Quotes About Mindset

If trouble comes when you least expect it then maybe the thing to do is to always expect it.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

Do you know when she started praising the Wallers so highly?" Mama went on. "The day she left them. As long as she was there, she had nothing but complaints. The Wallers couldn't compare with the van Hooks where she'd been before. But at the van Hooks she'd actually been miserable. Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings, Corrie. It's something we make inside ourselves.

Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings…it's something we make inside ourselves.

You're not going to make me have a bad day. If there's oxygen on earth and I'm breathing, it's going to be a good day.

How do they who think they are unhappy differ from they who actually are?

Service-based leadership is a mindset: you work for your people. It is not complex; often it's the small acts of service that have the greatest impact on morale and camaraderie.

everyone knows how to lose weight—it's just a matter of wanting it badly enough to make it work

our beliefs invariably drive our decision making.

I think holidays create so much pressure because people feel they should be having a good time. But you shouldn't.

the strongest man is not the one who lifts the most weight but the one who has the most faith.

OUR LIVES ARE ALWAYS MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF OUR strongest thoughts. What we think shapes who we are.

Tragically, many people have this faithless, wishy-washy mindset, which causes them to lose the battle in their minds before they ever fight it in the world.

For years I played the what-if game. Maybe you're acquainted with this pastime. The rules are simple: Rule #1: You're only allowed to think of worst-case scenarios. Rule #2: You're never allowed to win this game. You can only lose. Rule #3: The more you play, the greater your losses.

Once we acknowledge that God is the main character, only then can we even begin to get to that place where we're no longer tempted to let our emotions drive us. We

I've identified four specific kinds of toxic waste that can poison our minds: (1) pessimism, which usually produces chronically negative thoughts; (2) anxiety, which usually manifests as fearful and worried thoughts; (3) bitterness, which pollutes our thinking with discontented and envious thoughts; and (4) criticism, which pumps destructive judgmental thoughts into our minds.

YOU CANNOT CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU, BUT YOU CAN CONTROL HOW YOU FRAME IT.

In some ways, negative self-talk can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Just as an athlete is more likely to make the shot after visualizing making it, she's also more likely to miss it after visualizing a miss. Your words, whether externally spoken or internally absorbed, shape your future.

Con la ayuda de Dios, puedes transformar tu mente. Puedes dejar de creer las mentiras que has abrazado por mucho tiempo. Puedes dar fin al círculo vicioso de pensamientos que te destruyen a ti y a otros. Puedes permitir que Dios renueve tu mente y la sature con su inmutable verdad. Puedes permitir que los pensamientos de Dios lleguen a ser tus pensamientos.

A lie believed as truth will affect you as if it were true.

If you think you can't do something, you probably won't. If, on the other hand, you think you can, odds are you will. The same is true with your problems. If you dwell on them, they will overwhelm you. But if you look for solutions, you will find some.

The life we have is a reflection of what we think.

Good habits are difficult to start because the pain comes now and the payoff is in the future. Bad habits are difficult to stop because the payoff comes now and the pain is in the future.

You do what you do because of what you think of you