There's a tendency for adults to label the math that they can do (such as identifying patterns, choosing between competing offers in… — Robert Eastaway Copy Share Image
The self-fulfilling prophecy is, in the beginning, a false definition of the situation evoking a new behavior which makes the originally false… — Robert K. Merton Copy Share Image
People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
I figure it could become a self-fulfilling prophecy; if I make a successful arena rock record, I'll wind up playing arenas! I… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
The visions we offer our children shape the future. It _matters_ what those visions are. Often they become self-fulfilling prophecies. Dreams are… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest. — Marilyn Ferguson Copy Share Image
Judgments of others contribute to self-fulfilling prophecies. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
...you can't let something that'll probably never happen ruin your life. You're only helping to make it a self-fulfilling prophecy — Raymond Khoury Copy Share Image
Lying is common in social life, often done for benign purposes, seldom draws severe sanctions, and many of the most notable leaders,… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act. — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Pessimism is not only unwarranted, it is also a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you think the cause is lost, it will be. No… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Every quirky girl doesn't have to be the best-friend character. It's a very limiting and self-fulfilling prophecy. People only write things that… — Felicia Day Copy Share Image
The task of worrying is to come up with positive solutions for life's perils by anticipating dangers before they arise. If we… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
That is still the case in this country for too many students, the soft bigotry of low expectations. If you don't expect… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
Life is a self-fulfilling prophecy. What you believe about Life will be your experience of Life. — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
In our own lives, having a mind-set of expecting to win increases our odds of winning. It helps us get better results.… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Therefore, as a player, as a coach, even though we might have lost in a season or not won a championship, it… — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
The law of self-fulfilling prophecy says that you get what you expect. So why not create great expectations and the highest vision… — Mark Victor Hansen Copy Share Image
A single, one-dimensional way of thinking has created a monoculture of the mind. And the monoculture of the mind has become a… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
They hope for the Apocalypse like a self-fulfilling prophecy Tell me when do we stop it? Do they ask you your religion… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
“It wasn't Mamigonian who made my parents stay in San Ignacio instead of moving to Fresno, say, where there really was an… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
When you say something or sing something enough times, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's almost like casting spells. I don't mean… — Feist Copy Share Image
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