Motivational Quotes

Mind

The mind is a matter over every kind of fortune; itself acts in both ways, being the cause of its own happiness and misery.

- Seneca

Best Quotes about Mind

The human mind is our fundamental resource.

Kennedy, John F.

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.

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

There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.

Buddha

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

Sarnoff, David

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

The mind is always the patsy of the heart.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

You've got to watch your mind all the time or you'll awaken and find a strange picture on your press.

Buckley, Lord

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

Fairfax, Edward

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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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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 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

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

Horace

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All the resources we need are in the mind

Roosevelt, Theodore

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

Plutarch

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The mind is a matter over every kind of fortune; itself acts in both ways, being the cause of its own happiness and misery.

Seneca

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

Dewar, Thomas Robert

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If we were to ask the brain how it would like to be treated, whether shaken at a random, irregular rate, or in a rhythmic, harmonious fashion, we can be sure that the brain, or for that matter the whole body, would prefer the latter.

Bentov, Itzhak

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The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Sperry, Roger

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

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

Syrus, Publilius

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The mind like a parachute functions only when open.

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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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The fundamental fact about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priests had said, Thus far and no farther. We set the limits of thought. The Greek said, All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set on thought.

Hamilton, Edith

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

Maslow, Abraham H.

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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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We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

Aesop

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The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around

Edison, Thomas A.

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The mind is so rarely disturbed, but that the company of friend will restore it to some degree of tranquility and sedateness.

Smith, Adam

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Our minds can work for us or against us at any given moment. We can learn to accept and live with the natural psychological laws that govern us, understanding how to flow with life rather than struggle against it. We can return to our natural state of contentment.

Carlson, Richard

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Our minds should not be empty because if they are not preoccupied by good, evil will break in upon them.

Johnson

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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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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts

Nightingale, Earl

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Is there no way out of the mind?

Plath, Sylvia

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The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.

Freud, Sigmund

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