Quotes About Mindset

I want to be a woman of focus. I don't want to live by default, but by design.

First and foremost, we are not to be afraid. We are to banish every aspect of fear from our minds and not allow it to muddy our thinking.

If you believe you are a problem, sooner or later you will begin to act like one. Likewise, if you believe you are not intrinsically a problem but a solution, you will begin to act like one.

Most people catch their presuppositions from their family and surrounding society the way a child catches measles.

I believe that our society is merely a reflection of what is going on inside each and every one of us.

Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.

I think people would live a bit longer if they didn't know how old they were. Age puts restrictions on things.

Perhaps to some extent we have lost sight of the fact that LSD can be very, very helpful in our society if used properly.

It is not my place in society that makes me well off, but my judgements, and these I can carry with me... These alone are my own and cannot be taken away.

Persons appear to us according to the light we throw upon them from our own minds. -Laura Ingalls Wilder, author (1867-1957)

In order to see the world clearly, you must clean the windows of perception. The only problem is, our society doesn't do windows.

I look at society and I look at people and I say... I'm not Mr. Motivator. I think you get a better sense - I believe in energy. I believe in passion. I believe in teaching people.

One destructive mind-set that must be altered in our society is the thought that work is a curse.

....Because today people talk about their problems, not about solutions.

The most damaging phrase in the language is: 'It's always been done that way.'

The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse.

Things don't change, only the way you look at them.

Habits of thinking need not be forever. One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals choose the way they think.

Happiness depends on how you accept, understand and surrender to situations.

The only reason why you are unhappy is because you are trying to be happy.

The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable. The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed.

Our attitude should be: Whatever happens I will remain strong, courageous and happy.

The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger.

Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others.