J. Robbins Quotes

When people succeed they party, when people fail they ponder.

Whenever people have trouble public speaking, it's because they are just thinking about themselves.

It's not can you, it's will you

It's not what we do once in a while that counts, but our habitual actions. What ultimately determines who we become and where we go in life are our decisions. These decisions shape our destiny.

Chiropractic works in harmony with the basic healing forces of the body, whereas the allopathic, western medical establishment doesn't have nearly as holistic a vision.

It's what you practice in private that you will be rewarded for in public.

Don't even wait until you've lost a pound. The minute you can push the plate away with food still on it, give yourself a pat on the back.

Never forget which way you face

The gospel teaches us that true beauty is more than skin-deep. A young woman whose countenance is aglow with both happiness and virtue radiates inner beauty.

Discipline comes from the same root word as disciple, and implies patience and teaching on our part. It should not be done in anger.

The wealthiest person on earth is the one who appreciates

It's not about success, it's about progress.

It was dangerous to hit the wrong kid in my neighborhood, because a lot of the guys I played with had fathers in the Mafia.

I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as a filmmaker.

I don't know if I ever really bought into the eternal damnation bit.

Don't trust anybody who'd rather be grammatically correct than have a good time.

Somewhere in the archives of crudest instinct is recorded the truth that it is better to be endangered and free than captive and comfortable.

Live with passion!

Logic only gives man what he needs... Magic gives him what he wants.

Why procrastinate when you can precognitate?

Every great, successful person I know shares the capacity to remain centered, clear, and powerful in the midst of emotional 'storms'.

We surround ourselves with what is better or see other people as role models. You go, "If they can do this, so can I." That starts to trigger people, as well.

Rap music... sounds like somebody feeding a rhyming dictionary to a popcorn popper.

If you lose 50%, it takes 100% to get back to where you started-and that takes something you can never get back: time.

Should you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked.

I began to realize that thinking itself is nothing but the process of asking and answering questions.

To emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on heaven is to create hell.

A mediocre failure is as insufferable as a mediocre success. Embrace failure! Seek it out. Learn to love it. That may be the only way any of us will ever be free.

Danger is to adventure what garlic is to spaghetti sauce. Without it, you just end up with stewed tomatoes.

My faith is whatever makes me feel good about being alive. If your religion doesn't make you feel good to be alive, what the hell is the point of it?

What is an Extraordinary Life? A life of meaning, a magnificent life, a life of joy, happiness, love, passion, success, and fulfillment. Life experienced on your terms.

There're many ways, my dear, to victimize people. The most insidious way is to persuade them that they're victims.

Your brain is not designed to make you happy. That's your job!

A genuine quality of life comes from consistent, quality questions.

You continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want using whatever life gives you along the way.

Lead a life of your own design, on your own terms -not one that others, or the environment have scripted for you.

See it as it is, not worse than it is just so you have a reason not to try.

If the results don't scream: "Do this again!" Try something new.

Our idea of a real problem is someone else's idea of an ultimate dream. Put the 'problem' in perspective

[There is] the need to feel unique, special, important or needed. Everybody has those needs, including the people that say I don't need to be special.

We always have a choice.

Your Philosophy of life shapes you more than anything else

Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice.

Much more devastating than frustration is the emotion of disappointment.

Other than our love our labor is one of the most sacred gifts we can give. When your labor is your love, life is sacred. Love what you do or change.

The quality of your life is in direct proportion to the quality of your relationships.

To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.

One has not only an ability to perceive the world but an ability to alter one's perception of it; more simply, one can change things by the manner in which one looks at them.

Realize that the hardest step in achieving anything is making a true commitment.

Losers react. Winners anticipate.