Jan. 22, 2025, 7:45 a.m.
Stephen Richards, a renowned author and passionate advocate for personal development and the power of positive thinking, has inspired countless individuals with his profound wisdom and uplifting words. Through his compelling quotes, Richards encourages us to embrace the potential within us and to strive for a life filled with purpose and happiness. Whether you're embarking on a journey of self-discovery or seeking a boost of motivation to conquer life's challenges, this curated collection of 96 inspiring quotes by Stephen Richards serves as a guiding light to help you unlock your true potential. Dive in and let these powerful words elevate your spirit and inspire transformative change.
1. “There is nothing to prove to anyone, just concentrate on your own needs.” - Stephen Richards
2. “You willed yourself to where you are today, so will yourself out of it.” - Stephen Richards
3. “To heal physically, one must heal the emotional aspect of the issue first or it will resurface in another way.” - Stephen Richards
4. “Since extra-sensory perception (ESP) is awareness of the world beyond the senses, it would be inappropriate to term this Sixth Sense ‘extrasensory’.” - Stephen Richards
5. “Stand out from the crowd, be yourself.” - Stephen Richards
6. “The first rule when you are in a hole is to ask for a hand out!” - Stephen Richards
7. “Poverty: a temporary financial low, curable by money.” - Stephen Richards
8. “If the great internet connects us all ... then why are so many of us becoming increasingly isolated?” - Stephen Richards
9. “Minds are like flowers, they only open when the time is right.” - Stephen Richards
10. “When others walk away from a lost cause, then that is the time you can step in and seize success.” - Stephen Richards
11. “The first rule about the low hanging fruit principle is to always watch out for low hanging branches, they’re the ones to take it away from you.” - Stephen Richards
12. “View life through a wide angle lens attitude and see your horizons broaden.” - Stephen Richards
13. “You cannot run at full throttle when applying your mindset to all of the different things running through your head. Focusing is the key to manifesting your desires.” - Stephen Richards
14. “Making excuses is one of a host of self-defeating behaviours and mental patterns that can block your success.” - Stephen Richards
15. “The first place where self-esteem begins its journey is within us.” - Stephen Richards
16. “A good self-esteem level is mostly dependant on how we value ourselves without any bias.” - Stephen Richards
17. “Failing to make it to the list of the best 5 students in class or not being named the team captain should not make anyone feel like they have failed.” - Stephen Richards
18. “How we relate with other people is dependent on how we rate ourselves and what we think about ourselves.” - Stephen Richards
19. “A failure is always in the passenger seat in his or her life.” - Stephen Richards
20. “Our own self-esteem is something we can actually twist in whatever way we want.” - Stephen Richards
21. “Each person has got a voice inside them. Communicate with it and take hold of it. Do not let it push and shove you around – you are its master!” - Stephen Richards
22. “Concentrate more on your achievements than your failures. Learn to take the failures as opportunities to rectify your errors.” - Stephen Richards
23. “Stop comparing yourself with others. If they are good at something, you too are good at something else. Self-confidence is not measured by your own capabilities versus that of others, but by your own needs.” - Stephen Richards
24. “The Jedi is a practitioner of mind mastery. He realizes that whatever they are experiencing, they are creating and that they can change their lives in an instant by changing their thoughts, their focus and the way they are observing and engaging the energy of the world around them and the people who they’ve invited into their lives to play whatever roles they’ve chosen them to play.” - Stephen Richards
25. “Jedi are always assessing situations, actions and possibilities. Jedi don’t just think outside of the box with the help from the Force, they also adapt to situations outside of the box!” - Stephen Richards
26. “The problem with procrastination is it’s been around since the beginning of time it seems.” - Stephen Richards
27. “How often do you find yourself saying, “In a minute”, “I’ll get to it” or “Tomorrow’s good enough” and every other possible excuse in the book? Compare it with how often you decide it’s got to be done, so let’s get on and do it! That should tell you just how serious your procrastinating problem really is.” - Stephen Richards
28. “Both positive and negative thinking are contagious.” - Stephen Richards
