"To be clear, though, what I’m not talking about is that crazy brand of over-the-top enthusiasm, where you’re yelling and screaming and flailing your arms about as you go on and on about how amazing your product is. Not only is that completely ridiculous, but it’s also the easiest way to get your client running towards the exit."

- Jordan Belfort

"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."

- Jordan Belfort

"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."

- Jordan Belfort

"The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it."

- Jordan Belfort

"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."

- Jordan Belfort