Mindset Quotes

I naturally end up looking for things to be grateful for. It doesn't mean I don't sometimes feel angry or fearful but because I'm wired for positive emotions, net, I end up treating others and myself better.

She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions.

Be cheerful -- the problems that worry us most are those that never arrive.

Are you going to let the obstacles in your life be stumbling blocks or stepping stones? Choose the positive. You are the master of your attitude.

He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: environment is but his looking glass.

Savor more; fix less. Laugh more; cry less. Anticipate positively more; anticipate negatively less. Just practice that and watch what happens.

All of our problems start in our minds.

Worrying is wasted time. Use the same energy for doing something about whatever worries you.

Don't wish it was easier wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenge wish for more wisdom

I can't control what life did to me, but I can control how I react. Therein lies the difference.

If you're gonna make a change, you're gonna have to operate from a new belief that says life happens not to me but for me.

People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters; they will not allow life's circumstances to push them down and hold them under.

The true measure of a successful leader is their ability to discover the hidden talent in those they lead and challenge them to achieve greatness. If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you are right.

A child is born to win, but too many have been conditioned to lose.

Those who can’t change their minds can’t change anything.

When you change your thinking, you change actions, when you change your action you change your future.

Remember, in the end, it isn't what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.

Negative thinking creates clouds at critical decision times.

The air is full of ideas. They are knocking you in the head all the time. You only have to know what you want, then forget it, and go about your business. Suddenly, the idea will come through. It was there all the time.

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it.

The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states.

People are training for success when they should be training for failure.

Life is never boring, but some people choose to be bored.

If you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance.

Being positive in a negative situation is not naive. It's leadership.

In prison, illusions can offer comfort.

Mentally it is possible to break records, once you understand that, you can do anything.

The only constant factor in life is our feelings and attitudes toward life. One of the few things that we have total control over is our own attitude.

Fear of disease killed more men than disease itself.

Discouragement is a negative emotion with more than one trick up its dark sleeve. It tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling in the very place you want to leave. Drop all such sorrow permanently by daring to see through this deception of the unconscious mind. You have a destination far beyond where you find yourself standing today

Never think of the consequences of failing for you will always think of a negative result. Think only positive thoughts and your mind will gravitate towards those thoughts!

Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.

Speak the affirmative; emphasize your choice by utter ignoring of all that you reject.

You can not fail in any laudable object, unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed.

Happiness is something that you are, and it comes from the way you think.

I release all feelings of worry and guilt. Throughout life, the two most futile emotions are guilt for what has been done and worry about what might be done.

Focus on opportunities, not problems.

Life is never boring but some people choose to be bored. The concept of boredom entails an inability to use up present moments in a personally fulfilling way. Boredom is a choice; something you visit upon yourself, and it is another of those self-defeating items that you can eliminate from your life.

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or events.

Systematic change requires a willingness to look on change as an opportunity.

If you can't control what you think, you will not be able to control what you do.

An optimist sees the oportunity in every difficulty.

How many of us persist in a precipitate course which, but for a moment of heedlessness we might never have entered upon, simply because we hate to change our minds.

I am too busy. I have not time for worry.

I don't look at my life too much. I'm always looking forward, not backward.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

Finding faults is for those with tired minds.

Your thinking today determines your performance today.

Nobody can motivate himself in a positive direction by continually using negative words.

As long as we define ourselves in terms of our pain and our problems, we will never be free from them.

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.

When you're really young, you're young for life.

Positive thoughts generate positive feelings and attract positive life experiences. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end...and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.

Happiness is not a feeling, it is a choice. To be happy, one must choose to be happy, not respond to a circumstance that now controls your happiness.

Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.

At any moment in time, our reality is based on whatever we focus on.

There is no Final Resting Place of the Mind.

Take your mind off the problems for a moment,and focus on the positive possibilities.Consider how very much you are able to do.

The secret of achievement is to hold a picture of a successful outcome in mind.