Maxwell Maltz Quotes

For imagination sets the goal picture which our automatic mechanism works on. We act, or fail to act, not because of will, as is so commonly believed, but because of imagination.

Maxwell Maltz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 10, 1889 - April 7, 1975

Topics

ImaginationPictureGoalWillFail

When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have to feel stronger about it in order to succeed.

Joan Chen

PeopleSucceedFeelStrongerYou

Most birds are very stiff-necked, like the robin, and as they run or hop upon the ground, carry the head as if it were riveted to the body. Not so the oven-bird, or the other birds that walk, as the cow-bunting, or the quail, or the crow. They move the head forward with the movement of the feet.

John Burroughs

WalkBirdsForwardFeetBodyRun

Now, I was the Summer Concert guy. I played every Summer concert there was.

John Sebastian

SummerNowConcertGuyEveryPlayed

God has levels of willing and delighting. He wills and delights in things in different ways so that approval and disapproval can coexist without being contradictory, without canceling each other out. I am making the case here for infinite complexity.

John Piper

GodI AmInfiniteWithoutOutHere

Apparently it's cool to watch The Daily Show.

Rob Corddry

DailyCoolWatchShowApparently

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

Milan Kundera

WisdomStupidityPeopleQuestion

Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.

Lord Byron

FameFollyMartyrdomLoves

I never not wanted to be a singer. Since I was 3, I knew this was what I wanted to do. Well, I can't say I wanted to do it, but I fantasized and thought about it all the time. I never thought it would actually happen.

Lisa Marie Presley

TimeThoughtSayNeverSingerWell

I'm a bit of a workaholic. When I feel like I'm not doing something, it drives me insane.

Ashley Greene

MeFeelDoingSomethingWorkaholic

Sexual orientation, color, background - that's what I want people to take away: Anyone can be anything.

Ashley Thomas

PeopleColorWantAnythingTake

When I'm on the track, I like hearing the fans cheer me on.

Ashton Eaton

MeHearingCheerFansTrackLike

I think people need to be comfortable questioning the authority of a doctor.

Susannah Cahalan

PeopleDoctorThinkAuthorityNeed

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