Psychology Quotes · Page 379

“he’s like a gun; once you point him and pull the trigger, it’s too late to change your mind.”

— Craig Johnson

Truths are more than imagination; they are real. Yet their origin is a thought in the mind of God.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

You can focus your mind. You can respect your body. All of that is important.

— Laura Huxley

I work from almost a dangerous place in my mind sometimes.

— Will Smith

The enlightened being can look through states of mind, but they are also outside of them.

— Frederick Lenz

Athletics is not so much about the legs. It's about the heart and mind.

— Eliud Kipchoge

“It takes great courage to open one's heart and mind to the tremendous injustice and suffering in our world.”

— Vincent A. Gallagher

It's the age-old battle between mind and heart, which seldom want the same thing.

— Dan Brown

“In every sphere of social interaction, that hermeneutic leap—that ability to put yourself in the mind frame of the other—is a virtue…

— Ted Gioia

Genetics help to some degree, but the most important thing is the mind and the spirit. These two are even more powerful…

— Serge Nubret

The only reason why things don't change, is because we are still stuck in our old rigid mind sets. Change your thoughts…

— Geraldine Vermaak

My nature is to try and look past apparent truths, to pull back layers and understand the psychological motives behind phenomena.

— Bennett Miller

“On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. It tells…

— Lynne Truss

I'm sure that many people who are involved in an environmental effort ... they will be pretty much encouraged by this recognition.

— Wangari Maathai

So-called "inspiration" is no more than an extreme example of a process which constantly goes on in the minds of all of…

— Anthony Storr

If I set my mind to something I do it. My biggest wish for all of us is that we are happy,…

— Victoria Beckham

The 1970s was the decade of liberation, of anger at injustice and demands for recognition and rights. But over time, the demand…

— Michael Foley

I think the silhouette of the kimono costume will become engraved in people's minds. I do think there'll be lots of red…

— Colleen Atwood

“No, this architecture in Council Bluffs and Omaha, this whole deeply embedded psychology of the use of space, simply conveys that there…

— Robert D. Kaplan

“While much psychology emphasizes the familial causes of angst in humans, the cultural component carries as much weight, for culture is the…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés

I've always been someone who's had to compartmentalize my life because I was in the closet, and I was in fear of…

— Gus Kenworthy

There can never be peace in Ireland until the foreign oppressive British presence is removed, leaving all the Irish people as a…

— Bobby Sands

Losing any game is not a nice feeling. It controls my whole day from that moment on, is constantly on my mind,…

— Alex Greenwood

“Memory requires active engagement with the complexities of the past. It is not an unthinking or passive process, like breathing or (for…

— Jamie Raskin

The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain

— Samuel Johnson

Most people don't understand the mental preparation that's also involved in wrestling.

— Dave Schultz

Salman never forgets his promises and gave me a second chance in 'Mental'. He is the giving type.

— Daisy Shah

As I awaken each morning, my dreams of you fade as thoughts of you flood my mind with sensual assault

— Anonymous

To create you must quiet your mind. You need a quiet mind so that ideas will have a chance of connecting.

— Eric Maisel

To my mind the most poignant mystical exhoration ever written is "Be still and know that I am God."

— Arnold Bennett

If you don't mind being unhappy, what happens to the unhappiness?

— Eckhart Tolle

A freed mind and a venturous spirit will pick the lock upon the doorway of your own prison

— Anonymous

Keep in mind: The tougher the lesson, the bigger the blessing.

— Anurag Prakash Ray

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.

— Orson Scott Card

I always have on my mind the thought that next year I must do something greater, something more wonderful.

— Harry Houdini

It is the fool who is haunted by fears, dread of dangers, oppression of mind, not the wise man.

— Gautama Buddha

The picture you have in your mind of what you're about will come true.

— Bob Dylan

“Opposites blur and become one. If you open your mind, that is.”

— Conrad Wesselhoeft

Weak minds may be injured by novel-reading; but sensible people find both amusement and instruction therein.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The psychology of brutality was worse than the beatings.

— John Blair