Mental Quotes

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The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is only a mouthing of clichés. — H. L. Mencken
No one can tell you what is right for you except yourself. So start telling yourself what to do. If you blunder for ten years… — Vernon Howard
Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. — Tim Ferriss
Cease negative mental chattering. If you think a thing is impossible, you'll make it impossible. Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed. — Bruce Lee
One of the best places to start to turn your life around is by doing whatever appears on your mental "I should" list. — Jim Rohn
No erudition, no purity of diction, no width of mental outlook, no flowers of eloquence, no grace of person can atone for lack of fire.… — Edward McKendree Bounds
There is much suffering in the world - physical, material, mental. The suffering of some can be blamed on the greed of others. The material… — Mother Teresa
Even after the Truth has been realised, there remains that strong, obstinate impression that one is still an ego - the agent and experiencer. This… — Adi Shankara
No one has ever proved that a human being, through his descent from a certain group of people, must of necessity have certain mental characteristics. — Franz Boas
The problem that has no name-which is simply the fact that American women are kept from growing to their full human capacities-is taking a far… — Betty Friedan
Mental toughness is essential to success. — Vince Lombardi
Confronting and overcoming challenges is an exhilarating experience. It does something to feed the soul and the mind. It makes you more than you were… — Jim Rohn
The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment. . . . We are told that by its aid the stars are weighed and… — Alfred North Whitehead
Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in the competition with other groups.… — Bertrand Russell
I am tired of hiding and I am tired of lying by omission. I suffered for years because I was scared to be out. My… — Ellen Page
Our purpose is to be able to measure the intellectual capacity of a child who is brought to us in order to know whether he… — Alfred Binet
So in regard to mental qualities, their transmission is manifest in our dogs, horses and other domestic animals. Besides special tastes and habits, general intelligence,… — Charles Darwin
I'm not going to sacrifice my mental health to have the perfect body. — Demi Lovato
The golfer has more enemies than any other athlete. He has fourteen clubs in his bag, all of them different; 18 holoes to play, all… — Dan Jenkins
I've heard people say putting is 50 percent technique and 50 percent mental. I really believe it is 50 percent technique and 90 percent positive… — Chi Chi Rodriguez
It is astonishing how many mental operations we can explain when we have once grasped the principles of association — William James
An idea will infect another with its own emotional interest when they have become both associated together into any sort of a mental total. — William James
If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples; if it be unfamiliar, make it figure as part of a story; if… — William James
Be patient and sympathetic with the type of mind that cuts a poor figure in examinations. It may, in the long examination which life sets… — William James
Feed the growing human being, feed him with the sort of experience for which from year to year he shows a natural craving, and he… — William James

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