Quotes About Mindset

A man shows his character just in the way in which he deals with trifles---for then he is off his guard.

As Epictetus says, Men are not influenced by things, but by their thoughts about things.

We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack.

To be irritated by trifles, a man must be well off; for in misfortunes trifles are unfelt. SECTION

From now on it is not dying we must fear, but living.

But can we, should we, let apprehensions about the future immobilize us in the present?

Although you know that one day you will die, you live as if you won't.

is it at all possible for you to prevent your washed-up cynicism from completely coloring everything?

I asked Thomas what his special technique for sales was as a kid. He said he didn't have any. It was simply that "I was willing to be rejected. That's what allows you to be a good salesperson. You have to be willing to be rejected." It

For the solution to chronic pain may lie more in what goes on around us than in what is going on inside us.

believe that the difference in death rates can be traced to the fundamental human need for a reason to live.

One has to decide whether one's fears or one's hopes are what should matter most. *

I try not to think too far ahead. I don't think about next year. It's too depressing. I just think about next week.

I thought of the African way of perceiving life, as experience to be lived rather than as problem to be solved.

would insist it was something else. It was so often her approach to the world; to change reality. If you can't change reality, change your perceptions of it.

I was learning that if I lived slightly in the future-what will happen next-I didn't have to feel so much about what was going on in the present.

And in my mind, this settles the issue. I would never drink cologne, and am therefore not an alcoholic.

Optimism sprouts from the knowledge that you are in control of your own life, not your past and not those around you. Part of being in control is taking responsibility for how you feel. This means not just admitting to uncomfortable feelings but then examining your circumstances to see what can be done to change these feelings at the source.

Nobody's trying to kill you, Deirdre. You're killing yourself.

Real optimism is not the pep talk you give yourself. It is earned through the labor involved in emotional housekeeping.

Happiness is a treadmill of a goal for people who are not happy by nature. Being an unhappy person does not mean you must be sad or dark. You can be interested instead of happy.

If you find you require willpower, you aren't ready to lose weight.

The unfairness of your current status is unimportant. What matters is, can you do what you need to do? If

That is self-pity and it is dangerous because it signals a lack of accountability for one's mental state and, worse, the outcome of one's life.