Robin S. Sharma Quotes & Sayings

happy people have often experienced as much adversity as those who are unhappy. What sets them apart is that they have the good sense to manage their memories in a way that enriches their lives. — Robin S. Sharma

Act in a way that is congruent with your true character. — Robin S. Sharma

The conversations you are most resisting are the conversations you most need to be having. — Robin S. Sharma

Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality. — Robin S. Sharma

Spring has past, summer has gone and winter is here. And the song that I meant to sing remains unsung. I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument. — Robin S. Sharma

An instant I considered calling security myself, but, realizing that this might be someone in need, I assumed a — Robin S. Sharma

Go big or stay home! — Robin S. Sharma

The best time to plant a tree was forty years ago. The second best time is today. — Robin S. Sharma

Stop picking up the phone every time it rings, stop wasting time reading junk mail, stop eating out three times a week, give up your golf-club membership and spend more time with your kids, spend a day a week without your watch, watch the sun rise every few days, sell your cellular phone and dump the pager. — Robin S. Sharma

answer is simple. With one eye fixed on the destination, there is only one left to guide you along the journey. — Robin S. Sharma

Within you lies the sun, the moon, the sky and all the wonders of this universe. The intelligence that created these wonders is the same force that created you. All things around you come from the same source. We are all one.
Every being on this Earth, every object on this Earth has a
soul. All souls flow into one, this is the Soul of the Universe.
You see, John, when you nourish your own mind and your own spirit, you are really feeding the Soul of the Universe. When you improve yourself, you are improving the lives of all those around you. And when you have the courage to advance confidently in the direction of your dreams, you begin to draw upon the power of the universe. As I told you earlier, life gives you what you ask of it. It is always listening. — Robin S. Sharma

I've had some wins. And been knocked down with defeats. Glimpsed views from the top of the mountain. And walked through the darkest of valleys. But through this entire ride called 'a life' - I've refused to give up. — Robin S. Sharma

The important thing is that you find some time every day to "break bread" with those you love most and consistently work at building a richer, more meaningful family life. — Robin S. Sharma

Love provides the person with the purpose of his life. Intellect shows him the means to achieve that purpose. Leo Tolstoy — Robin S. Sharma

Be the CEO of your life — Robin S. Sharma

Would you really want to live in a world where everyone looked, acted and thought exactly as you do? — Robin S. Sharma

Sure I am that this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strengths; that its pangs and toils are not beyond my endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us. Winston Churchill — Robin S. Sharma

Real leadership involves breaking through the limits of your mind so you can step into the highest strengths of your spirit. — Robin S. Sharma

July 25 Suffering in life is really nothing more than the difference between the way things are and the way you imagine they should be. If you can come to accept the blessings of your present reality without always feeling that your life is hollow as compared to the lives of others, you will have taken a quantum leap toward becoming a happier, more peaceful person. — Robin S. Sharma

The teachers of the East say that every arrow that hits the bull's eye is the result of one hundred misses. — Robin S. Sharma

Victims recite problems. Leaders develop solutions. That might seem like common sense, but common sense is rarely common practice. — Robin S. Sharma

If you improve your health or your relationships or your professional knowledge only 1% each day, after one month this will amount to a 30% increase. After one year this will amount to a 365% increase. By devoting yourself to continuous improvement and excellence in minor ways each day, your life really can transform. — Robin S. Sharma

To cultivate the sacredness and sanctity of each day, serve others in some way. — Robin S. Sharma

Here's the thing: When you become brilliant at listening, people feel that you care about them. When they feel you care about them, they begin to care about you. And when people care about you, your success becomes a part of how they define their success. — Robin S. Sharma

I believe we can accelerate our acumen, performance and success by leveraging our associations and spending time with people better than us. — Robin S. Sharma

