Motivational Quotes

Mind

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.

- Hill, Napoleon

Best Quotes about Mind

We are that which activates the body.

Pilgrim, Peace

It is the mind that makes one wise or ignorant, bound or emancipated.

Ramakrishna, Sri

A mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is divine.

Baba, Meher

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

Bronowski, Jacob

Each mind is pressed, and open every ear, to hear new tidings, though they no way joy us.

Fairfax, Edward

Mind is the Master--power that molds and makes, and Man is Mind, and ever more he takes the Tool of Thought, and shaping what he wills, brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills--He thinks in secret and it comes to pass; Environment is but his looking-glass.

Allen, James

Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such people not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind.

Philo

Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

It is now a generally accepted and scientifically well supported view that subliminal perception does occur-that people are capable of receiving and responding to information presented to them at levels below the threshold of conscious recognition.

Phillips, Maureen

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A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.

Dyer, Wayne

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The human head is bigger than the globe. It conceives itself as containing more. It can think and rethink itself and ourselves from any desired point outside the gravitational pull of the earth. It starts by writing one thing and later reads itself as something else. The human head is monstrous.

Grass, Gunther

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Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.

Fuller, Buckminster

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Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.

Peale, Norman Vincent

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A mind grows by what it feeds on.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.

Robbins, Anthony

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Not Chaos, not the darkest pit of lowest Erebus, nor aught of blinder vacancy, scooped out by help of dreams --can breed such fear and awe as fall upon us often when we look into our Minds, into the Mind of Man.

Wordsworth, William

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Remember, when life's path is steep, to keep your mind even.

Horace

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It is the sign of a dull mind to dwell upon the cares of the body, to prolong exercise, eating and drinking and other bodily functions. These things are best done by the way; all your attention must be given to the mind.

Epictetus

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The human brain must continue to frame the problems for the electronic machine to solve.

Sarnoff, David

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The human mind is our fundamental resource.

Kennedy, John F.

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Minds, like bodies, will fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.

Dickens, Charles

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You can have such an open mind that it is too porous to hold a conviction.

Crane, George W.

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Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power becomes available to you just as you can change your beliefs.

Maltz, Maxwell

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Your Design mind (right brain) attends to the melody of life, whereas your Sign mind (left brain) attends to the notes that compose the melodies. And here is the key to natural writing: the melodies must come first.

Rico, Gabriele Lusser

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The mind is its own place, and in itself can make heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.

Milton, John

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There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.

Lebowitz, Fran

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The beauty of the human mind is that any decision that is made can be unmade.

Hendricks, Gay

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All things tend to corrupt perverted minds.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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Money spent on the mind is never spent in vain.

Proverb

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What it comes down to is that modern society discriminates against the right hemisphere.

Sperry, Roger

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My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery --always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?

Woolf, Virginia

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A girl with brains ought to do something with them besides think.

Loos, Anita

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For those who wish to climb the mountain of spiritual awareness, the path is selfless work. For those who have attained the summit of union with the Lord, the path is stillness and peace.

Bhagavad Gita

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Mind like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.

Dickens, Charles

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One dull pencil is worth two sharp minds.

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Thinking doesn't seem to help very much. The human brain is too high-powered to have many practical uses in this particular universe.

Vonnegut Jr., Kurt

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If we are to have magical bodies, we must have magical minds.

Dyer, Wayne

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Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.

Brande, Dorothea

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The components of anxiety, stress, fear, and anger do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do.

Dyer, Wayne

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The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

Maslow, Abraham H.

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It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.

Descartes, Rene

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Prosperity begins with a state of mind.

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I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering.

Wright, Steven

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While the mind is in doubt it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse.

Terence

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Great athletes train their minds as well as their bodies. There are various mental conditioning techniques many use when preparing for an event. Perhaps the best known technique is visualization, creating a mental image not only of the desired result (the gold medal, a new world record, a hole-in-one), but also of every move that will be taken en route to the ultimate goal.

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Aristotle is famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.

Cuppy, Will

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He is not elevated by good fortune or depressed by bad. His mind is established in God, and he is free from delusion.

Bhagavad Gita

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Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scarcely have room to breathe.

Woolf, Virginia

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We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets -- we remember only.

Miller, Henry

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I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love, and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety, or fear try to call me, they will keep getting a busy signal and soon they'll forget my number.

Armstrong, Edith