--- title: "11 Mind Choose Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Mind Choose quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Mind Choose sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/green-monk-388_choose_if-you-choose-to-have-a-closed-mind-plea_366516.jpg" --- > [If you choose to have a closed mind, please choose to have a closed mouth as well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/green-monk/if-you-choose-to-have-a-closed-mind-please-choose-to-have-a-closed/) [Green Monk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/green-monk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/green-monk-388_choose_if-you-choose-to-have-a-closed-mind-plea_366516.jpg) > [You must stand as guard at the door of your own mind and choose to be positive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-kelly/you-must-stand-as-guard-at-the-door-of-your-own-mind-and-choose-to-be/) [Gail Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-kelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/gail-kelly-27344_being-positive_you-must-stand-as-guard-at-the-door-of-y_2963509.jpg) > [I've made up my mind!.. I choose to believe God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rev-run-2/i-ve-made-up-my-mind-i-choose-to-believe-god/) [Rev Run](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rev-run-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/626/rev-run-2-9027_faith_i-ve-made-up-my-mind-i-choose-to-believe_1777146.jpg) > [The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-letitia-barbauld/the-most-characteristic-mark-of-a-great-mind-is-to-choose-some-one/) [Anna Letitia Barbauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-letitia-barbauld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/anna-letitia-barbauld-16166_characteristic_the-most-characteristic-mark-of-a-great_2098462.png) > [“always free            to change your mind and                choose a different future, or                  a different                      past.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/always-free-to-change-your-mind-and-choose-a-different-future-or-a/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3d/richard-bach-424_change_always-free-to-change-your-mind-and-choo_862843.png) > [“that if you were offered the choice between a splendid body or a splendid mind you would choose the mind, because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgette-heyer/that-if-you-were-offered-the-choice-between-a-splendid-body-or-a/) [Georgette Heyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgette-heyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/191/georgette-heyer-1080_psychology_that-if-you-were-offered-the-choice-betw_662257.jpg) > [No matter your position, circumstances, or opportunities in life, you always have the freedom of mind to choose how you experience, interpret,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendon-burchard/no-matter-your-position-circumstances-or-opportunities-in-life-you/) [Brendon Burchard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendon-burchard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a9/brendon-burchard-3247_choice_no-matter-your-position-circumstances-or_464308.jpg) > [“Circumstances and situations do color life, but you have been given the mind to choose what the color shall be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-holden/circumstances-and-situations-do-color-life-but-you-have-been-given/) [Robert Holden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-holden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/robert-holden-6555_color_circumstances-and-situations-do-color-li_522316.png) > [“Given that the world we see through our mind’s eye is limited, if we can train our mind and choose wisely where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haemin-sunim/given-that-the-world-we-see-through-our-mind-s-eye-is-limited-if-we/) [Haemin Sunim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haemin-sunim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d76/haemin-sunim-20464_choose-wisely_given-that-the-world-we-see-through-our_2960449.jpg) > [You choose to shine with the light of your own divinity, or you hide it with the shadows you create in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmalananda/you-choose-to-shine-with-the-light-of-your-own-divinity-or-you-hide/) [Nirmalananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmalananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1e/nirmalananda-85462_choice_you-choose-to-shine-with-the-light-of-yo_2183590.jpg) > [We’ve all seen the same situation happen to two people. One looks for the lesson, sets their shoulders back and presses on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-kelly/we-ve-all-seen-the-same-situation-happen-to-two-people-one-looks-for/) [Gail Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-kelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/gail-kelly-27344_asks_we-ve-all-seen-the-same-situation-happen_2206236.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind-choose/#itemlist", "name": "Mind Choose Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you choose to have a closed mind, please choose to have a closed mouth as well.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Green Monk" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/green-monk/if-you-choose-to-have-a-closed-mind-please-choose-to-have-a-closed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/green-monk-388_choose_if-you-choose-to-have-a-closed-mind-plea_366516.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/green-monk-388_choose_if-you-choose-to-have-a-closed-mind-plea_366516.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/green-monk-388_choose_if-you-choose-to-have-a-closed-mind-plea_366516.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you choose to have a closed mind, please choose to have a closed mouth as well.” — Green Monk", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You must stand as guard at the door of your own mind and choose to be positive.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gail Kelly" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-kelly/you-must-stand-as-guard-at-the-door-of-your-own-mind-and-choose-to-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/gail-kelly-27344_being-positive_you-must-stand-as-guard-at-the-door-of-y_2963509.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/gail-kelly-27344_being-positive_you-must-stand-as-guard-at-the-door-of-y_2963509.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/gail-kelly-27344_being-positive_you-must-stand-as-guard-at-the-door-of-y_2963509.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You must stand as guard at the door of your own mind and choose to be positive.” — Gail Kelly", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've made up my mind!.. 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