Quotes About Self-talk

Talk to yourself the way you'd talk to someone you love. Most of us shame, belittle and criticize ourselves in ways we'd never think of doing to others. I would never look at Ellen or Charlie and say, "God, you're so stupid!" Yet I can whisper that to myself in a heartbeat. p158

When we experience something that is difficult and requires significant time and effort, we are quick to think, This is supposed to be easy; it's not worth the effort, or, This should be easier: it's only hard and slow because I'm not good at it. Hopeful self-talk sounds more like, This is tough, but I can do it.

I do not abuse players. I talk to myself; I abuse myself. It's my way of letting off steam. I do it after every century; I do not do it always. I keep telling myself: 'Improve, improve from the previous match, the previous shot. You can do it.'

Repeating positive installing statements for a few minutes, and then thinking negatively the rest of the day neutralizes the effects of the positive words.

Negative thinking is something we all do. The difference between the person who is primarily optimistic and the person who is primarily pessimistic is that the optimist learns to become a good debater. Once you become thoroughly aware of the effectiveness of optimism in your life, you can learn to debate your pessimistic thoughts.

For example, all of us talk to ourselves silently. When we do, the left brain, which controls language, consults the prefrontal cortex. But in schizophrenics, we now know, the left brain activates without permission from the prefrontal cortex

Some day I'm gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.

Hello, cell. How are you? Still dank and dirty? Me? I've taken up a new habit: talking to my cell. It's like talking to myself but slightly more pathetic.

Help yourself warm up and prepare mentally by repeating, "I feel happy! I feel healthy! I feel terrific!" It is not possible for you to talk positively to yourself, using words like this, without immediately feeling happier and more confident.

Most of your emotions, positive or negative, are determined by how you talk to yourself on a minute-to-minute basis. It is not what happens to you but the way that you interpret the things that are happening to you that determines how you feel.

thinker W. Clement Stone used to teach, say the words I feel happy, I feel healthy, I feel terrific.

if you are practicing negative thoughts, you are getting better at thinking them. If

What are the most powerful words in the universe? The ones you use to talk to yourself.

To recap, as you master 1) Listening to your words-to your outer talk-you are training your Self for taking the next step, which is; 2) Listening to and hearing what you are saying to your Self- your self-talk. You then discover the passageway to your 3) Thoughts. By recognizing your thoughts you can begin tracing them back to 4) Feelings, which initially triggered the thoughts in the first place.

Listen and hear how you really see your Self and life around you. Inasmuch as you are continually gathering information on what makes you tick and constantly discovering what you feel when you listen, your self-talk is one of your best guides for becoming better acquainted with you.

Para cambiar tu vida, debes cambiar tu conversación interna,

Which voice do you hear? Which is louder, the negative critic or the positive coach? You can choose to listen to the voice that offers and reinforces positive thought.

We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.

Never say anything about yourself you don't want to come true

One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody's listening.

True story - I had index cards; I would write things on them and post them on the mirror in the bathroom. And I would speak it. Because you have to speak life. You have to speak what you want. You have to watch what you say because it's power in your tongue.

You were talking to yourself, Udinaas. You shouldn't do that.' 'That's what I keep telling myself.

Sometimes I talk to myself in languages I'm unfamiliar with... just to screw with my subconscious.

You are loved, and you are worthy! Remember your wholeness. Within you is the spark of the Divine. Let go of negative self-talk and let LOVE heal you.