Quotes About Mindset

Sometimes we look so intently toward the pinnacle that we stumble over the steps leading to it. Development begins just where you are.

Psychology is action, not thinking about oneself.

Optimism, unaccompanied by personal effort, is merely a state of mind, and not fruitful.

It is a common observation that those who dwell continually upon their expectations are apt to become oblivious to the requirements of their actual situation.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find.

Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win. Channel your energy. Focus.

I've always had such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.

It's expectation that differentiates you from the dead.

He who demands little gets it.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you.

Aim at heaven and you get earth thrown in; aim at earth and you get neither.

You can change your beliefs so they empower your dreams and desires. Create a strong belief in yourself and what you want.

Happiness is a result of the relative strengths of positive and negative feelings, rather than an absolute amount of one or the other.

Like swimming, riding, writing or playing golf, happiness can be learned.

Happiness is not something you get, but something you do.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do.

He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstances.

Happiness is experienced when your life gives you what you are willing to accept.

Every job has drudgery. ... The first secret of happiness is the recognition of this fundamental fact.

The simple truth is that happy people generally don't get sick.

Every minute your mouth is turned down you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

Those who are the most happy appear to know it the least; happiness is something that for the most part seems to mainly consist in not knowing it.

No man is happy unless he believes he is.

Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there.