Remember, on the other side of your fears, lives your growth. — Robin S. Sharma

The way to an extraordinary life lies in exploring ourselves, in learning of our greatest capacities and in understanding who we fundamentally are as people. Then, equipped with this essential knowledge, we can go out into the world to do what we have been wired to do and create the goodness that we have been placed here to create. Remember, you have a duty to shine, and this world will be less of a place if you choose to play small with your life. — Robin S. Sharma

Three hours of focused time on the projects that will really add value and uplift your career are so much better than 10 hours where you are constantly being interrupted and taken off your focus. — Robin S. Sharma

I don't think about what I'll get from someone else. Instead, all I care about is what I can give. And that, my friend, has made me a very happy man. — Robin S. Sharma

Only those who seek shall find." I — Robin S. Sharma

Let planning be the springboard, so that spirituality can be our splash. — Robin S. Sharma

happiness is not a place you reach but a state you create. — Robin S. Sharma

The saddest thing is that this is often all we understand about ourselves: that so often, we live our neighbor's life, instead of our own. — Robin S. Sharma

What the society thinks is of no interest to me. All that's important is how I see myself. I know who who I am. I know the value of my work. — Robin S. Sharma

5 minutes of learning today is better than no minutes of learning today. — Robin S. Sharma

People fear leaving their safe harbor of the known and venturing off into the unknown. Human beings crave certainty - even when it limits them. — Robin S. Sharma

Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done. — Robin S. Sharma

the tougher you are on yourself, the easier life will be on you. The quality of your life ultimately is shaped by the quality of your choices and decisions, ones that range from the career you choose to pursue to the books you read, the time that you wake up every morning and the thoughts you think during the hours of your days. When you consistently flex your willpower by making those choices that you know are the right ones (rather than the easy ones), you take back control of your life. — Robin S. Sharma

The more risks you take, the more rewards you will receive. — Robin S. Sharma

Don't rehearse the activities of your day while you are lying in bed trying to get to sleep. Don't eat after 8 P.M. (If you have to eat something, have soup.) Don't watch the news before you go to sleep. Don't read in bed. — Robin S. Sharma

Everyone on this planet is a wonder of this world. Every one of us is a hero in some way or another. Every one of us has the potential for extraordinary achievement, happiness and lasting fulfillment. — Robin S. Sharma

Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results. — Robin S. Sharma

Ancient Rule of Twenty-one: if you do anything for twenty-one days in a row, it will be installed as a habit. — Robin S. Sharma

Leadership THE 5 RULES Helpfulness Understanding Mingle Amuse Nurture — Robin S. Sharma

John F. Kennedy once said: 'The definition of happiness is the full use of your powers, along the lines of excellence. — Robin S. Sharma

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. — Robin S. Sharma

On his deathbed, Aldous Huxley reflected on his entire life's learning and then summed it up in seven simple words: Let us be kinder to one another. — Robin S. Sharma

Even the most painful changes we can experience such as divorce, accidents, illness or death offer us powerful lessons. — Robin S. Sharma

While what you say to others is important, even more important is what you say to yourself. — Robin S. Sharma

I've learned about leadership is that leaders are those individuals who do the things that failures aren't willing to do - even though they might not like doing them either. They have the discipline to do what they know to be important - and right - versus what's easy and fun. — Robin S. Sharma

Fill your plate with fresh vegetables, fruits and grains and you might just live forever. — Robin S. Sharma

To maintain the supreme sense of self-confidence I have cultivated, I repeat, 'I am strong, able and calm. — Robin S. Sharma

Remarkable people are priority-driven. This is the secret of time mastery. Build your days around your priorities and you will play in rare air. — Robin S. Sharma

Never regret your past. Rather,
embrace it as the teacher that it is. — Robin S. Sharma

