Anthony “Tony” Jay Robbins (b.1960,) born Anthony J. Mahavoric, is an American self-help author, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is among America’s most successful motivational speakers. He was a protégé of the self-help lecturer Jim Rohn.
Robbins is celebrated for his self-help infomercials, seminars, and books, including Unlimited Power (1986) and Awaken the Giant Within (1991.) His seminars and instructional audiotapes supposedly generate more than $50 million in annual revenues.
Even though millions of Robbins’s followers claim that his techniques and his message of self-help enable them to lift themselves, Robbins has been criticized for his blatant materialism and his core message of wealth and success. Professional psychiatrists are especially critical that Robbins’s “feel-good-now” discourse only preaches a quick fix.
Robbins’s other popular books include Money: Master the Game (2014) and Unshakeable: Your Financial Freedom (2017.)
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More than anything else, I believe it’s our decisions, not the conditions of our lives, that determine our destiny.
—Tony Robbins
Topics: Destiny, Change
We need to realize that the direction of our lives is controlled by the magnetic pull of our values. They are the force in front of us, consistently leading us to make decisions that create the direction and ultimate destination of our lives.
—Tony Robbins
Freedom only happens when you stop thinking the outside world is the source of your pain.
—Tony Robbins
There’s always a way.
—Tony Robbins
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.
—Tony Robbins
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you’re in control of your life. If you don’t, life controls you.
—Tony Robbins
Topics: Success, Self-Control
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
—Tony Robbins
Three choices in life: Give up, Give in, or give it your all! To me there is only one choice. What’s your choice today?
—Tony Robbins
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
—Tony Robbins
Topics: Difficulty, Character
If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you’ll achieve the same results.
—Tony Robbins
Topics: Success & Failure, Success, Achievement
You don’t get depressed, you do it!
—Tony Robbins
We’re so caught up in all we have to do—but be sure take time to stop, be silent, and listen to the whispers of destiny…guidance is waiting.
—Tony Robbins
The only thing keeping you from getting what you want are the stories you’re telling yourself about why you can’t have it.
—Tony Robbins
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain—and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
—Tony Robbins
Topics: Success, Success & Failure
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
—Tony Robbins
Topics: Opportunity, Preparation, Luck
The secret to living is giving.
—Tony Robbins
You’re not going to get better crying about what was.
—Tony Robbins
Personal power is the ability to take action.
—Tony Robbins
Most people never feel secure because they are always worried that they will lose their job, lose the money they already have, lose their spouse, lose their health, and so on. The only true security in life comes from knowing that every single day you are improving yourself in some way, that you are increasing the caliber of who you are and that you are valuable to your company, your friends, and your family.
—Tony Robbins
Topics: Security
You can’t always control the wind, but you can control your sails.
—Tony Robbins
Topics: Self-Control
If you can’t you must, and if you must you can.
—Tony Robbins
It’s not “Can you?” It’s “Will you?!?”
—Tony Robbins
Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.
—Tony Robbins
Action is the foundational key to all success.
—Tony Robbins
Topics: Action
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.
—Tony Robbins
The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.
—Tony Robbins
Ten years from now we’ll look back at this [challenge] and laugh, so why wait?!?!
—Tony Robbins
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