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Quotes About Mindset

To write good software you must simultaneously keep two opposing ideas in your head. You need the young hacker's naive faith in his abilities, and at the same time the veteran's skepticism. You have to be able to think how hard can it be? with one half of your brain while thinking it will never work with the other.
~ Paul Graham
You're never too old to be young.
~ Paul Palnik
Don't Read Weight-Loss Books: Eat Them. They're a better source of fiber than information on permanent weight loss. If you eat them, they'll stay with you longer and be generally better for your bowels than the plans they offer.   Ditch Your Diet. Research shows that no diet works for long, and constantly trying and failing at dieting is depressing, unhealthy, and ends up making you even fatter. Use the SWELMM system of "Stop Worrying, Eat Less, Move More.
~ Paul Pearsall
pain is fact; suffering is optional
~ Paul Pearsall
Closing a student's mind should be a criminal offense. If you let your ego get in the way of your teaching, you may become flustered or angry and lose sight of your goal to enlighten or give back.
~ Unknown
Do not dwell on dying. Focus on your training and what you are going to do to ensure your survival.
~ Unknown
There are no guarantees in life, but train in a system that will give you the best chances of survival and then allow your controlled and aggressive combat mind-set to do the rest.
~ Unknown
wily minds and cold hearts were the combination Bronowsky found most common in English administrators.
~ Paul Scott
Travel is a state of mind. It has nothing to do with existence or the exotic. It is almost always an inner experience.
~ Paul Theroux
A viagem é muito mais recompensadora quando deixa de ter que ver com a nossa chegada a um destino e se torna indistinguível de vivermos a nossa vida.
~ Paul Theroux
I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.
~ Paulo Coelho
I don't live in either my past or my future. I'm interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we're living now.
~ Paulo Coelho
Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.
~ Paulo Coelho
Life can seem short or life can seem long, depending on how you live it.
~ Paulo Coelho
You are what you believe yourself to be
~ Paulo Coelho
Because I don't live in either my past or my future.I'm interested only in the present.
~ Paulo Coelho
If I believe I will win, then victory will believe in me.
~ Paulo Coelho
The happier people can be, the unhappier they are.
~ Paulo Coelho
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than suffering itself.
~ Paulo Coelho
we are human beings, we are born full of guilt; we feel terrified when happiness becomes a real possibility.
~ Paulo Coelho
But other people also 'invite' us to behave like victims, when they complain about the unfairness of life, for example, and ask us to agree, to offer advice, to participate. Be careful. When you join in that game you always end up losing.
~ Paulo Coelho
What is outside is harder to change than what is inside.
~ Paulo Coelho
Facing the difficulties, I can choose either to be a poor victim or a great adventurer.
~ Paulo Coelho
Life is too short to waste time complaining Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear
~ Paulo Coelho