Motivational Quotes

Mind

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

- Plutarch

Best Quotes about Mind

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

Ramakrishna, Sri

We are that which activates the body.

Pilgrim, Peace

You cannot attain and maintain physical condition unless you are morally and mentally conditioned. And it is impossible to be in moral condition unless you are spiritually conditioned. I always told my players that our team condition depended on two factors -- how hard they worked on the floor during practice and how well they behaved between practices.

Wooden, John

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

It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.

Jackson, Andrew

Give up the belief that mind is, even temporarily, compressed within the skull, and you will quickly become more manly or womanly. You will understand yourself and your Maker better than before.

Eddy, Mary Baker

We must realize that the subconscious mind is the law of action and always expresses what the conscious mind has impressed on it. What we regularly entertain in our mind creates a conception of self. What we conceive ourselves to be, we become.

Speare, Grace

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

Dickens, Charles

All the resources we need are in the mind

Roosevelt, Theodore

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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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There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

Hill, Napoleon

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Your mind is what makes everything else work.

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem

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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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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 true sound and strong mind is the one that can embrace equally great and small things.

Johnson

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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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Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments. Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove.

Shakespeare, William

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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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I've got to have a place where I can find peace of mind.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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

Horace

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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.

Sallust

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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

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Kempis, Thomas

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The brain is the only part of the human machine that doesn't wear out. Probably it's because the brain is the only part that is not overworked.

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Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

Jung, Carl

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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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Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.

Da Vinci, Leonardo

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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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If you never change your mind, why have one?

Bono, Edward De

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

Riley, Terry

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Texas is not a state -- it's a state of mind.

Steinbeck, John

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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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The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he justly entitled.

Carnegie, Andrew

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'Tis the mind that makes the body rich.

Shakespeare, William

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

Crane, George W.

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Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one's level of peace of mind.

Madwed, Sidney

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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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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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The closed mind, if closed long enough, can be opened by nothing short of dynamite.

Johnson, Gerald W.

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The brain's calculations do not require our conscious effort, only our attention and our openness to let the information through. Although the brain absorbs universes of information, little is admitted into normal consciousness.

Ferguson, Marilyn

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

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Prosperity begins with a state of mind.

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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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He who has a mind to do mischief will always find a pretense.

Syrus, Publilius