Grant Cardone Quotes
“Almost every problem people face in their careers and other aspects of their lives – such as failed diets, marriages, and financial problems – are all the result of not taking enough action.”
“Average is a failing formula.”
“Being poor is a choice. Being middle class is a choice. Being upper middle class is a choice. Being rich is a choice. You may not like to hear it. Don’t blame the messenger!”
“Better to be disliked by others than to be disliked by yourself.”
“Comfort makes more prisoners than all the jails combined.”
“Comfortable is a drug.”
“Criticism precedes admiration and – like it or not – goes hand in hand with success. Keep pouring on the success, and sooner or later, the very same people who were putting you down will be admiring you for what you have done.”
“Do people know you because of your unbelievable work ethic? If you can’t answer YES to that, you’re not gonna get into that top 10 percent.”
“Do the things you don’t wanna do, so that one day you can do the things that you wanna do. Pay the price! Sacrifice something!”
“Do what you are scared to do and watch your confidence grow.”
“Don’t expect others to promote you if you won’t promote yourself.”
“Don’t just make money, make a difference.”
“Go out on your own or get into a performance-compensated position.”
“Great sales people know how to get into your wallet without getting under your skin.”
“Grind while they rest, study when they party and you'll live like they dream.”
“Have goals so big your problems pale in comparison.”
“I define success as the difference between my potential and my reality.”
“I didn't buy my first luxury watch or car until my businesses and investments were producing multiple secure flows of income. I was still driving a Toyota Camry when I had become a millionaire. Be known for your work ethic, not the trinkets that you buy.”
“I have been called a lot of things due to my commitment to action – a workaholic, obsessive, greedy, never satisfied, driven, and even maniac… I have never had someone who is more successful than I am considering my excessive action to be a bad thing – because successful people know firsthand what it takes to achieve this kind of success.”
“I suggest that you become obsessed about the things you want; otherwise, you are going to spend a lifetime being obsessed with making up excuses as to why you didn’t get the life you wanted.”
“If the kids wake you up in the morning you don’t have your shit together.”
“If the people around you are giving you advice to slow down or to take it easy – you are surrounded by the wrong people.”
“If you are not scared, you aren’t doing anything big.”
“If you aren’t where you want to be in life, you’ve got to work every minute and snatch up every opportunity.”
“If you don’t feel good about yourself, buying stuff won’t help.”
“If you have attention on your problems, your goals aren’t big enough.”
“If you know what day it is, you’re not busy enough.”
“If you resent other people making money, you will never make money.”
“If you want to be in the 1% it’s simple, don’t do what the 99% do.”
“In life you don’t get what you are worth, you get what you negotiate. Learn how to close!”
“Independence is something you have to work hard to get and harder to keep.”
“Learn to close… and you will never be without a job, and never be without money.”
“Luck is just one of the byproducts of those who take the most action.”
“Make yourself the expert at something and be easy for people to get to and remember.”
“Massive success is the best revenge.”
“Money is like a jealous lover. Ignore it and it will ignore you, or worse, it will leave you for someone who makes it a priority.”
“Most people only work enough so that it feels like work, whereas successful people work at a pace that gets such satisfying results that work is a reward. Truly successful people don’t even call it work; for them, it’s a passion. Why? Because they do enough to win!”
“Never lower your price, add value.”
“Never lower your target; increase your actions.”
“No balls, no glory. It doesn’t take money to make money. It takes courage to make money. You have got to step outside the box.”
“No economy, no matter how bad, can hold down a goal that is followed by enough action.”
“No one is going to come to your house and make your dreams come true.”
“People are dying in this country at the age of 25 and they’re not making it official ’til they’re 70.”
“Persistence is the single most common trait of the most successful.”
“Quit sharing bad news and gossip, you aren’t a garbage truck.”
“Quit spending your future wealth on goods and services that you want today but deprive you of wealth long term.”
“Rich people invest money and poor people spend it.”
“Rich people use debt to leverage investments and grow cash flows. Poor people use debt to buy things that make rich people richer.”
“Small thinking has and always will be punished in one way or another.”
“Some people claim that expectations are the reason for unhappiness. However, I can assure you from personal experience that you’ll suffer greatly by setting subpar targets.”
“Spectators pay – players get paid.”
“Success is no different than any other skill. Duplicate the actions and mind-sets of successful people, and you will create success for yourself.”
“That’s what the marketplace does: it basically disciplines anybody that refuses to discipline himself.”
“The ambitious are criticized by those that have given up.”
“The average call me obsessed. The successful call me for advice.”
“The bigger the problems and the more people who benefit from your solution the more powerful your success will be.”
“The goal is not comfort, it is freedom!”
“The single biggest financial mistake I’ve made was not thinking big enough. I encourage you to go for more than a million. There is no shortage of money on this planet, only a shortage of people thinking big enough.”
“The weak compete. The strong dominate.”
“When value exceeds price, people give money.”
“You can’t get anywhere flying under the radar.”
“You can’t reach your potential without haters.”
“You don’t get burnout – you lose purpose! You lose your meaning. When I’m tired, I look at my purpose.”
“You will either get what you want or you will be used by others to get what they want.”
“You will never be admired without being criticized first.”
“You will not have a successful life surrounded by negative people.”
“You won’t get much done if you only grind on the days you feel good.”
“Your network is your networth.”
“Your persistence on any given endeavor is determined by the clarity of your purpose.”