Quotes About Mindset

All of life is change. When we learn to stop fighting it, that's when we can start to be happy.

Men can live without air a few minutes, without water for about two weeks, without food for about two months — and without a new thought for years on end.

If I have to worry about the ants I crush beneath my feet, I couldn't even walk around

Living for the future is more important than trying to avenge the past.

The only way to win this cat-and-mouse game, as the Cat said in Red Dwarf, was not to be the mouse.

Nothing in this world is good or bad, but thinking makes it so. —WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

It's all a question of attitude.

I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that's all you're going to get back.

if you believe you can, or believe you can't - either way you're right

The most prolific and accomplished hunters were not the most bloodthirsty and indefatigable. They were the most cool and empathetic. They were the ones who were able to assimilate their quarry's mind-set--to see through the eyes of their prey and thus reliably predict its deft, innate trajectories of evasion.

He said that if you climb into the ring hell-bent on knocking the other chap into the middle of next week, chances are you're going to come unstuck. But if, on the other hand, you concentrate on winning the fight, simply focus on doing your job, well, you might just knock him into the middle of next week anyway.

Sentiment is a chemical aberration found on the losing side. – Sherlock Holmes

Julgus pole muud kui emotsionaalne veredoping.

Or you can always use your imagination to your advantage,' interjects Danny. 'Next time you're in a situation where you're scared, just think: "Imagine I didn't feel this way. What would I do then?" And then just do it anyway.

Kes hoiab jala gaasipedaalil - säilitab külma närvi -, see võidab alati, kui eeldada, et vastane on terve mõistusega.

Mõnikord võib mõistusevastane käitumine osutuda hoopiski ratsionaalseks.

What-is-ness is accepting everything for what it is. When shit inevitably happens: it is what it is. You are at peace with the nature of this new reality. What? Are you going to tell me you built a secret time machine to travel back in the past and unfuck this situation? I didn't think so. So why spend a second of time complaining about it, fighting it, or resisting it?

I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem.

Unfortunately, we live in an instant Jell-O society, with everybody wanting microwaved success. So as you look at truth therapy to combat the lies you tell yourself, don't go overboard with your expectations. Remember to lighten up and put your party hat on every now and then. Celebrate the little steps . . . as well as the significant milestones.

One more thing to remember as you battle failure: you are almost certainly battling guilt as well. Just ask yourself, Do I feel guilty much of the time? For most perfectionists, the answer is almost always yes. I have counseled many people whom I sometimes call "the guilt gatherers of life.

I didn't have to be a slave to the worst tendencies of my personality.

There are all sorts of lies you tell yourself over and over until you accept them as readily as you do your own skin. And it isn't always easy to recognize them as lies.

The biggest lie you'll ever tell yourself is, "I'm going to try to do that." There's no trying. There's either doing it or not doing it. Trying is a state of mind. The difference between trying and doing? The level of commitment.

Taking time for a self-inventory is a necessary first step toward making the transition from a religion focused on belief to a spirituality based on behavior.