Quotes About Mindset

A failure or so, in itself, would not matter, if it did not incur a loss of self-esteem and of self-confidence. But just as nothing succeeds like success, so nothing fails like failure.

The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. Indeed, I think it must be more agreeable, must have a more real savor, than optimism--from the way in which pessimists abandon themselves to it.

I think I am missing a gene that most people have to enable them to feel happiness about success and these kind of things.

Sure, it comes with a lot of bonus rewards, whatever it may be, some of it may be financial. And it is great to have been No 1 in the world, when you get a bit older you can reflect on it. But I was No 1 in the world before I actually was No 1 in the world, in my mind at least.

We can become anyone we want to become. It takes focusing on the aspect of ourselves we want to change and reflecting on the beliefs that cause us to act in ways that are counter to the change we seek.

Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.

If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them than it is on me.

I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also define his way of playing.

I was doing all these hand exercises, trying to move things like other kids, catch things like other kids, and change my reflexes, and I guess I just didn't stop. That's why if somebody says to me, 'Can I learn this?' I will say, 'Probably, if you can get the psychology right.'

Always have to think like a guy with no food in his refrigerator.

I refuse to use terms like 'optimist' or 'pessimist' and instead prefer 'realist.'

I've still got it. I refuse to lose.

I refuse to allow the excuses in my mind to grow into giants that keep me from living up to my full potential.

I refuse not to have a sense of humour.

One of the biggest obstacles to making lots of money is not a lack of good ideas or opportunities or time, or that we're too slovenly or stupid: it's that we refuse to give ourselves permission to become rich.

I refuse to let something as insignificant as a size or number on a scale determine how I feel about myself. I am grateful for my body, my health, and the life that I have, and no arbitrary number should have any impact on that.

I just refuse to lose.

You can't ever give up. When you refuse to lose games, you often find yourself winning them.

Either people cling to the past and refuse to advance their ways, or they're always looking to future and not appreciating what's in front of them right now.

I refuse to grow old. You can think yourself into any age. There are days when I feel 195.

If you believe you can shed pounds quickly by force of will and deprivation, you will in all likelihood not only regain the ones you lost, but add a few more besides.

I don't regard myself as big time.

I am not finicky at all regarding my appearance.