Jack Canfield is an American author, keynote speaker, business trainer, and entrepreneur. Canfield was born in Fort Worth, Texas on August 19, 1944. He attended the Linsly Military Institute and finished in 1962, spending his teenage years in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Canfield started his career in 1967 by working as a high school teacher in Chicago, Illinois. He is a co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series, which has 500 million copies in print across more than 40 different languages and more than 250 volumes.
Canfield established The Foundation for Self-Esteem in Culver City, California, and is the CEO and Founder of The Canfield Training Group in Santa Barbara, California. Canfield publishes a widely syndicated newspaper column in addition to hosting a radio show.
For having seven novels on the New York Times best-seller list at once, he owns the Guinness World Record. He was recognized as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of America and directed the New England Facility for Personal and Organizational Development, a residential Gestalt center.
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Jack Canfield Motivational Quotes
1. One of the great strategies for success is to act as if you are already where you want to be.-Jack Canfield
2. Taking the first step is the difference between actually pursuing your passion and just dreaming about it.-Jack Canfield
3. One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Gandhi in India and Nelson Mandela in South Africa.-Jack Canfield
4. Sincerity means dropping the image facade and showing a willingness to be vulnerable.-Jack Canfield
5. If you already know how to make your dream come true, then you’re thinking too small.-Jack Canfield
6. I generally find that comparison is the fast track to unhappiness.-Jack Canfield
7. To achieve major success in life, you must accept 100% responsibility for your life and results. Nothing less will do.-Jack Canfield
8. You don’t have to get it perfect, you just have to get it going. Babies don’t walk the first time they try, but eventually they get it right-Jack Canfield
9. You only have control over three things in your life—the thoughts you think, the images you visualize, and the actions you take (your behavior).-Jack Canfield
10. Gratitude is the single most important ingredient to living a successful and fulfilled life.-Jack Canfield
11. Spend time with the people you want to become like. If you want to be more successful, you have to start hanging out with more successful people.-Jack Canfield
12. Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.-Jack Canfield
13. By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you’ve achieved… you actually can enhance everything about you.-Jack Canfield
14. Remember, there is no perfect time for anything. There is only now.-Jack Canfield
15. Let go of doubts and start believing that you can do whatever it is you set out to do.-Jack Canfield
16. Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them.-Jack Canfield
17. When you think you can’t, revisit a previous triumph.-Jack Canfield
18. They love us, heal us, teach us, make us laugh and sometimes break our hearts with their passing.-Jack Canfield
19. To change bad habits, we must study the habits of successful role models.-Jack Canfield
20. Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things – feeling lovable and feeling capable.-Jack Canfield
21. If you are going to be successful in creating the life of your dreams, you have to believe that you are capable of making it happen.-Jack Canfield
22. The easiest, fastest, and best way to find out what is or isn’t working is to pay attention to the results you are currently producing.-Jack Canfield
23. The dynamics that are required to make any relationship work: Just keep putting your love out there.-Jack Canfield
24. Write your goals down in detail and read your list of goals every day.-Jack Canfield
25. If you love your work, if you enjoy it, you’re already a success.-Jack Canfield
26. If you are not moving closer to what you want, you probably aren’t doing enough asking.-Jack Canfield
27. History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed.-Jack Canfield
28. Don’t censor your dreams or vision with practicalities and probabilities.-Jack Canfield
29. You only have control over three things in your life-the thoughts you think, the images you visualise, & the actions you take.
