Quotes About Mindset

I wasn't even thinking, What have I gotten myself into? I was thinking only of moving myself forward. My mind was a crystal vase that contained only that one desire. My body was its opposite: a bag of broken glass. Every time I moved, it hurt. I counted my steps to take my mind off the pain, silently ticking the numbers off in my head to one hundred before starting over again. The blocks of numbers made the walk slightly more bearable, as if I only had to go to the end of each one.

I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me. Insisting on this story was a form of mind control, but for the most part, it worked.

So much of being able to hike the PCT depended upon mind control: the stout decision to move forward, regardless.

You need to stop feeling sorry for yourself. I don't say this as a condemnation—I need regular reminders to stop feeling sorry for myself too.

I strongly encourage you to let go of these beliefs. They are inaccurate and melodramatic and they do not serve you.

You're up too high and down too low. Neither is the place where we get any work done.

I'm not suggesting one deny negative emotions, but rather that you accept them and move through them by embracing the power we have to keep from wallowing in emotions that don't serve us well.

I've heard that some people say that life is too short to worry. But they're completely missing the point: life is all about worry. Take away the stress and what do we have left of our lives except a bunch of people that don't like us?

Rise to the challenge, he told himself. You can do it. Because you have to. Inwardly Kesselring sighed. He had always thought people who espoused the wonders of positive thinking were deluding themselves.

Everyone is a psycho, and the average of all psychos is what we call normal.

Frustration is a sign that somewhere you took things too seriously. Unfairness

language, the second hindrance is the attitude. There are two attitudes— first, the

I never pray to God to make a putt. I pray to God to help me react good if I miss a putt.

Don't look for excuses to lose. Look for excuses to win.

If your teeth are clenched and your fists are clenched, your lifespan is probably clenched.

Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail, in good spirits.

Diet is a four-letter word.

I wonder if there is such a thing in nature as a FAT MIND? I really think I have met with one or two: minds which could not keep up with the slowest trot in conversation; could not jump over a logical fence, to save their lives; always got stuck fast in a narrow argument; and, in short, were fit for nothing but to waddle helplessly through the world.

The toughest battle is Mind.

I've found it's 80 percent psychology and 20 percent skills.

When God created man, He gave him two ends — one to sit on and one to think with. Ever since then, man's success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most.

Part of me is thinking: It's Wednesday already! And the other part of me is thinking: What do you mean it's only Wednesday?!

Some folks wear their halos much too tight.

Troubles are a lot like people — they grow bigger if you nurse them.