Top 86 Quotes & Sayings by Darren Hardy

What’s easy to do, is also easy not to do.

Success is not for those who want it, nor those who need it, but for those who are utterly determined to seize it--whatever it takes.

Forget about willpower. It's time for why-power. Your choices are only meaningful when you connect them to your desires and dreams. The wisest and most motivating choices are the ones aligned with that which you identify as your purpose, your core self, and your highest values. You've got to want something, and know why you want it, or you'll end up giving up too easily.

Today, financial capital is no longer the key asset. It is human capital. Success is no longer about economic competence as the main leverage. It is about emotional intelligence. It is no longer about controls. It is about collaboration. It is no longer about hierarchies. It is about leading through networks. It is no longer about aligning people through structures and spreadsheets. It is about aligning them through meaning and purpose. It is no longer about developing followers. It is about developing leaders.

It’s amazing how life will organize around the standards you set for yourself.

Unsuccessful people think about what they don’t want most of the time. They talk about problems, listen to news & gossip, & spend their time blaming circumstances, situations & others. Successful people think about what they want & how they will get it. They are intensely focused on their goals & the information needed to help obtain them. Which person are YOU?

The day you graduate from childhood to adulthood is the day you take full responsibility for your life.

The highest achievers in the world have all succeeded because they mapped out their visions

There’s nothing wrong with ordinary. I just prefer to shoot for extraordinary.

There is not the management of time, there is only the management of you.

You can only be great at the big things by being great at the little things. Do something little with greatness today.

What controls your attention, controls your life

The key to becoming world-class in your endeavors is to build your performance around world-class routines. It can be difficult, even futile, to predict or control what will show up in the middle of your workday. But you can almost always control how your day starts and ends. I have routines for both.

There is one thing that 99 percent of 'failures' and 'successful' folks have in common - they all hate doing the same things. The difference is successful people do them anyway.

DNA has nothing to do with success. Turn your genes into overalls and get to work.

We all come into this world the same: naked, scared, and ignorant. After that grand entrance, the life we end up with is simply an accumulation of the choices we make.

We are all self-made men and women, but only the successful take credit for it.

The path to success is through a continuum of mundane, unsexy, unexciting, and sometimes difficult daily disciplines compounded over time

Become very conscious of every choice you make today so you can begin to make smarter choices moving forward.

The activities you are most afraid of are the activities that can cause a breakthrough in your success. Step into them.

The organization will always mirror the behavior, habits, attitude, mindset and pace of the leader.

The early bird gets the worm, the rest starve.

A daily routine built on good habits and disciplines separates the most successful among us from everyone else. The routine is exceptionally powerful.

The key that unlocks your greatness is deliberate, disciplined and consistent effort.

In essence, you make your choices, and then your choices make you.

Everything you need to be great is already inside you. Stop waiting for someone or something to light your fire. You have the match.

The Compound Effect is the principle of reaping huge rewards from a series of small, smart choices

If you truly want to be successful, spend less time following the lives of other people and more time leading your own.

Consistency is the key to achieving and maintaining momentum.

It's no great achievement to go along with the crowd. Be the unusual guy, the extraordinary guy.

Achievers don't submit to instant gratification; they INVEST in the LONG-TERM payoff

The biggest difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people are willing to do what unsuccessful people are not.

To achieve what you have not, you must become what you are not. You have to GROW into your goals.

One of the best days of your life can be when you finally say, 'I've had it!' then stand up and fight.

It’s time to WAKE UP and make empowering choices.

If all the people around you are happy with you, you are not doing great work. When you stop being like other people, they stop liking you. That's just how it goes. There's no escaping it. And it's okay. What you need to understand about that disapproval is that it's a sign you're doing something right.

The rhythm of daily action aligned with your goals creates the momentum that separates dreamers from super-achievers .

When it comes to breaking old habits and starting new ones, remember to be patient with yourself. If you've spent twenty, thirty, or forty years or more repeating the behaviors you're now trying to change, you've got to expect it's going to take time and effort before you see lasting results.

Earning success is hard. The process is laborious, tedious, sometimes even boring. Becoming wealthy, influential, and world-class in your field is slow and arduous.

Hang out with those who have a common FUTURE with you; not a common past.

If all the people around you are happy with you, you are not doing great work. Progress is disruption and change.

Almost every great achievement began with someone finally getting ticked off, saying, 'Enough!' and standing up to fight.

And as long as you’re making choices unconsciously, you can’t consciously choose to change that ineffective behavior and turn it into productive habits.

Commitment is doing the thing you said you were going to do long after the mood you said it in has left you.

Broke people talk about people and problems. Rich people talk about ideas and goals. Your conversation chooses your destiny.

The first step toward change is awareness. If you want to get from where you are to where you want to be, you have to start by becoming aware of the choices that lead you away from your desired destination.

Giving to others is the greatest gift you can give yourself.

Fear doesn't prevent death, but it certainly prevents life.

You are judged by what you produce, not what you said, intended or wanted to produce. It's Friday, add up the numbers. How'd you do?

Daily Mojo: Your main competitors are not others in your industry. Your main competitors are distractions. Don't let them beat you - stay focused

Success is not only the financial wealth you accumulate, it is also about being a leader, improving your relationships, living healthfully, and making a real difference in the world.

Choose to make up for what you lack in innate ability with discipline, hard work, and good habits. Become a creature of champion habits.

The great danger of the media is that it gives us a very perverted view of the world. Because the focus and the repetition of messaging is on the negative, that’s what our minds start believing. This warped and narrow view of what’s not working has a severe influence on your creative potential. It can be crippling.

The words we use don't matter as much as the emotion behind the words. When we understand this, we have the ability to influence, inspire, persuade and affect others.

Decide now that you are worthy of great wealth and it will be your first step toward great prosperity

Small, seemingly insignificant steps completed consistently over time will create a radical difference

Success is when what you THINK, SAY, and DO are the same.

Old habits eat good intentions for lunch. Change your habits so you can change your outcomes.

Allow yourself to go and do it wrong. Don't expect to always get it right. It will prevent you from doing anything.

Don't fake it till you make it. Be real, be transparent, be authentic and be yourself.