So it's like that old adage about seeing the cup as half full rather than half empty?"
"That's a fair way to look at it. No matter what happens to you in your life, you alone have the capacity to choose your response to it. When you form the habit of searching for the positive in every circumstance, your life will move into its highest dimensions. This is one of the greatest of all the natural laws."
"And it all starts with using your mind more effectively?"
"Exactly, John. All success in life, whether material or spiritual, starts with that twelve-pound mass sitting between your shoulders. Or more specifically, with the thoughts that you put into your mind every second of every minute of every day. Your outer world reflects the state of your inner world. By controlling the thoughts that you think and the way you respond to the events of your life, you begin to control your destiny. — Robin S. Sharma

For your life to be great,your faith must be bigger than your fear. — Robin S. Sharma

The doorway to success swings outward not inward. — Robin S. Sharma

there are three mirrors that form a person's reflection; the first is how you see yourself, the second is how others see you and the third mirror reflects the truth. Know — Robin S. Sharma

... saying that you don't have time to improve your thoughts and your life is like saying you don't have time to stop for gas because you're too busy driving. Eventually it will catch up with you. - The Monk who sold his Ferrari — Robin S. Sharma

Fix your course to a star and you can navigate any storm. — Robin S. Sharma

Failure is nothing more than learning how to win. — Robin S. Sharma

Begin to do what speaks to the passionate kid within you and makes you laugh so hard your belly hurts. Rediscover the things that move you and bring tears to your eyes - after all, the place where tears are brought to your eyes is the place where the universe wants you to be. — Robin S. Sharma

Remember some books are meant to be tasted, some books are meant to be chewed and, finally, some books are meant to be swallowed whole. — Robin S. Sharma

I'm pretty conservative. I believe that buying good quality is a good investment. I buy fewer things but of better quality. — Robin S. Sharma

The beautiful thing is that you can change your self-image, just like you can change everything else in your life if it is not serving to enhance it. — Robin S. Sharma

Life's all about balance. And one of the most vital of all balance points is the one involving freedom and responsibility. — Robin S. Sharma

The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, — Robin S. Sharma

Ritual of Personal Reflection. — Robin S. Sharma

I'd done all the things I thought a person had to do in order to be successful and fulfilled, like getting a great education and becoming a lawyer, and yet there was zero spark in my life. But there was no light-bulb moment. It was gradual. In the early 1990s, I decided to experiment and try some new ways of living. — Robin S. Sharma

I was a litigation lawyer, working in downtown Toronto. I was successful, yet I was very unfulfilled. I had the sense that I really wasn't living according to my values, and I didn't have the passion or sense of mission I was looking for. — Robin S. Sharma

Its purpose is self-renewal, and this is accomplished by spending time alone, immersed in the beautiful blanket of silence. — Robin S. Sharma

Yesterday you told me that life is a growth school, Father Mike. Every person and every experience comes to us to teach us the lesson we most need to learn at that particular point of our journey. We can either awaken to this act of nature, or we can turn a blind eye to it and, in doing so, keep repeating the mistakes of the past until the pain becomes so great that we have no choice but to change. — Robin S. Sharma

Addiction to distraction is the death of creative production. — Robin S. Sharma

you want to live a more peaceful, meaningful life, you must think more peaceful, meaningful thoughts. — Robin S. Sharma

If you want to live greatly, you must also be willing to risk greatly. To get to the pearls, the diver needs to be willing to go deep and visit the places that the timid souls would never visit. — Robin S. Sharma

Even the Teachers Have Teachers — Robin S. Sharma

In the East they say that luck favors the prepared mind. I believe that life favors the prepared mind. — Robin S. Sharma

One of the lessons I have learned in my own life is that if you don't act on life, life has a habit of acting on you. The days slip into weeks, the weeks slip into months and the months slip into years. Pretty soon it's all over and you are left with nothing more than a heart filled with regret over a life half lived. — Robin S. Sharma

