Quotes about Mindset

You think me the child of my circumstances: I make my circumstance.

A materialist would argue that I'm a product of my circumstances. But I make my own circumstances. If I make a change in my dominant thoughts or motives, a change in my situation and surroundings will soon follow. Through my actions, I attract people and situations to match my mentality. As I am, so I act; and as I act, so I attract.

Shallow people believe in luck and in circumstances; Strong people believe in cause and effect.

The landscape belongs to the person who looks at it.

We tend to start with Earth and reason up toward Heaven, when instead we should start with Heaven and reason down toward Earth.

Set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. (Colossians 3:1) This is a direct command to set our hearts on Heaven. And to make sure we don't miss the importance of a heaven-centered life, the next verse says, Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. God commands us to set our hearts and minds on Heaven.

Anyone who waits for happiness will never be happy.

Our minds are so much set on Earth that we are unaccustomed to heavenly thinking. So we must work at it.

Montaigne said something that rings true for many of us: "My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened.

Countless people in worse situations are happier than those in better situations. This demonstrates that happiness is dependent not on circumstances but on perspective, which is determined by our focus.

Tomorrow's character is made out of today's thoughts. Temptation may come suddenly, but sin doesn't.

Aim at Heaven and you will get earth 'thrown in': aim at earth and you will get neither."34 We need a generation of heavenly minded people who see human beings and the earth itself not simply as they are, but as God intends them to be.