Quotes by Jack Canfield

Everything you want is on the other side of fear.

And so I wait. I wait for time to heal the pain and raise me to me feet once again - so that I can start a new path, my own path, the one that will make me whole again.

What others think about you is none of your business.

Each day is an adventure in discovering the meaning of life. It is each little thing that you do that day - whether it be spending time with your friends, running in a cross-country meet or just simply staring at the crashing ocean- that holds the key to discovering the meaning of life. I would rather be out enjoying these things than pondering them. We may never really discover the meaning of life, but the knowledge we gain in our quest to discover it is truly more valuable.

You dont have to get it perfect, you just have to get it going. Babies dont walk the first time they try, but eventually they get it right

If you get clear on the what, the how will be taken care of.

You must take responsibility for removing I cant from your vocabulary.

If you are going to be successful, you need to give up the phrase, I cant & all of its cousins, such as I wish I were able to.

There are essentially two things that will make you wise -- the books you read and the people you meet.

Her essay about the wedding ring was short. Kerr wrote: Things are just things - they have no power to hurt or to heal. Only people can do that. And we can all choose whether to be hurt or healed by the people who love us.That was all.And that was everything.

When you think you cant revisit a previous triumph.

A couple in love is like a pair of scissors. Two useless pieces of metal, until they are inextricably connected at the core so that they can move together as one and accomplish great things.

Teachers are often rightly praised for all they do for our children. But there are others out there who are working to make the youth of today a happy and productive generation of tomorrow. And Im proud to say Im one of these others providing a positive environment for many wonderful children who are full of promise.

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.

We are all like the clay Buddha covered with a shell of hardness created out of fear, and yet underneath each of us is a golden Buddha a golden Christ or a golden essence, which is our real self....Much like the monk with the hammer and the chisel, our task now is to discover our true essence once again.

Discouraged?As I was driving home from work one day, I stopped to watch a local Little League baseball game that was being played in a park near my home. As I sat down behind the bench on the first-baseline, I asked one of the boys what the score was.We’re behind 14 to nothing,” he answered with a smile.“Really,” I said. “I have to say you don’t look very discouraged.”“Discouraged?” the boy asked with a puzzled look on his face. “Why should we be discouraged? We haven’t been up to bat yet.

When your dreams include service to others - accomplishing something that contributes to others - it also accelerates the accomplishment of that goal. People want to be part of something that contributes and makes a difference.

I started out as a high school teacher in inner-city Chicago and realized quite quickly that my students werent that motivated.

I wanted to be a Teacher with a big T: teach the whole planet. It led me into writing and speaking to large groups.

I believe in unconditional love and equality. Jesus Christ exemplified these qualities.