Quotes about Mindset

What you focus on you create more of

The life you want is right here, right now.

Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.

We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.

Never say about anything, I have lost it, but only I have given it back.

First say to yourself what you would be;and then do what you have to do.

Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions.

I am prepared to show you that you have resources and a character naturally strong and resilient; show me in return what grounds you have for being peevish and malcontent.

What, then, is your own? The way you live your life.

It is not the events but our viewpoint toward events that is the determining factor. We ought to be more concerned about removing wrong thoughts from the mind than removing tumors and abscesses from the body.

It is not the person who insults or attacks you who torments your mind, but the view you take of these things.

Remember that it is we who torment, we who make difficulties for ourselves — that is, our opinions do. What, for instance, does it mean to be insulted? Stand by a rock and insult it, and what have you accomplished? If someone responds to insult like a rock, what has the abuser gained with his invective?