If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility.
—Plato (428 BCE–347 BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Mathematician, Educator
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
The mind itself must, like other things, sometimes be unbent; or else it will be either weakened or broken.
—Philip Sidney (1554–86) English Soldier Poet, Courtier
How do you want to live your life? How do you want to play the game? Do you want to play in the big leagues or in the little leagues, in the majors or the minors? Are you going to play big or play small? It’s your choice.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
And because we are creatures of habit, we must practice. I urge you to practice acting in spite of fear, practice acting in spite of inconvenience, practice acting in spite of discomfort, and practice acting even when you’re not in the mood.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
We may be very busy, we may be very efficient, but we will also be truly effective only when we begin with the end in mind.
—Stephen Covey (1932–2012) American Self-help Author
As you start to see the possibilities in the impossible, you will begin to see that the world works “perfectly”. You can find reason and purpose in everything—if you open your mind to it.
—Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author
Aloneness is a wise teacher. Kierkegaard remarked that one sign of spiritual maturity was the ability to be comfortable when alone.
—Vernon Howard (1918–92) American Spiritual Teacher, Philosopher
To get paid the best, you must be the best.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
—Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American Author, Journalist, Attorney, Lecturer
Thought engenders thought. Place one idea upon paper, another will follow it, and still another, until you have written a page. You cannot fathom your mind. It is a well of thought which has no bottom. The more you draw from it, the more clear and fruitful will it be. If you neglect to think yourself, and use other people’s thoughts, giving them utterance only, you will never know what you are capable of. At first your ideas may come out in lumps, homely and shapeless; but no matter; time and perseverance will arrange and polish them. Learn to think, and you will learn to write; the more you think, the better you will express your ideas.
—George Augustus Henry Sala (1828–95) British Journalist
The more comfort becomes your priority, the more contracted you become with fear.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
The true sound and strong mind is the one that can embrace equally great and small things.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Living based in security is living based in fear.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
—Buddhist Teaching
The bottom line is that if you become a master at handling problems and overcoming obstacles, what can stop you from success? The answer is nothing! And if nothing can stop you, you become unstoppable!
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Rich people…take responsibility for the results in their lives and act upon the mind-set “It will work because I’ll make it work”.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
It is with diseases of the mind as with diseases of the body, we are half dead before we understand our disorder, and half cured when we do.
—Charles Caleb Colton (c.1780–1832) English Clergyman, Aphorist
I don’t know about you, but where I went to school, Money Management 101 wasn’t offered. Instead we learned about the War of 1812, which of course is something I use every single day.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
It comes down to this: either you control money, or it controls you. To control money, you must manage it.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
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.
—Richard Carlson (1912–77) American Actor, TV Personality, Film Director, Screenwriter
The by-product is that they more people you help, the “richer” you become, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and definitely financially.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State
There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.
—Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American Author, Journalist, Attorney, Lecturer
We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets—we remember only.
—Henry Miller (1891–1980) American 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
Action always beats inaction.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Those who take up any subject with an open mind, willing to learn anything that will contribute to their advancement, comfort and happiness, are wise.
—Roger McDonald (b.1941) Australian Novelist, Poet, Screenwriter, Writer
As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.
—Helen Keller (1880–1968) American Author
The mind, like the dyer’s hand, is colored by what it holds.
—Indian Proverb
The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.
—Henry Miller (1891–1980) American Novelist
To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else’s type of thinking.
—William James (1842–1910) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician
I consider each of my dollars to be investment “soldiers,” and their mission is “freedom”.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Nature abhors a vacuum. When a head lacks brains, nature fills it with conceit.
—Unknown
Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.
—Dorothea Brande (1893–1948) American Writer, Editor
Knowledge, wisdom, erudition, arts, and elegance, what are they, but the mere trappings of the mind, if they do not serve to increase the happiness of the possessor? A mind rightly instituted in the school of philosophy, acquires at once the stability of the oak, and the flexibility of the osier.
—Oliver Goldsmith (1730–74) Irish Novelist, Playwright, Poet
Before the development of tourism, travel was conceived to be like study, and it’s fruits were considered to be the adornment of the mind and the formation of the judgment.
—Paul Fussell (1924–2012) American Literary Scholar, Social Historian
Unlikely accomplishments are borne out of single-minded purposefulness. Future superstars don’t get there by keeping part of their heart in reserve.
—John Eliot (b.1971) American Psychologist, Academic
You must never fear anything at all.
—Vernon Howard (1918–92) American Spiritual Teacher, Philosopher
So surely as you find yourself in the mental attitude of haste, just so surely may you know that you are out of the mental attitude of greatness. Hurry and fear will instantly cut your connect with the universal mind.
—Wallace Wattles (1860–1911) American New Thought Author
What you THINK about reveals what you ARE. Sometimes we need to do a check-up from the neck-up.
—Unknown
A merchant may, perhaps, be a man of an enlarged mind, but there is nothing in trade connected with an enlarged mind.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
A man’s mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower.
—Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) British Children’s Books Writer, Short story, Novelist, Poet, Journalist
A good mind is lord of a kingdom.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
The chief purpose of the body is to carry the brain around.
—Thomas Edison (1847–1931) American Inventor, Scientist, Entrepreneur
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
All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
—Buddhist Teaching
A girl with brains ought to do something with them besides think.
—Anita Loos (1888–1981) American Actor, Novelist, Screenwriter
The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up.
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English Essayist