I have discovered that in every language and every country I have visited, there are no new stories. They’re all recycled. The same stressful thoughts arise in each mind one way or another, sooner or later.
—Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author
Poor and most middle-class people believe “If I have a lot of money, I could do what I want and I’d be a success”. Rich people understand, “If I become a successful person, I will be able to do what I need to do to have what I want, including a lot of money”.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
There are few who need complain of the narrowness of their minds if they will only do their best with them.
—Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) English Political Philosopher
All sorts of bodily diseases are produced by half-used minds.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
The blessing of an active mind, when it is in a good condition, is, that it not only employs itself, but is almost sure to be the means of giving wholesome employment to others.
—Anonymous
Like squirrels, the best in every business do what they have learned to do without questioning their abilities – they flat out trust their skills, which is why we call this high-performance state of mind the “Trusting Mindset”.
—John Eliot (b.1971) American Psychologist, Academic
The mind is the most capricious of insects – flitting, fluttering.
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) English Novelist
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
We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
—Aesop (620–564 BCE) Greek Fabulist
With an unquiet mind, neither exercise, nor diet, nor physick can be of much use.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
Money is a result, wealth is a result, health is a result, illness is a result, your weight is a result. We live in a world of cause and effect.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism… It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of prudence, in the plenitude of its energy and power to repair the harms it may suffer. The hero is a mind of such balance that no disturbances can shake his will…
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
You must acquire the habits and skills of managing a small amount of money before you can have a large amount.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
I love not rushing the process. Mind doesn’t shift until it does, and when it does shift, it’s right on time, not one second too late or too soon. People are like seeds waiting to sprout. We can’t be pushed ahead of our own understanding.
—Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author
Where attention goes, energy flows and results show.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of ‘crackpot’ than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.
—Thomas J. Watson, Sr. (1874–1956) American Business Executive
A man’s felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.
—Anacharsis (fl.6th century BCE) Scythian Prince
The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity. The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Mind is not as merchandise which decreaseth in the using, but like to the passions of men, which rejoice and expand in exertion.
—Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810–89) English Poet, Writer
According to Madam Pomfrey, thoughts could leave deeper scarring than almost anything else … .
—J. K. Rowling (b.1965) English Novelist
Whenever you feel uncomfortable, instead of retreating back into your old comfort zone, pat yourself on the back and say, “I must be growing,” and continue moving forward.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Living based in security is living based in fear.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
We cannot see things that stare us in the face until the hour comes that the mind is ripened.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
From this moment on, every time you feel afraid, remind yourself that it is simply because you are not feeling good enough about yourself.
—Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author
The best cure for a sluggish mind is to disturb its routine.
—William H. Danforth (1870–1955) American Businessman
Money is a lubricant. It lets you “slide” through life instead of having to “scrape” by. Money brings freedom—freedom to buy what you want , and freedom to do what you want with your time. Money allows you to enjoy the finer things in life as well as giving you the opportunity to help others have the necessities in life. Most of all, having money allows you not to have to spend your energy worrying about not having money.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
The mind I love must have wild places, a tangled orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass, an overgrown little wood, the chance of a snake or two, a pool that nobody’s fathomed the depth of, and paths threaded with flowers planted by the mind.
—Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923) New Zealand-born British Author
Don’t mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.
—Henry James (1843–1916) American-born British Novelist, Writer
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