Quotes about Mindset
If you have to swallow a frog, don't stare at it too long.
— Mark Twain
I have lived a long life and had many troubles, most of which never happened.
— Mark Twain
Not because his troubles were one whit less heavy and bitter to him than a man's are to a man, but because a new and powerful interest bore them down and drove them out of his mind for the time—just as men's misfortunes are forgotten in the excitement of new enterprises.
— Mark Twain
Maybe just being open to things being connected made us see more. Now I shudder whenever I find that sort of connectedness creeping into my life.
— Mark Vonnegut
A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nothing pains some people more than having to think
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
What matters is not how long you live…but how you live.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The soft-minded man always fears change. He feels security in the status quo, and he has an almost morbid fear of the new. For him, the greatest pain is the pain of a new idea.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
You can't stop a bird from landing on your head. But you can keep it from building a nest.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
— Aung San Suu Kyi