Quotes About Mindset

The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it.

Americans have been hurting, but when we demanded solutions, too often Washington responded with the same stale mindset that led to failed policies like Obamacare. It's a mindset that gave us political talking points, not serious solutions.

I love to score runs rather than defending or leaving the ball. That is an important aspect of my batting: I don't want to waste balls in any form of the game.

The things you cannot change you can't waste your time on.

I think of all my time as existing in 15-minute blocks. Most people think in terms of 30-minute chunks, but I've found that when I free up more time, I waste it.

I'm very grateful for the way things have panned out. If I hadn't had a struggle at the start, I wouldn't be able to appreciate every single day in this job. Whether you love or hate a job, you can't waste the chance to do something with it.

Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can't let our circumstances or what others do or don't do control us. We can decide to be happy regardless.

I did not become great by association of The Beatles! Beatles make Maharishi great? Pah! It is a waste of thought.

We're taught that food in a dumpster is waste. But when you find bags of bread that are perfectly good, all of a sudden that waste turns into bounty. That's an important shift in perception.

I'm very serious; I don't waste my earnings.

I don't worry about who they're putting in front of me. Why would I? That's just nonsense for me to waste my energy.

I don't really worry or waste my energy on where I rank and this and that. I know where I'm at.

So many amongst us live in the past rather than loving the present and building a brilliant future. Some people stay stuck for years over something they did or a failure they've experienced. Sad. A life is a terrible thing to waste.

People say that forgiving is my flaw, but I really believe that holding grudges and anger is a waste of energy.

Ibrahimovic is certainly a great player, but during a match, I don't waste any thoughts on who is opposing me, and you never have any fears on the pitch.

I don't waste energy thinking about who I prefer and who I don't.

Sometimes comparing can be a good thing: it can inspire us to work harder and reach farther. But for the most part, excessive measuring yourself up against others - especially when it becomes a way to put yourself down - is a colossal waste of time. It's a dead end. It won't make you do anything except feel horrible.

Insecurity is such a waste of time.

We're all constantly keeping score. You can't help it. But trying to pit ourselves against other people in some measurable way is largely a waste of time.

We spend so much of our lives doing math problems on how to feel good. It's such a waste of time. You're going to feel how you feel. It's hard to just set up a way that you're going to live your life that is going to be just endlessly happy and healthy. That's impossible.

I don't wake up saying, 'Oh, I'm going to die.' It's a waste of time. It really is.

I tend to not worry and waste time on hypotheticals.

I'm not going to waste time or energy spent on something I can't control.

I believe anger is a wasted emotion, and I don't like to waste emotions.