30. It takes a thousand voices to tell a story.-Jack Canfield
31. When you have inspired thought, you have to trust it and you have to act on it.-Jack Canfield
32. No one becomes an expert in a new career overnight, even if you are coming from another career where you were established and experienced.-Jack Canfield
33. Every one of us has something that we deeply want to contribute to the world. All we have to do is step up and do it.-Jack Canfield
34. You are not given a dream unless you have the capacity to fulfill it.-Jack Canfield
35. The longer you hang in there, the greater the chance that something will happen in your favor.-Jack Canfield
36. I think when you have big dreams you attract other big dreamers.-Jack Canfield
37. Your habits will determine your future.-Jack Canfield
38. For every reason it’s not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.-Jack Canfield
39. I worked from 10pm until 1am every night for a year to write the first ‘Chicken Soup For The Soul’ book.-Jack Canfield
40. What have you done for YOURSELF this year to create a better life?-Jack Canfield
41. When you do something you love with passion and perseverance, you are already a success. Even if you never hit the big time, who cares?-Jack Canfield
42. Everything you want is on the other side of fear.-Jack Canfield
43. Persistence is probably the single most common quality of high achievers. They simply refuse to give up.-Jack Canfield
44. You don’t want to get to the top of the ladder only to find out you had it leaning up against the wrong wall.-Jack Canfield
45. You Can’t Hire Someone Else to Do Your Push-ups for You.-Jack Canfield
46. Believing in yourself is a choice. It’s an attitude you develop over time.-Jack Canfield
47. Fear and risk are prerequisites if you want to enjoy a life of success and adventure.-Jack Canfield
48. You don’t have to get it perfect, you just have to get it going.-Jack Canfield
49. The world doesn’t pay you for what you know; it pays you for what you do.-Jack Canfield
50. Whatever goal you give to your subconscious mind, it will work night and day to achieve.-Jack Canfield
51. You either create or allow everything that happens to you.-Jack Canfield
52. Blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you.-Jack Canfield
53. You can’t heal what you don’t acknowledge.-Jack Canfield
54. Remember, you and you alone are responsible for maintaining your energy.-Jack Canfield
55. The mind is such a powerful instrument, it can deliver to you literally everything you want. But you have to believe that what you want is possible.-Jack Canfield
56. Remember, it is not about luck. It is about doing the right things the right way.-Jack Canfield
57. Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.-Jack Canfield
58. Every time you take a risk or move out of your comfort zone, you have a great opportunity to learn more about yourself and your capacity.-Jack Canfield
59. Sometimes you dance with a partner, and sometimes you dance alone. But the important thing is to keep dancing.-Jack Canfield
60. Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.-Jack Canfield
61. It is a universal principle that you get more of what you think about, talk about, and feel strongly about.-Jack Canfield
62. If you love your work, if you enjoy it, you’re already a success.-Jack Canfield
63. Everything valuable takes time; there are no overnight successes.-Jack Canfield
64. One of the main reasons why most people don’t get what they want is they haven’t decided what they want.-Jack Canfield
65. Decide what you want. Believe you can have it. Believe that you deserve it, and believe its possible for you.-Jack Canfield
66. Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.-Jack Canfield
67. There are essentially two things that will make you wise – the books you read and the people you meet.-Jack Canfield
68. If you want something different, you are going to have to do something different!-Jack Canfield
69. People who don’t have goals, work for people who do.-Jack Canfield
70. Greater self-esteem produces greater success, and greater success produces more high self-esteem, so it keeps on spiraling up.-Jack Canfield
71. No matter how hard it seems, the longer you persist, the more likely your success.-Jack Canfield
72. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments.-Jack Canfield
73. I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.-Jack Canfield
74. Overcome your barriers, intend the best, and be patient. You will enjoy more balance, more growth, more income, and more fun!-Jack Canfield
75. We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.-Jack Canfield
76. I believe people should live full lives and not settle for anything less.-Jack Canfield
77. Decide upon your major definite purpose in life and then organize all your activities around it.-Jack Canfield
78. Trust your gut feeling about things, listen to what others are saying, and look at the results of your actions.-Jack Canfield
79. Do it, delegate it, delay it, or dump it.-Jack Canfield
80. If it ain’t fun don’t do it.-Jack Canfield
81. When you think you can’t, revisit a previous triumph.-Jack Canfield
82. if you surround yourself with people who are strong and positive, you’re more likely to see a world full of opportunity and adventure.-Jack Canfield
83. Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.-Jack Canfield
84. You must take responsibility for removing I can’t from your vocabulary.-Jack Canfield
85. Most everything that you want is just outside your comfort zone.-Jack Canfield
86. There is no right reaction. There is only your reaction.-Jack Canfield
87. You only have control over three things in your life. The thoughts you think, the images you visualize, and the actions you take.-Jack Canfield
88. Don’t waste your life believing you can’t.-Jack Canfield
89. What is the why behind everything you do?-Jack Canfield
90. No one ever compares themselves to someone else and comes out even.-Jack Canfield
91. There’s a four letter word you must use when you get rejected… next.-Jack Canfield
92. One of life’s fundamental truths states, ask and you shall receive.-Jack Canfield
93. People who ask confidently get more than those who are hesitant and uncertain.-Jack Canfield
94. If you get clear on the what, the how will be taken care of.-Jack Canfield
95. Good or bad, habits always deliver results.-Jack Canfield
96. Each day is an adventure in discovering the meaning of life.-Jack Canfield
97. Life doesn’t just happen to you. It’s all about choices and how you respond to every situation.-Jack Canfield
98. Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day.-Jack Canfield
99. Our job is not to figure out the ‘how’. The ‘how’ will show up out of the commitment and believe in the ‘what.-Jack Canfield
100. There are essentially two things that will make you wise — the books you read and the people you meet.-Jack Canfield
101. When you’ve figured out what you want to ask for, do it with certainty, boldness, and confidence.-Jack Canfield