Once the mind is met with understanding, it can always find its way home.
—Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author
A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Our brains our seventy year clocks, the angel of life winds them up once and for all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hands of the angel of resurrection.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–94) American Physician, Essayist
An affirmation states that a goal is already happening. I’m not crazy about this because, often when we affirm something that is not yet real, the little voice in our head usually responds with “This isn’t true, this is BS…On the other hand, a declaration is not saying something is true, it’s saying we have an intention of doing or being something. This is a position the little voice can buy, because we’re not stating it’s true right now, but again, it’s an intention for us ion the future.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
In every forest, on every farm, in every orchard on earth, it’s what’s under the ground that creates what’s above the ground. That’s why placing your attention on the fruits that you have already grown is futile. You cannot change the fruits that are already hanging on the tree. You can, however, change tomorrow’s fruits. But to do so, you will have to dig below the ground and strengthen the roots.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
I have found that the richest people I know are also the nicest.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
A mind grows by what it feeds on.
—Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819–81) American Editor, Novelist
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
There will always be a frontier where there is an open mind and a willing hand.
—Charles F. Kettering (1876–1958) American Inventor, Entrepreneur, Businessperson
One false idea is that anyone can hurt you. Events can ruin your reputation, take your money, mistreat you, revenge itself upon you, deceive, betray, abandon you, but cannot hurt you.
—Vernon Howard (1918–92) American Spiritual Teacher, Philosopher
What is mind but motion in the intellectual sphere?
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.
—Unknown
I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace.
—The 14th Dalai Lama (b.1935) Tibetan Buddhist Religious Leader, Civil Rights Leader, Philosopher, Author
Frivolous curiosity about trifles, and laborious attentions to little objects which neither require nor deserve a moment’s thought, lower a man, who from thence is thought, and not unjustly, incapable of greater matters.
—Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) English Statesman, Man of Letters
It is impossible to live without brains, either one’s own or borrowed.
—Baltasar Gracian (1601–58) Spanish Scholar, Prose Writer
By unlinking your money motivation from anger, fear, and the need to prove yourself, you can install new links for earning your money through purpose, contribution, and joy.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
I could do nothing without problems, they toughen me my mind. In fact I tell my assistants not to bring me their successes for they weaken me; but rather to bring me their problems, for they strengthen me.
—Charles F. Kettering (1876–1958) American Inventor, Entrepreneur, Businessperson
A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.
—Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) English Statesman, Man of Letters
It is the mind that makes the body rich; and as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, so honor peereth in the meanest habit.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
You can have such an open mind that it is too porous to hold a conviction.
—George W. Crane (1901–95) American Psychologist, Physician
It’s simple arithmetic: “Your income can grow only to the extent you do”.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Let’s set the record straight. Money is important! To say that it’s not as important as any other things in life is ludicrous. What’s more important, your arm or your leg? Could it be that both are important?
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
—Common Proverb
If thou desirest ease, in the first place take care of the ease of thy mind; for that will make all other sufferings easy. But nothing can support a man whose mind is wounded.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes, rather than their minds.
—William C. Durant (1861–1947) American Industrialist
The extreme limit of wisdom—that’s what the public calls madness.
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French Poet, Playwright, Film Director
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.
—Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910) American Christian Science Religious Leader, Humanitarian, Writer
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?
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) English Novelist
As electricity is a great power in the world, so the inner mind is the greatest power available to you. Neither operates independently; both depend upon a separate agency to ignite them to action, and both bring helpful or harmful results according to the wisdom or ignorance with which they are directed.
—Roger McDonald (b.1941) Australian Novelist, Poet, Screenwriter, Writer