“We are kept from our goal, not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal.” – Gary Keller
75 Gary Keller Quotes
- “You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects.”
2. “Don’t let small thinking cut your life down to size. Think big, aim high, act bold. And see just how big you can blow up your life.”
3. “Happiness happens when you have a bigger purpose than having more fulfills, which is why we say happiness happens on the way to fulfillment.”
4. “It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world.”
5. “The truth is that things don’t matter equally and success is found in doing what matters most.”
6. “You can do two things at once, but you can’t focus effectively on two things at once.”
7. “The pursuit of mastery bears gifts.”
8. “Not everything matters equally, and success isn’t a game won by whoever does the most. Yet that is exactly how most play it on a daily basis.”
9. “Multitasking is a lie”
10. “Even if you’re sure you can win, be careful that you can live with what you lose.”
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11. “Working at something until it regularly works for you.”
12. “Equality is a lie. Understanding this is the basis of all great decisions.”
13. “Success is actually a short race—a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over.”
14. “You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects.”
15. “Until my ONE Thing is done—everything else is a distraction.”
16. “Where I’d had huge success, I had narrowed my concentration to one thing, and where my success varied, my focus had too.”
17. “When you argue for your limitations, you get to keep them.”
18. “So, if you want to get the most out of your day, do your most important worK, your one Thing—early, before your willpower is drawn down.”
19. “The key is over time. Success is built sequentially. It’s one thing at a time.”
20. “The path of mastering something is the combination of not only doing the best you can do at it, but also doing it the best it can be done.”
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21. “Anyone who dreams of an uncommon life eventually discovers there is no choice but to seek an uncommon approach to living it.”
22. “Knocking out a hundred tasks for whatever the reason is a poor substitute for doing even one task that’s meaningful.”
23. “Taking complete ownership of your outcomes by holding no one but yourself responsible for them is the most powerful thing you can do to drive your success.”
24. “Instead of a to-do list, you need a success list—a list that is purposefully created around extraordinary results.”
25. “As you experience big, you become big.”
26. “Don’t fear big. Fear mediocrity. Fear waste. Fear the lack of living to your fullest”
27. “The reason we shouldn’t pursue balance is that the magic never happens in the middle; magic happens at the extremes.”
28. “Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity.”
29. “There is no failure. You win or you learn. Either one is okay.”
30. “Purpose without priority is powerless.”
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31. “When it comes to willpower, timing is everything.”
32. “Don’t fear failure. It’s as much a part of your journey to extraordinary results as success.”
33. “Achievers always work from a clear sense of priority.”
34. “Multitasking is merely the opportunity to screw up more than one thing at a time.”
35. “When you strive for greatness, chaos is guaranteed to show up.”
36. “Extraordinary results happen only when you give the best you have to become the best you can be at your most important work.”
37. “Saying yes to everyone is the same as saying yes to nothing. Each additional obligation chips away at your effectiveness at everything you try.”
38. “If everyone has the same number of hours in the day, why do some people seem to get so much more done than others? How do they do more, achieve more, earn more, have more?”
39. “The majority of what you want will come from the minority of what you do.”
40. “It’s realizing that extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.”
Gary Keller Quotes About Focus
41. “Extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.”
42. “If you are what you repeatedly do, then achievement isn’t an action you take but a habit you forge into your life.”
43. “No one succeeds alone. No one.”
44. “You do the right thing and then you do the next right thing. Over time it adds up, and the geometric potential of success is unleashed.”
45. “The trick to success is to choose the right habit and bring just enough discipline to establish it.”
46. “If you choose to track only two areas of your business, track your leads and your listings.”
47. “When we fear big, we either consciously or subconsciously work against it.”
48. “High multitaskers are suckers for irrelevancy.”
49. “It is not that we have too little time to do all the things we need to do , it is that we feel the need to do too many things in the time we have.”
50. “When you gamble with your time, you may be placing a bet you can’t cover. Even if you’re sure you can win, be careful that you can live with what you lose.”
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51. “One of the most empowering moments of my life came when I realized that life is a question and how we live it is our answer.”
52. “My goals are fueled by my dreams. I defend and protect those dreams from distractions and from interruptions from other people.”
53. “If a list isn’t built around success, then that’s not where it takes you.”
54. “It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?”
55. “The key to success isn’t in all the things we do but in the handful of things we do well.”
56. “You can become successful with less discipline than you think, for one simple reason: success is about doing the right thing, not about doing everything right.”
57. “Since your self-control will be sapped throughout the day, use it when it’s at full strength on what matters most.”
58. “Success is about doing the right thing, not about doing everything right.”
59. “The way to get the most out of your work and your life is to go as small as possible.”
60. “Connecting purpose, priority, and productivity determines how high above the rest successful individuals and profitable businesses rise.”
Gary Keller Quotes About Success
61. “Success builds on success, and as this happens, over and over, you move toward the highest success possible.”
62. “No one knows their ultimate ceiling for achievement, so worrying about it is a waste of time.”
63. “Make sure every day you do what matters most. When you know what matters most, everything makes sense. When you don’t know what matters most, anything makes sense.”
64. “Your next step is simple. You are the first domino.”
65. “Work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls-family, health, friends, integrity-are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.”
66. “They allow purpose to be the guiding force in determining the priority that drives their actions.”
67. “The truth I have come to know very clearly is that seeking mastery is a process and a path, not an event.”
68. “Passion for something leads to disproportionate time practicing or working at it. That time spent eventually translates to skill, and when skill improves, results improve. Better results generally lead to more enjoyment, and more passion and more time is invested. It can be a virtuous cycle all the way to extraordinary results.”
69. “In your effort to attend to all things, everything gets shortchanged and nothing gets its due.”
70. “When you gamble with your time, you may be placing a bet you can’t cover.”
71. “Leaving some things undone is a necessary tradeoff for extraordinary results.”
72. “When you say yes to something, it’s imperative that you understand what you’re saying no to.”
73. “We are kept from our goal, not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal.”
74. “Most people think buying is investing, but they’re wrong. Buying doesn’t make you an investor any more than buying groceries makes you a chef.”
75. “Every minute of every day, the question is never will we be doing something, but rather what that something is we’ll be doing. Sometimes”
Gary Keller is a successful author and businessman from the United States. His company, Keller Williams, which has the most agents worldwide and ranks second in closed sales volume and units sold.
Keller founded Keller Williams on education and training, and he later published his teachings. His books include The Millionaire Real Estate Agent, The Millionaire Real Estate Investor, and The ONE Thing.
He serves as the executive chairman of KWx, the holding company that oversees all Keller Williams properties, and is one of the most influential figures in real estate.