29. “Positive belief in yourself will give you the energy needed to conquer the world and this belief is the power behind all creation.” - Stephen Richards
30. “Whatever belief we have actually stems from the thankfulness that we feel and this feeling further attracts more happy feelings towards us.” - Stephen Richards
31. “Once we open our eyes to the infinite magic that the universe has in abundance, we are sure to be enthralled by what we see and this miraculous creation gets us closer to our dreams and to the world as a whole.” - Stephen Richards
32. “Never allow your mind to wander untamed like a wild animal that exists on the basis of survival of the fittest. Tame your mind with consistent focus on your goals and desires.” - Stephen Richards
33. “With every challenge you face, there is an opportunity hidden that will lead you towards the path of wealth and abundance.” - Stephen Richards
34. “When you act on your beliefs, the realisation that happens is caused by you and this will in turn lead to a consequence.” - Stephen Richards
35. “Circumstances, knowledge or birth do not determine the realisation of your desires. It is only you who are blocking the achievement of your dreams and goals.” - Stephen Richards
36. “The discontent and frustration that you feel is entirely your own creation.” - Stephen Richards
37. “The difference between being mediocre and achieving excellence is you.” - Stephen Richards
38. “Without desires and dreams, your thoughts do not matter and you can think whatever you want to.” - Stephen Richards
39. “Manifesting is a lot like making a cake. The things needed are supplied by you, the mixing is done by your mind and the baking is done in the oven of the universe.” - Stephen Richards
40. “In the spiritual world many forms of the physical universe that are potentially effective can be perceived but with regard to time, we can observe only one form.” - Stephen Richards
41. “Choice forms the divider which is responsible for the formation of all futures that can be possible.” - Stephen Richards
42. “On the other hand, if the future is not the one you chose then you may have to use your willpower to obtain the future of your liking.” - Stephen Richards
43. “According to the Law of Attraction, the physical reality that you experience at present is drawn towards the future probability you desired when it attains more power.” - Stephen Richards
44. “Failures can be called ‘strengtheners’ as they make you determined to reach your goal with the lessons they teach.” - Stephen Richards
45. “A barrier is a limitation only when you perceive it as one.” - Stephen Richards
46. “In reality there are no limitations. They are vibrant and changeable to whatever form you want them to take to realise your goals.” - Stephen Richards
47. “Regardless of how far we have come, we are still looking for answers.” - Stephen Richards
48. “Only by maintaining positive thoughts, by dispelling doubt and negativity, will you impress your desires upon the universe, making it bend to your will.” - Stephen Richards
49. “To get something different, you must do something different.” - Stephen Richards
50. “Through the practice of meditation, of calming and focusing our mind, as well as developing greater clarity and a sense of awareness, we train ourselves to recognize the wealth that was already there - the very wealth others fail to recognize.” - Stephen Richards
51. “If it is about education, then all who are college graduates should be wealthy, but we know that there are many highly educated, highly qualified, and highly experienced people who just manage to scrape by, if at all.” - Stephen Richards
52. “How often do the poor daydream of a better life? Plenty, no doubt, and where does it get them? It is the poor who begin with a daydream and realize at some point that they have to get up, roll their sleeves, and start doing something about those day dreams who succeed. And there are many who have.” - Stephen Richards
53. “The universe is infinite, so there is room for everyone, for every belief, for every custom, and for every desire. You are in competition with no one but yourself.” - Stephen Richards
54. “If everyone realized this truth about their own inherent power to create and to attract whatever they desired, not everyone would want to be the president of a country, not everyone would want to live on that mansion on the hill, and not everyone would want the same things you would.” - Stephen Richards
55. “Manifesting your desires requires an understanding of the universe’s abundance and inherently giving nature. If you ask from a position of fear or desperation, you are sending out your fear and desperation, and the universe, giving, reflecting, and non-judgmental as it is, will send those right back at you.” - Stephen Richards
