Top 543 Quotes & Sayings by Robin Sharma

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian lawyer Robin Sharma.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Robin Sharma is a Canadian writer, best known for his The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari book series. Sharma worked as a litigation lawyer until age 25, when he self-published MegaLiving (1994), a book on stress management and spirituality. He initially also self-published The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, which was then picked up for wider distribution by HarperCollins. Sharma has published 12 other books, and founded the training company Sharma Leadership International.

Canadian - Lawyer | Born: 1964

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You can’t stand in gratitude if you’re stuck in victimhood.

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Your "I CAN" is more important than your IQ.

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Just because you couldn't do it yesterday doesn't mean you can't do it today.

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Weak minds lead to weak actions. A strong, disciplined mind, which anyone can cultivate though daily practice, can achieve miracles. If you want to live life to the fullest, care for your thoughts as you would your most prized possessions. Work hard to remove all inner turbulence. The rewards will be abundant.

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Better to be an optimist who gets disappointed than a pessimist who has no hope.

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Gratitude drives happiness. Happiness boosts Productivity. Productivity reveals mastery. And mastery inspires the world.

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Worry drains the mind of its power and, sooner or later, it injures the soul

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Every person that you meet knows at least one thing that you don't. Don't let them leave without learning it.

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The more time you spend in your discomfort zone, the more your comfort zone will expand.

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Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. It will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.

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An extraordinary life is all about daily, continuous improvements in the areas that matter most.

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Stop managing your time. Start managing your focus.

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From tonight onwards, take complete control of your life. Decide, once and for all, to be the master of your fate. Run your own race. Discover your calling and you will start to experience the ecstasy of an inspired life.

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Less gossiping, more learning. Less complaining, more excelling. Less walls, more bridges. Less fear, more courage

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Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.

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Each day, life will send you little windows of opportunity. Your destiny will ultimately be defined by how you respond to these windows of opportunity. Shrink from them and your life will be small, feel the fear and run to them anyway, and you life will be big. Life's just too short to play little.

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Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title

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Your life is meant to be an epic story. How you think, perform and live today is part of that script.

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Remember, it is not the snake bite that kills, but the venom which circulates afterwards that is fatal. Do not let the snake bite of another person release any venom inside of you. You can control its entry and you are responsible for every thought in your mind.

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Become one of the rare people who don't know how to quit.

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Your daily behavior reveals your deepest beliefs.

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To achieve the impossible, you need to first develop the mindset that it's probable. Please don't allow the current limits of your life define your future reality. You deserve so much better. And the world deserves your best.

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What you focus on grows, what you think about expands, and what you dwell upon determines your destiny.

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The ordinary focus on what they're getting. The extraordinary think about who they're becoming.

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Saying "I'll try" really means "I'm not really committed."

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The Universe favors the brave. When you resolve to lift your life to its highest level, the strength of your soul will guide you to a magical place with magnificent treasures.

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The most satisfied and enlightened people realize that successful and dynamic living starts from within. Before you can care for others, you must care for yourself.

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Too many among us are afraid to be ourselves. So we give up our dreams to follow the crowd.

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Success is created through the performance of a few small daily disciplines that stack up over time to produce achievements far beyond anything you could have ever planned for.

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To have what few have, do what few do.

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Making no decision is a decision. To do nothing. And doing nothing always brings you to nowhere.

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The gift of achievement is not the things you get, but the person you become.

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The results of your life reflect the standards you've set.

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They may be smarter than you. They may have more money than you. They may come from a different city or a better family. But they can NEVER outwork you. And they can NEVER outprepare you. And they just can't outpractice you. And that's why you'll win.

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Associate only with positive, focused people who you can learn from and who will not drain your valuable energy with uninspiring attitudes. By developing relationships with those committed to constant improvement and the pursuit of the best that life has to offer, you will have plenty of company on your path to the top of whatever mountain you seek to climb.

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Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results.

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Consistency is the DNA of mastery

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Words can INSPIRE and words can DESTROY. Choose YOURS well

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Please remember that your greatest talent is so much more powerful than your biggest fear.

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When you treat people with massive respect and kindness, amazing to me how they return your respect and kindness 100X...even though you expected zero in return.

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The activity you're most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity

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Leave everyone you meet better than you found them. Become an encourager of potential versus a destroyer of confidence.

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You know, when you're real and speak your truth (in respectful ways), people won't always like you. But you'll like you.

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Until your mission is an obsession, nothing will change in your life.

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Success isn't something that occurs. Success is something that you create

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You can't be great if you don't feel great. Make exceptional health your #1 priority.

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Risk is more than is required. Learn more than is normal. Be strong. Show courage. Breathe. Excel. Love. Lead. Speak your truth. Live your values. Laugh. Cry. Innovate. Simplify. Adore mastery. Release mediocrity. Aim for genius. Stay humble. Be kinder than expected. Deliver more than is needed. Exude passion. Shatter your limits. Transcend your fears. Inspire others by your bigness. Dream big but start small. Act now. Don't stop. Change the world.

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There are no mistakes in life, only lessons. There is no such thing as a negative experience, only opportunities to grow, learn and advance along the road of self-mastery. From struggle comes strength. Even pain can be a wonderful teacher.

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All too often, we spend our days waiting for the ideal path to appear in front of us. We forget that paths are made by walking, not waiting.

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Our biggest enemy is our own self-doubt. We really can achieve extraordinary things in our lives. But we sabotage our greatness because of our fear

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The fears we don’t face become our limits.

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When your every thought and your every action is directed to your ultimate life goals, you become unstoppable and assured of great success and happiness.

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The key to a great life lies in shifting your focus from accumulation to contribution. The old saying "He who gathers the most toys wins" needs to be replaced with "He who serves the most prospers". Remember, happiness is the by-product of a life spent adding value to other people's lives.

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The average are addicted to leisure. The exceptional are obsessed with learning.

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The secret of passion is purpose.

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We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.

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To double your income, triple your investment in self-development.

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Don't use the hardships of your past as excuses to deny the possibilities of your future.

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Our wounds ultimately give us wisdom. Our stumbling blocks inevitably become our stepping stones. And our setbacks lead us to our strengths

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Every second you spend thinking about what you don't want in your life is a second denying focus and energy from getting what you do want. Every minute you worry about what's not working is a minute drawn away from creating what will work. And every hour spent reflecting on the disappointments of the past is an hour stolen from seeing the possibilities that your future holds.

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Top 543 Quotes & Sayings by Robin Sharma

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