Top 271 Mindset Quotes

Most of what holds people back is internal. These quotes on mindset are about the stories we tell ourselves: self-belief, confidence, character, and the quiet decision to become who you intend to be.

The first revolution is when you change your mind.
Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron
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Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.
August Wilson
August Wilson
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Be yourself. If you try to be someone else, it won't work. Whatever you do, you are not going to make everyone happy.
Kimi Raikkonen
Kimi Raikkonen
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Because what you give your attention to is the person you become. Put another way: the mind is the portal to the soul, and what you fill your mind with will shape the trajectory of your character. In the end, your life is no more than the sum of what you gave your attention to.
Jim Rohn
Jim Rohn
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Be your own kind of beautiful, it's super important. Take that to heart and always be yourself.
Alice Gakarth
Alice Gakarth
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Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are.
Kristen Stewart
Kristen Stewart
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You are the only one who can change yourself.
Ichiro Kishimi
Ichiro Kishimi
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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
William T. Sherman
William T. Sherman
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What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.
Unknown
Unknown
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As the mystics say, 'Before you speak let your words pass through three gates. At the first gate, ask yourself, 'Is it true?' at the second ask, 'Is it necessary?' and at the third gate ask, 'Is it kind?'
Unknown
Unknown
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Be yourself. Unapologetically.
Kesha
Kesha
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Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge.
Nate Silver
Nate Silver
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If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride.
Karen Horney
Karen Horney
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Professional is not a label you give yourself - it's a description you hope others will apply to you.
David Marter
David Marter
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Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler
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Be yourself, but always your better self.
Karl G. Maeser
Karl G. Maeser
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Gender is an identity tenuously constituted in time, instituted in an exterior space through a stylized repetition of acts.
Judith Butler
Judith Butler
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You can't run away from who you are, but what you can do is run toward who you want to be.
Jason Reynolds
Jason Reynolds
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If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too.
Sue Grafton
Sue Grafton
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I have this mental sickness called creativity.
Philippe Starck
Philippe Starck
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You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
J.A. Rousse
J.A. Rousse
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Before you argue with someone, ask yourself, is that person even mentally mature enough to grasp the concept of a different perspective. Because if not, there's absolutely no point.
Unknown
Unknown
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Life is full of challenges. How you handle these challenges is what builds character. Never be afraid to be who you are.
Erin Brockovich
Erin Brockovich
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You are not your body; you are not your brain, not even your mind. You are Spirit. All you have to do is reawaken to the memory, to remember.
Brian Weiss
Brian Weiss
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The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.
Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson
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Your mind is in every cell of your body.
Candace Pert
Candace Pert
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If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.
Roben Fritz
Roben Fritz
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Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.
J.C. Watts
J.C. Watts
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Self-control is one of the most exhilarating of pleasures.
William F. Buckley Jr
William F. Buckley Jr
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Don't worry if you're making waves simply by being yourself. The moon does it all the time.
Scott Stabile
Scott Stabile
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Your deepest moments of happiness don't come from doing easy things, they come from realizing your potential and overcoming your own limiting beliefs about yourself. Ultralearning offers a path to master those things that will bring you deep satisfaction and self-confidence.
Scott H. Young
Scott H. Young
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Free your mind and your ass will follow.
George Clinton
George Clinton
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We get good grades or poor grades - according to our attitudes.
Shirley W. Sill
Shirley W. Sill
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Keep yourself busy until you feel sleepy.
Suman Pokhrel
Suman Pokhrel
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The only way to grow is to challenge yourself.
Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale
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We put great confidence in the Holy Rosary for the healing of evils which afflict our times.
Pope Pius X
Pope Pius X
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Attitude is altitude.
Julius Erving
Julius Erving
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Tell me who your enemy is, and I will tell you who you are.
Carl Schmitt
Carl Schmitt
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Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.
Robert Tew
Robert Tew
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Consistency breeds familiarity, familiarity breeds confidence, and confidence breeds sales.
Roy Curtis Levinson
Roy Curtis Levinson
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If you forget yourself, you become the universe.
Hakuin Ekaku
Hakuin Ekaku
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Sometimes you have to lose yourself 'fore you can find anything.
But Yeomans
But Yeomans
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Go afield with a good attitude, with respect for the wildlife you hunt and for the forest and fields in which you walk. Immerse yourself in the outdoor experience. It will cleanse your soul and make you a better person.
Fred Bear
Fred Bear
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Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
Cyril Connolly
Cyril Connolly
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Mindfulness is a mental activity that in due course eliminates all suffering.
Ayya Khema
Ayya Khema
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Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.
Marjane Satrapi
Marjane Satrapi
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To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.
Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson
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Competence is a great creator of confidence.
Mary Jo Putney
Mary Jo Putney
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