J. Robbins Quotes

A life of fulfillment is one in which we put urgency in its place and remember that the ultimate target is to spend our lives doing the things we believe are most important to us.

I love my kids. But I don't give them the burden of being the source of my love.

I have so much fun on stage that I should have to pay to get in.

Job dissatisfaction is the number one factor in whether you survive your first heart attack.

The best way to get a better answer is to start asking a better question.

You want to be a hero? Learn to create certainty in the face of fear.

Nothing tastes as good as looking good feels.

Personal power is the ability to take action.

The how will show up after the commitment to the what.

If you don't educate yourself, this is an area of your life that it is a game.

So many people are so busy being busy that they don’t spend time on the foundation of their life.

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

Those who shun the whimsy of things will experience rigor mortis before death.

I wrote down all the things I would no longer accept in my life, all the things I would no longer tolerate, and all the things that I aspired to becoming.

Success without happiness is failure.

Courage is the form of every virtue at the testing point.

The ability to find meaning in the most difficult times, I think, is one of the most important skills of life.

More than anything else, I believe it's our decisions, not the conditions of our lives that determine our destiny.

Engaging people is about meeting their needs, not yours

With enough emotional intensity and repetition, our nervous systems experience something as real, even if it hasn't occurred yet.

Each time we exhale, the world ends; when we inhale, there can be, if we allow it, rebirth and spiritual renewal. It all transpires inside of us. In our consciousness, in our hearts. All the time.

You are what you think you eat.

Our #‎ imagination is ten times more potent than our #‎ willpower .

The only way to create change in anyone's psychology or belief system is to show them the consequences of their actions - or inaction.

The ability to connect and influence people, that's the job of a leader. And we're all leaders at some level.

The same protection you create for yourself becomes the wall that imprisons you.

Amnesia is not knowing who one is and wanting desperately to find out. Euphoria is not knowing who one is and not caring. Ecstasy is knowing exactly who one is - and still not caring.

In the never-ending battle between order and chaos, clutter sides with chaos every time. Anything that you possess that does not add to your life or your happiness eventually becomes a burden.

A problem is a question you haven't yet answered to a level that has fulfilled you.

Success is not something you achieve, conquer, climb, or complete. Success is a process; it's a way of life.

Ultimately the way to win the game of life, is found in only one thing: Our ability to choose meaning in any life circumstance. Become the master of meaning and you master your life.

What we feel is not based on our experience, but on our INTERPRETATION of experiences.

The quality of your life is directly related to how much uncertainty you can comfortably handle.

I've always found it much more dangerous to fool with a man's mistress than his wife.

Give people more than they expect, and do it cheerfully.

The ultimate end of any ideology is totalitarianism.

Making a true decision means committing to achieving a result, and then cutting yourself off from any other possibility.

Everything happens for a reason and a purpose, and it serves you.

Make your life a masterpiece: Step beyond the demands of the moment and begin right now to design and live the life you deserve.

Always have something to look forward to.

Read no less than ½ hour a day or listen to audiobooks while in the car or cleaning the house. Biographies of great people taught me, as I said, that even eminent people fail but keep getting up.

I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.

Give something back by becoming more

Problems are the gifts that make us dig out and figure out who we are, what we're made for, and what we're responsible to give back to life.

Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.

Want to learn to eat a lot? Here it is: Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.

How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to?

If you can't you must, and if you must you can.

Set high standards for yourself and don't settle for anything less. You are the best judge of yourself and your capabilities.

People who experience negative or stressful emotions on an ongoing basis are less healthy and live shorter lives.