The Big Picture Quotes

“your ego is nothing but a mean and cruel deceptive little freak living inside your head that will never bring joy and happiness to your life. What that ego will bring is frustration, depression, manipulation, and fear.”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“Sucking at something every once in a while is how you achieve greatness in the long run.”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“Your limitations may be challenges, but they shouldn’t be excuses.”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“best” means showing up and doing your best without being attached to the outcome.”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“Solution-minded people don’t see roadblocks as deal breakers.”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“Resilience isn’t just key to happiness; it’s key to success.”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“How are you going to live your purpose if you don’t face your fears? How are you going to get better if you don’t get better?”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“There is no passion to be found in playing small—in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“sitting still” is just about the worst thing you can do. It’s the new “going backward.”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“There’s nothing wrong with failing. In fact, failure needs a new name. “Failure” should be renamed “awesome.” Everyone loves awesome.”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“do yourself a huge favor: Ditch the fear. Hate less and explore more”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“If you live in a chronic state of stress and anxiety, it’s inevitable that depression, fatigue, and a few extra pounds will be your constant companions. Having”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“The best way to figure out what you need to do is to first figure out what you want to do.”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“If you want to support, provide for, and care for the people around you, you need to be at your best. Otherwise, you’ll just drag them down with you.”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“It’s the opposite of people who live waiting for life to come to them. Then you’re just a victim or you’re a lottery winner, so I choose to live life with a plan or a goal. I lay out the steps to get there and then assess them constantly. But usually I only get a clear snapshot of my plan when I look in the rearview mirror and see what I did.” - Beachbody CEO Carl Daikeler

Excerpt From: Tony Horton. “The Big Picture: 11 Laws That Will Change Your Life.”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws That Will Change Your Life

“Erasers are your friends on the road to success.”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“They say that about 3 percent of the people on Earth live in bliss. So what the hell are the other 97 percent doing?”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment; full effort is full victory. —MAHATMA GANDHI”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“This may sound like a huge task, but it’s not. It’s simply a matter of learning to recognize the things that don’t matter so that you can let them go.”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“Too many people hold on too tightly to strategies, thoughts, or activities that don’t work for them anymore. You want to avoid that. Think about it: They. Don’t. Work. If your television broke, would you keep it? If your car died, would you park it in the backyard, fill it with dirt, and use it as a planter? If your phone stopped working, would you just stop calling people? Of course not! If any of these things broke and were no longer of service to you, you would fix them or get new versions of them. If you have an activity, habit, or ritual that’s no longer serving you, why on earth would you keep at it?”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“Today, did I do my best and forget the rest?”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life

“Do your best” means showing up and doing your best without being attached to the outcome. It means reality is not something you can manipulate. “Forget the rest” means you don’t let the same things that used to get in your way, get in your way.”
― Tony Horton, The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life