Best Psycho-Cybernetics Quotes by Maxwell Maltz

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Maxwell Maltz’s ‘Psycho-Cybernetics‘ still stands as one of the most influential and enduring self-help books ever written.

Decades after its release in 1960, the insights contained in this classic book continue to shape the way people understand success, confidence, and personal transformation.

At the core of ‘Psycho-Cybernetics‘ is a powerful idea: Your self-image acts like an internal guidance system, quietly directing your thoughts, actions, and results.

When that self-image is rooted in doubt or limitation, it steers life accordingly. But when your self-image is reshaped with clarity, positivity and self-belief, it can place success and happiness on “autopilot.”

Backed by solid science, the teachings in ‘Psycho-Cybernetics‘ offer a practical framework for thinking and acting in ways that can produce life-enhancing, measurable results.

Each quote below provides practical insight into how changing the way you see yourself, can unlock greater confidence, deeper fulfillment and lasting success.

Let this powerful collection of Psycho-Cybernetics Quotes inspire you to make a positive shift in your self-image and, ultimately, in your life.

Psycho-Cybernetics Quotes

1. “Our self-image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.”

2. “A step in the wrong direction is better than staying on the spot all our life. Once you’re moving forward you can correct your course as you go. Your automatic guidance system cannot guide you when you’re standing still.”

3. “To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.”

4. “We are built to conquer the environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.”

5. “Change your mental imagery and the feelings will take care of themselves.”

6. “We age not by years, but by events and our emotional reactions to them.”

7. “Understanding the psychology of the self can mean the difference between success and failure, love and hate, bitterness and happiness.”

8. “Your most important sale in life is to sell yourself to yourself.”

9. “Our nervous system cannot tell the difference between imagination and reality.”

Maxwell Maltz Quotes

10. “We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act.”

11. “The “Success-type” personality is composed of: S–ense of direction U–nderstanding C–ourage C–harity E–steem S–elf-Confidence S–elf-Acceptance.”

12. “Times will change for the better, when you change.”

13. “It is literally true that success breeds success. Even a small success can be used as a stepping stone to a greater one.”

14. “Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on.”

15. “If you are to be happy at all, you must be happy – period! Not happy ‘because of.'”

16. “You act, and feel, not according to what things are really like, but according to the image your mind holds of what they are like. You have certain mental images of yourself, your world, and the people around you, and you behave as though these images were the truth, the reality, rather than the things they represent.”

17. “If you can remember, worry, or tie your shoe, you can succeed.”

18. “Live in the present. The past is gone; the future is unknown – but the present is real, and your opportunities are now.”

19. “Get yourself a goal worth working for.”

Psycho-Cybernetics Quotes About Self-Image and Change

20. “Our self-image and our habits tend to go together. Change one and you will automatically change the other.”

21. “Happiness is a mental habit, a mental attitude, and if it is not learned or practiced in the present, it is never experienced.”

22. “You can always find the sun within yourself if you will only search.”

23. “Whatever your definition of happiness may be, you will experience happiness only as you experience more life. More living means among other things more accomplishment, the attainment of worthwhile goals, more love experienced and given, more health and enjoyment, more happiness for both yourself and others.”

24. “You make mistakes. Mistakes don’t make you.”

25. “The most delightful surprise in life is to suddenly recognize your own worth.”

26. “Philosophers have long told us, and now medical researchers confirm, that resentment and hatred hurt us more than the person we direct them against.”

27. “I am a firm believer in ‘negative thinking’ when used correctly. We need to be aware of negatives so that we can steer clear of them.”

28. “If you make friends with yourself, you will never be alone.”

29. “Human beings always act and feel and perform in accordance with what they imagine to be true about themselves and their environment.”

30. “Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible.”

Psycho-Cybernetics Quotes Summary

The above Psycho-Cybernetics Quotes remind us that meaningful change begins from within.

The image that we hold of ourselves quietly shapes our thoughts, actions, and the direction of our lives each day.

Let these quotes serve as a powerful reminder that you are not fixed, you have the ability to reshape your self-image and, with it, your future!

Choose one principle from the above quotes that resonated with you, and begin applying it today, even in a small way. With consistent practice, a stronger, more confident self-image can become the foundation for lasting success, deeper fulfillment, and meaningful personal growth.

Damien Thomas

Damien Thomas is the founder of Your Positive Oasis, a personal growth website dedicated to sharing uplifting and inspirational quotes. Since 2016, he has helped readers to develop a more positive mindset, boost their self-belief and stay motivated through encouraging content. In recognition of his work, Damien has won the Best Health and Well-Being Blog Award. Drawing on over 30 years of personal development experience, Damien’s mission is to inspire people to live each day with greater purpose, confidence, and happiness.