Quotes About External

The outside shapes the inside

Do I want to die from the inside out or the outside in?

There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control.

In summary, those who have cultural belief systems that see control as external tend to react passively to authoritative orders rather than proceed on the assumption that they can redefine situations through their own actions.

More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment.

Discipline works from the inside out, and punishment tries to work from the outside in.

Multitasking creates a dopamine-addiction feedback loop, effectively rewarding the brain for losing focus and for constantly searching for external stimulation.

There are two different forms of storytelling: Novels tend to come from the inside of a character, and movies tend to look at them from the outside in relation to others in their world.

you've crossed a psychological boundary by establishing yourself to the asker as someone who is interested in the type of request being made. Research shows we're remarkably committed to maintaining a consistent sense of external identity, even if we only established it to begin with out of politeness.

We tend to believe that the sin that surrounds us is more dangerous than the sin that resides inside us.

The NIV reinforces this view by translating the last phrase to read "the kingdom of God is within you." But Jesus is saying, "The kingdom is in your midst," pointing to an internal and external reality.

We do not spontaneously produce our identity from our own free act. Identity has an external origin.

Universality is the nonbelonging that becomes evident when a structure runs up against an external barrier as it strives to reproduce itself.

The drinking is only a Band-Aid to cover his hurt, his loneliness, his anger, his frustration, or whatever. If we simply take the bottle away, John, will find another external "solution" in attempt to fill that need.

an ex-tragedy queen named Miss Glynn, who, having no visible external ears, reared a head like a turnip.

Del sol cae un racimo en tu vestido oscuro. De la noche las grandes raíces crecen de súbito desde tu alma, y a lo exterior regresan las cosas en ti ocultas, de modo que un pueblo pálido y azul de ti recien nacido se alimenta.

Emotion links our internal and external worlds. To be aware of what we feel can open us to questions we would rather ignore. For many of us, that is precisely why it is easier not to feel. But a failure to feel leaves us barren and distant from God and others.

So honor those who speak from experience—embrace wisdom where you find it—but weigh external guidance against the wisdom of your own heart.

Una organización centrada en su mundo interno puede funcionar muy bien, pero cuando no se adapta al mundo mayor en el que opera, su rendimiento puede acabar sirviendo a una estrategia fracasada.

Only of late have the scientific data reached critical mass, confirming what our intuition and the texts told us: these deep changes are external signs of strikingly different brain function.

The most fundamental principle of the organized mind, the one most critical to keeping us from forgetting or losing things, is to shift the burden of organizing from our brains to the external world.

The most important thing had always been what other people thought - appearances before herself or her family. And righteous about it.

Two famous happy warriors – Reagan and his political soulmate, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher – knew they were fighting their own ideological and external wars. But they did so with the sunny dispositions and positive outlooks of those who knew they were on the right side of history.

The first source of art, then, is akin to the display of colors and plumage on the male animal in mating time; it lies in the desire to adorn and beautify the body. And just as self-love and mate-love, overflowing, pour out their surplus of affection upon nature, so the impulse to beautify passes from the personal to the external world. The soul seeks to express its feeling in objective ways, through color and form; art really begins when men undertake to beautify things.