Quotes about Mindset

We will live reactive lives instead of proactive.

We can't always fix our circumstances, but we can fix our minds on God. We can do that.

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he" (NLV).

I can't control the things that happen to me each day, but I can control how I think about them.

It might be a good idea if, like the White Queen, we practiced believing six impossible things every morning before breakfast, for we are called on to believe what to many people is impossible. Instead of rejoicing in this glorious "impossible" which gives meaning and dignity to our lives, we try to domesticate God, to make his might actions comprehensible to our finite minds.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find. [Quoted by Theodore Sorensen in 'Kennedy']

We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.

Everybody seems to think I'm lazy I don't mind, I think they're crazy. Running everywhere at such a speed Till they find there's no need.

A form of self-delusion.

Whatever may be, I am still largely the creator and ruler of my emotional destiny.

Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.