56. “If we truly love ourselves, in spite of our flaws, then we can love others in spite of theirs.” - Stephen Richards
57. “If you knew the power within yourself to be truly happy, to be truly whole, then you would never ask another to become the image you desire for yourself, in order to be happy and whole.” - Stephen Richards
58. “If you truly love someone, you should be more interested in keeping them happy than in being right.” - Stephen Richards
59. “Thought is power, as is desire, but neither is enough unless it is backed by faith, specificity, and the desire to see to it that it becomes.” - Stephen Richards
60. “Desire is what lends power to thought, it is that element that separates a wish or a day dream into reality, if properly directed.” - Stephen Richards
61. “The basis of Cosmic Ordering is the belief that the universe is not dead matter, but pure energy which responds to our vibrations and to our frequencies.” - Stephen Richards
62. “Show respect to all. If you accept that all is undifferentiated oneness, and that all things are merely different aspects of that one thing (but vibrating at different frequencies), then you must respect yourself and everything and everyone around you.” - Stephen Richards
63. “Becoming wealthy is about accumulating wealth.” - Stephen Richards
64. “Reality is a projection of your thoughts or the things you habitually think about.” - Stephen Richards
65. “Success will be within your reach only when you start reaching out for it.” - Stephen Richards
66. “When your back is to the wall and you are facing fear head on, the only way is forward and through it.” - Stephen Richards
67. “When you have mastered fear then you have mastered all.” - Stephen Richards
68. “Happiness is something we reap from the seeds we sow. Plant misery seeds and that us what you reap.” - Stephen Richards
69. “Before you can successfully make friends with others, first you have to become your own friend.” - Stephen Richards
70. “The most valuable gift you can receive is an honest friend.” - Stephen Richards
71. “When we age we shed many skins: ego, arrognace, dominance, self-opionated, unreliable, pessimism, rudeness, selfish, uncaring ... Wow, it's good to be old!” - Stephen Richards
72. “Only when you give from the heart does it make the giving whole.” - Stephen Richards
73. “The more you give, the less you need.” - Stephen Richards
74. “The more you are able to forgive then the more you are able to love.” - Stephen Richards
75. “When you initially forgive, it is like letting go of a hot iron. There is initial pain and the scars will show, but you can start living again.” - Stephen Richards
76. “Whatever it takes to find the real you, don't be daunted if the rest of the world looks on in shock.” - Stephen Richards
77. “No matter how small you start, always dream big.” - Stephen Richards
78. “Judgment is a negative frequency.” - Stephen Richards
79. “When life gives you lemons, use Cosmic Ordering!” - Stephen Richards
80. “Whatever your desire, use Cosmic Ordering to get what you require!” - Stephen Richards
81. “In the beginning man was poor, then along came Cosmic Ordering.” - Stephen Richards
82. “A clever person solves a problem; a wise person uses Cosmic Ordering!” - Stephen Richards
83. “The only secret of wealth creation is knowing how to use Cosmic Ordering.” - Stephen Richards
84. “Twenty years from now you will be disappointed you never used Cosmic Ordering today.” - Stephen Richards
85. “Everybody talks about being rich, Cosmic Ordering does something about it.” - Stephen Richards
86. “Often the only difference between success and failure is not using Cosmic Ordering.” - Stephen Richards
87. “With sticky thinking you can become unstuck!” - Stephen Richards
88. “Willful blindness sees no end of damage done.” - Stephen Richards
89. “You are only as beautiful as your last action ...” - Stephen Richards
90. “No matter what your wishes, they are not crazy so long as they are not crazy to you!” - Stephen Richards
91. “To control your life, control your mind. To control your mind, control your breath.” - Stephen Richards
92. “Learn to forgive others so that you can release yourself from being held captive by the very negative thoughts around you.” - Stephen Richards
93. “It is not always possible to do away with negative thinking, but with persistence and practice, one can gain mastery over them so that they do not take the upper hand.” - Stephen Richards
94. “What words cannot convey ... the mind can read.” - Stephen Richards
95. “An empty mind is easy to feed.” - Stephen Richards
96. “Dyslexia, for me, is rather like being a six-fingered typist on LSD!” - Stephen Richards