Quotes about Energy
Faith is the "eternal elixir" which gives life, power, and action to the impulse of thought!
- Napoleon Hill
Ella Wheeler Wilcox gave evidence of her understanding of the power of the subconscious mind when she wrote: You never can tell what a thought will do In bringing you hate or love-For thoughts are things, and their airy wings Are swifter than carrier doves. They follow the law of the universe-Each thing creates its kind, And they speed O'er the track to bring you back Whatever went out from your mind.
- Napoleon Hill
The best method of protecting oneself against the inflow of negative thoughts being released by other people is that of keeping the broadcasting station so busy sending out positive thoughts that no time will be available for receiving negative thoughts. This formula is unbeatable.
- Napoleon Hill
Man's brain may be compared to an electric battery. It is a well-known fact that a group of electric batteries will provide more energy than a single battery. It is also a well-known fact that an individual battery will provide energy in proportion to the number and capacity of the cells it contains.
- Napoleon Hill
Sex transmutation is simple and easily explained. It means the switching of the mind from thoughts of physical expression, to thoughts of some other nature.
- Napoleon Hill
Part of acknowledging suffering is acknowledging we need help. It is much easier to practice compassion if you have the energy and support of a community.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
If we're aware of the habit energies in us and can become more intentional in our thoughts, speech, and actions, then we can transform not only ourselves, but also our ancestors who planted the seeds. If we're able to do that, it means our ancestors are also able to smile at what is provoking them. If one person keeps calm and smiles at a provocation, the whole world will have a better chance for peace.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Making an effort at the wrong time or place dissipates our energy.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
For at sixteen I had imagined that Blake, like the other romantics, was glorifying passion, natural energy, for their own sake. Far from it! What he was glorifying was the transfiguration of man's natural love, his natural powers, in the refining fires of mystical experience: and that, in itself, implied an arduous and total purification, by faith and love and desire, from all the petty materialistic and commonplace and earthly ideals of his rationalistic friends.
- Thomas Merton
Listening to Jeremiah is one hell of a way to get your blood going in the morning; it puts caffeine to shame.
- Kathleen Norris
Live with power and energy that undeniably transcends their natural capacities and with an intensity of commitment that far exceeds anything they have previously demonstrated in their lives
- George Barna
Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die and do not outlive yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw