Inspirational Quotes by Steve Pavlina (American Motivational Speaker)

By courage I mean the ability to face down those imaginary fears and reclaim the far more powerful life that you’ve denied yourself.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Courage

Our beliefs act as lenses. These lenses can help us see things we can’t otherwise see, but they can also block us from seeing parts of reality.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Belief

If you try to impress an alarm clock, it will simply tell you the time.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Time

Fuzzy thinking leads to hesitancy in acting. Clear thinking makes it easier to act boldly and consistently.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Thoughts

So act boldly, as if it’s impossible to fail. If you keep adding fuel to your desire, you will reach the point of knowing that you’ll never quit, and ultimate success will be nothing more than a matter of time.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Success

Our brains are fairly powerful, but our conscious minds are still extremely limited in their ability to hold onto multiple simultaneous thoughts.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Thoughts

There are many problems in life where the solution is largely a brainless time investment.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Life

When you reach the point of becoming independent of external events, you’re truly free.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Freedom

Thoughts are like seeds. If you want different results in life, you have to figure out which thoughts are capable of growing those results and which aren’t.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Thoughts

Courage is the gateway in the sense that you must first learn to face down your fears, even as they still appear real to you.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Courage

If you want to achieve some really big and interesting goals, you have to learn to fall in love with hard work.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Hard Work

Passion requires focused direction, and that direction must come from three other areas: your purpose, your talents, and your needs.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Passion

No one on earth has lived through the exact same experiences you have, and no one thinks the exact same thoughts you do.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Thoughts

Courage is a learned mental skill that you must condition, just as weight training strengthens your muscles.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Courage

Willpower is the spearhead of self-discipline.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Willpower

True courage is more a matter of intellect than of feeling.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Courage

The purpose of your existence is yours alone to discover.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Life

Planning allows you to mentally create a model of your future.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Thoughts

Willpower is your ability to set a course of action and say, “Engage!”
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Willpower

Hard work is painful when life is devoid of purpose. But when you live for something greater than yourself and the gratification of your own ego, then hard work becomes a labor of love.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Hard Work

I believe we can proactively choose to believe whatever we want instead of merely letting our beliefs coalesce as reactions to events.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Belief

The more disciplined you become, the easier life gets.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Discipline

The momentum of continuous action fuels motivation, while procrastination kills motivation.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Motivation

One of the secrets to success is recognizing that motivation follows action.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Motivation

Fear is not your enemy. It is a compass pointing you to the areas where you need to grow.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Fear

The path that does not require courage is the called the slow lane.
—Steve Pavlina

If you want to succeed you must be congruent.
—Steve Pavlina

If you follow a universal principle, it positively impacts all areas of your life. Universal principles don’t compartmentalize.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Life

Courage is the dividing line between weakness and strength of character.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Courage

Thought and action can be perceived as two different dimensions of who you are: the mental you and the physical you.
—Steve Pavlina
Topics: Thoughts

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