarding.

Steven Kotler - American author, journalist, and entrepreneur. His articles have appeared in over 70 publications, including The New York Times Magazine, LA Times, Wired, Time magazine, GQ, Discover, Popular Science, Outside, Men’s Journal, Details and National Geographic Adventure

To really achieve anything, you have to be able to tolerate and enjoy risk. It has to become a challenge to look forward to. In all fields, to make exceptional discoveries you need risk—you’re just never going to have a breakthrough without it.

Steven Kotler - American author, journalist, and entrepreneur. His articles have appeared in over 70 publications, including The New York Times Magazine, LA Times, Wired, Time magazine, GQ, Discover, Popular Science, Outside, Men’s Journal, Details and National Geographic Adventure

Most people live in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness, and of their soul’s resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his little finger.

Kenneth Baum - Author, professional speaker, and the creator of the #1 Performance Psychology System in the World. A recognized authority on mental strategies that gets results in sports, business, and life, his teachings are often the missing link to success 

Remember, you already have everything inside of you necessary to become as great as you desire. The Mental Edge will activate that sleeping giant within, and turn you into the person you want to become. 

Georges St-Pierre - Canadian former professional mixed martial artist and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in mixed martial arts history 

So the question is: What happens when you accept and embrace your fear? Fear becomes your weapon. 

Orison Swett Marden - American inspirational author who wrote about achieving success in life and founded SUCCESS magazine in 1897. His writings discuss common-sense principles and virtues that make for a well-rounded, successful life. Many of his ideas are based on New Thought philosophy

Deep within humans dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish them.

Wallace D. Wattles - American New Thought writer. He remains personally somewhat obscure, but his writing has been widely quoted and remains in print in the New Thought and self-help movements

The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.

Wallace D. Wattles - American New Thought writer. He remains personally somewhat obscure, but his writing has been widely quoted and remains in print in the New Thought and self-help movements

Nothing was ever in any man that is not in you; no man ever had more spiritual or mental power than you can attain, or did greater things than you can accomplish. You can become what you want to be.

Wallace D. Wattles - American New Thought writer. He remains personally somewhat obscure, but his writing has been widely quoted and remains in print in the New Thought and self-help movements

The only service that you can render God is to give expression to what he is trying to give to the world, through you. The only service you can render God is to make the very most of yourself in order that God may live in you to the utmost of your possibilities.

Grant Cardone - Businessman and writer, the author of the bestsellers and influential expert in the sphere of SEO international company. He founded the first online university for the sellers, where they are taught how to sell goods and services effectively, how to promote them, and achieve success in this as well

What if the only thing standing in the way of your greatness was that you just had to go after everything obsessively, persistently, and as though your life depended on it?

Twyla Tharp - American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. In 1966 she formed the company Twyla Tharp Dance. Her work often uses classical music, jazz, and contemporary pop music

If you only do what you know and do it very, very well, chances are that you won't fail. You'll just stagnate, and your work will get less and less interesting, and that's failure by erosion.

Robert Fritz - American author, management consultant, composer, and filmmaker. He is known for his development of structural dynamics, the study of how structural relationships impact behavior from individuals to organizations

You cannot create what you want by moving away from what you don’t want.