Quotes About Mindset

the Greek word meta-noia, which literally means to move "beyond the mind," is usually translated "repentance" and no longer points to its much deeper meaning.

We were largely taught what to believe instead of how to believe.

To the absolutist in every craftsman, each imperfection is a failure; to the practitioner, obsession with perfection seems a perception for failure.

Visualize Yourself Doing, Not Achieving.

Our beliefs do not sit passively in our brains waiting to be confirmed or contradicted by incoming information. Instead, they play a key role in shaping how we see the world.

The message from this type of work is simple – if you want to cheer yourself up, behave like a happy person.

if you want to cheer yourself up, behave like a happy person.

Every man, it seems, interprets the world in the light of his habits and desires

You're trying to believe in yourself. And every time you try to find a way to live, your own mind stands in the way. You know why that is? It's because others have said you were bad and they made you live in bad conditions. When a man hears that over and over and looks about him and sees that his life is bad, he begins to doubt his own mind. His feelings drag him forward and his mind, full of what others say about him, tells him to go back

System changes come directly from thinking changes.

High performers not only practice deliberately, they think deliberately.

Terror traps us all from time to time, but the important thing is not to let it build walls around us.

Humans see what they want to see.

Yeah, well," Nico said, "not giving people a second thought…that can be dangerous.

Keep moving. Don't get bogged down. Don't think about the bad stuff. Smile and joke even when you don't feel like it. Especially when you don't feel like it.

I wake up every morning and think: You know what would be good today? Not dying.

Swords can't solve every problem.

Besides, you're a cat. It's your nature to think you're the center of the universe.

I don't expend my energy trying to fight the change of seasons. I focus on making sure the days I have, and the season I oversee, are as joyful, rich, and plentiful as possible.

Think positive girl, or the world ends.

After you reach the number impossible , there's no point in counting.

Never underestimate the power of thousands of human minds all believing the same thing. They can remake reality. Sometimes for the better, sometimes not. - Apollo

There was no point moping around when you faced imminent death.

something inside me clicked, like an engine shifting into higher gear. My thinking suddenly became faster and clearer. The anger and fear didn't go away, but I realized they weren't important. They weren't going to help me...