Jordan Belfort Quotes

The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it.

Act as if! Act as if you're a wealthy man, rich already, and then you'll surely become rich. Act as if you have unmatched confidence and then people will surely have confidence in you. Act as if you have unmatched experience and then people will follow your advice. And act as if you are already a tremendous success, and as sure as I stand here today - you will become successful.

When you live your life by poor standards, you inflict damage on everyone who crosses your path, especially those you love.

If you want to be rich, never give up. People tend to give up. If you have persistence, you will come out ahead of most people. More importantly, you will learn. When you do something, you might fail. But that's not because you're a failure. It's because you have not learnt enough. Do it differently each time. One day, you will do it right. Failure is your friend.

No matter what happened to you in your past, you are not your past, you are the resources and the capabilities you glean from it. And that is the basis for all change.

Without action, the best intentions in the world are nothing more than that: intentions.

I want you to back yourself into a corner. Give yourself no choice but to succeed. Let the consequences of failure become so dire and so unthinkable that you'll have no choice but to do whatever it takes to succeed.

Winners use words that say 'must' and 'will'.

There's no nobility in poverty.

The easiest way to make money is -create something of such value that everybody wants and go out and give and create value, the money comes automatically.