Quotes About Positive-thinking

I did it on a wing and a prayer, and even though I didn't have enough confidence to do the show, I had a theory; if I assume I have the confidence, I'll tell everyone I'm doing it, and then people will come and we'll actually do it. Once we've done it, I'll have the confidence to do it again. It was some sort of weird positive-thinking confidence mantra because I had to get there.

Necesitamos aprender del Maestro de Nazaret a hacer un «aseo general» en el templo de nuestro interior. Volcar la «mesa» de los pensamientos negativos. Extirpar el «comercio» del miedo y de la inseguridad. Reciclar nuestra rigidez y evaluar la superficialidad con que reaccionamos ante los eventos de la vida.

You cannot risk giving your thoughts free rein. They will never choose the right path until you bridle them and control them by your own disciplined will. You are master of your own house. You do not have to invite into your mind the foul birds of evil thoughts and allow them to nest there and bring forth their young.

The world's failure to live up to the impossible promises of the positive-thinking credo did not convince these men of the credo's impracticality, but rather that the world was in a sad state of decline, that it had forsaken the true and correct path.2

The fog grows stronger," she intoned in her prophecy voice. "The danger is coming closer. This storm will end in madness and death." North looked at her. "Out of curiosity, do you ever do happy, cheerful, positive-thinking prophecies?" "Sadly, not very often." Harmony fell back into her normal voice. "Certainly not lately. How about dinner and a drink over at the restaurant? It's lasagna night." "Sounds good," North said.

Fighting fat is a waste of time and energy. Diets don't work. The minute you stop, the weight goes back up. Loving and approving of yourself, trusting in the process of life and feeling safe because you know the power of your own mind make up the best diet I know of. Go on a diet from negative thoughts, and your weight will take care of itself.