Quotes about Mindset

You become what you think about most of the time.

You're so caught up in grumbling, complaining, and seeing what's wrong that you have no energy or time to appreciate what's good.

I used to have a real problem with self-pity. Every time the devil would throw a pity party, I would attend.

Yesterday is gone forever. Make the most of today and tomorrow if you wish to make up for lost time.

At any moment in time, our reality is based on whatever we focus on.

It won't do us or those outside any good if we continue to be as gloomy as we are now. And what would be the point of turning the Secret Annex into a Melancholy Annex?

Everyone has to decide for himself how to get the better of his own mood

If you're not enough before the gold medal, you won't be enough with it.

why do we make it all seem like a crisis, over and over again? Why do we worry it all to death, like dogs with socks or chew-toys? 'Look at it this way...In a hundred years? - All new people.

Here's a quote from ultramarathoner Dick Collins: Decide before the race the conditions that will cause you to stop and drop out. You don't want to be out there saying, "Well gee, my leg hurts, I'm a little dehydrated, I'm sleepy, I'm tired, and it's cold and windy." And talk yourself into quitting. If you are making a decision based on how you feel at that moment, you will probably make the wrong decision.

The challenge is to focus on the work, not on the fear that comes from doing the work.

If you seek to become indispensable, a similar question is worth asking: "Where do you put the fear?" What separates a linchpin from an ordinary person is the answer to this question.