Motivational Quotes

Mind

The mind has exactly the same power as the hands: not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.

- Wilson, Colin

Best Quotes about Mind

There is nothing so lovely and enduring in the regions which surround us, above and below, as the lasting peace of a mind centered in God.

Vasishtha, Yoga

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

Dickens, Charles

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

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

Plutarch

The incredible thing about the human mind is that is didn't come with an instruction book.

Riley, Terry

The water we drink has to be purified, but look at the trash we feed our minds.

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

Loos, Anita

The mind is always the patsy of the heart.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

A mind grows by what it feeds on.

Holland, Josiah Gilbert

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I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.

Jenner, Bruce

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Vain, very vain is my search to find; that happiness which only centers in the mind.

Goldsmith, Oliver

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It is only through your conscious mind that you can reach the subconscious. Your conscious mind is the porter at the door, the watchman at the gate. It is to the conscious mind that the subconscious looks for all its impressions.

Collier, Robert

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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.

Chuang Tzu

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Prayer puts you in touch with the infinite and prepares your mind for the finite.

Daniel, Peter

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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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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 moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts

Nightingale, Earl

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Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled.

Brande, Dorothea

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Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

Jung, Carl

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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.

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Don't let your mind go wandering, its too small to go out by itself.

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We cannot see things that stare us in the face until the hour comes that the mind is ripened.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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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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Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind.

Nightingale, Earl

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The mind, like the dyer's hand, is colored by what it holds.

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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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This is where you will win the battle -- in the playhouse of your mind.

Maltz, Maxwell

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

Baba, Meher

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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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Some minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set.

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The mind is not a hermit's cell, but a place of hospitality and intercourse.

Cooley, Charles Horton

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The direct effect on our mind is achieved by the words, the text, the thought, which arouse consideration. Our will is directly affected by the super-objective, by other objectives, by a through line of action. Our feelings are directly worked upon by tempo-rhythm.

Stanislavisky, Konstantin

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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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Everything is nothing. Everything is all. All is one. One is inconceivable, infinite. Therefore it is nothing. Everything is matter. Matter is electricity. Electricity is invisible, intangible. Therefore it is nothing. Therefore, everything is nothing. Atoms are made up of electrons and protons. (Protons are also nothing) Fifty billion electrons placed side to side in a straight line would stretch across the diameter of the period at the end of this sentence. Protons are heavier and take up less space. Such an idea is incapable of absorption by the human mind.

Lardner, John

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Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

Kempis, Thomas

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

Brande, Dorothea

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Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.

Hare, David

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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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The mind like a parachute functions only when open.

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A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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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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I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem

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

Horace

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We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.

King Jr. Martin Luther

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I am not a disbeliever in those who have told me they went to bed in the evening with an unsolved problem on their mind and woke up in the morning to find, waiting for them there in their consciousness, the correct answer.

Hanson, Dr. Jean

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Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.

Dewar, Thomas Robert

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It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Descartes, Rene