WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 28 Oct 2026 05:57:18 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg Anthony, Robert – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Anthony, Robert -- (Spurious) https://wist.info/anthony-robert/1466/ https://wist.info/anthony-robert/1466/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/wp/?p=1466 When you blame others, you give up your power to change.


Robert Anthony (contemp.) American psychologist, author
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This particular phrase is frequently attributed to Anthony, but is not found in his works. It is in keeping with what he has written, though, such as the following from his The Ultimate Secrets of Total Self-confidence, ch. 3 (1979):

We blame others and complain to and about them because we refuse to accept the fact that we are responsible for everything that happens to us. It is much easier to blame someone else than to say, "It is I who has the problem" or "It is I who must change."

The phrase is also often misattributed to Douglas Adams. ]]> https://wist.info/anthony-robert/1466/feed/ 0 1466 Anthony, Robert -- Beyond Positive Thinking, ch. 11 (1988) https://wist.info/anthony-robert/15339/ https://wist.info/anthony-robert/15339/#respond Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:15:00 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=15339 You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can’t have it.


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Beyond Positive Thinking, ch. 11 (1988) ]]> https://wist.info/anthony-robert/15339/feed/ 0 15339 Anthony, Robert -- The Ultimate Secrets of Total Self-Confidence, ch. 2 “Bondage or Liberty” (2007) https://wist.info/anthony-robert/1361/ https://wist.info/anthony-robert/1361/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/wp/?p=1361 The opposite of bravery is not cowardice, but conformity.


Robert Anthony (contemp.) American psychologist, author
The Ultimate Secrets of Total Self-Confidence, ch. 2 “Bondage or Liberty” (2007)

Full text. ]]> https://wist.info/anthony-robert/1361/feed/ 0 1361 Anthony, Robert -- Think, Think On and Think Again https://wist.info/anthony-robert/1358/ https://wist.info/anthony-robert/1358/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/wp/?p=1358 Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.


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Think, Think On and Think Again ]]> https://wist.info/anthony-robert/1358/feed/ 0 1358 Anthony, Robert -- Think, Think On and Think Again https://wist.info/anthony-robert/1359/ https://wist.info/anthony-robert/1359/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/wp/?p=1359 Live as though it were your last day on earth. Some day you will be right.


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