Read more, learn more, laugh more and love more. — Robin S. Sharma

Second letter: Embrace your fear

What holds us back in life is the invisible architecture of fear. It keeps us in our comfort zones, which are, in truth, the least safe place in which to live. Indeed the greatest risk in life is taking no risk. But every time we do that which we fear , we take back the power that fear has stolen from us - for on the other side of fear lives our strength. Every time we step into the discomfort of growth and progress, we become more free. The more fears we walk through, the more power we reclaim. In this way, we grow both fearless and powerful, and thus are able to live the lives of our dreams. — Robin S. Sharma

There are no extra people alive today. Every single one of us is here for a reason, a special purpose - a mission. Yes, build a beautiful life for yourself and those you love. Yes, be happy and have a lot of fun. And yes, become successful, on your own terms rather than on those suggested to you by society. But - above all else - be significant. Make your life matter. Be of use. And be of service to as many people as possible. This is how each of us can shift from the realm of the ordinary into the heights of the extraordinary. And walk among the best who have ever lived. It — Robin S. Sharma

Unfaced fears become your limits. — Robin S. Sharma

I promise you that if you spend your life focusing on only the worthiest pursuits, it is certain to end in complete joy. — Robin S. Sharma

I remember reading that the space shuttle uses more fuel during its first three minutes after liftoff than during its entire voyage around the earth, — Robin S. Sharma

decide to be brilliant at what you do. And in how you live. — Robin S. Sharma

Companies that are made up of clusters of leaders will actually accelerate their growth by speeding up their rate of innovation as their competition pulls back, build better teams by investing in people while their rivals shrink training budgets, and pick up top talent as their industry peers lay people off. And so fast companies get that unsettling times are actually gifts for them and periods to get so far ahead of the competition that they can never catch up. — Robin S. Sharma

You sow a thought, you reap an action. Reap an action, you sow a habit. Sow a habit, you reap a character. Sow a character, you reap your destiny. — Robin S. Sharma

Read regularly. Reading for thirty minutes a day will do wonders for you. — Robin S. Sharma

Mantra is a phrase that is designed to free the mind. — Robin S. Sharma

The sight of an achievement is the greatest gift a human being could offer others. - AYN RAND — Robin S. Sharma

What good is making a mistake, if you don't learn from it? — Robin S. Sharma

If you have suffered more than your fair share of difficulties in life, perhaps you are being prepared to serve some greater purpose that will require you to be equipped with the wisdom you have acquired through your trials. — Robin S. Sharma

The best way to do that is to do the thing you fear. — Robin S. Sharma

Fifth letter : To lead your best life, do your best work

There is no insignificant work in the world. All labor is a chance to express personal talents, to create our art and to realize the genius we are built to be. We must work like picasso painted : with devotion, passion, energy and excellence. In this way, our productivity will not only become a source of inspiration to others, but it will have an impact - making a difference in the lives around us. One of the greatest secrets to a life beautifully lived is to do work that matters. And to ascend to such a state of mastery in it that people can't take ther eyes off you. — Robin S. Sharma

In order to awaken your best life, it's important that you "die while you are alive." Most people live as if they have all the time in the world. They wish they had more time in their days and yet they waste the time they have. They put off living until some event in the future occurs. In order to awaken to your best life, every day should be lived as if it were your last day on the planet. — Robin S. Sharma

The most important gift we can give ourselves is the commitment to living our authentic life. To be true to ourselves, however, is not an easy task. We must break free of the seductions of society and live life on our own terms, under our own values and aligned with our original dreams. We must tap our hidden selves; explore the deep-seated, unseen hopes, desires, strengths and weaknesses that make us who we are. We have to understand where we have been and know where we are going. — Robin S. Sharma

At the end of your life, when you strip away all the accessories that are important to us now, only 3 things will be important: 1. Have you lived wisely? 2. Have you loved richly? 3. And have you served the world greatly? — Robin S. Sharma

we grow fearless when we do the things we fear — Robin S. Sharma

I once read that people who study others are wise but those who study themselves are enlightened. — Robin S. Sharma

Enthusiasm is one of the key ingredients for a lifetime of successful living — Robin S. Sharma