Randy Alcorn Quotes

We must not allow our emotions to hold sway over our minds. Rather, we must seek to let the truth of God rule our minds. Our emotions must become subservient to the truth.

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.

The problem is not what other people think, do or say; it is your reaction.

There's a fine line between thinking about somebody and thinking about not thinking about somebody, but I have the patience and the self-control to walk that line for hours - days, if I have to.

Today I will be the master of my emotions.

I don't let the hate go to my heart, and I don't let the praise go to my head.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

We have consciousness and rational powers but unless you're willing to spend the time to gain control of yourself, gain control of your emotions, to think deeply about what you want in a year or two, or where you want your business to be, you're going to be swept away by every new event that occurs in the course of the day or the week and the small amount of time that you plan, that you address to conscious planning, is never enough to overcome the constant tide of emotions and new things happening.

You can feel an emotion; just don't think that it's so important.

I don't like to show my emotions at the board, not because they might give something away to an opponent, but because that's my style: I like to keep it to myself.

At the end of the day you have to keep emotions away.

You have to fight the green monster with your mind, not your fists.

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

My job is making irrational people do rational things.

Understand that thoughts are thoughts. If they are unreasonable, reason with them, even if you have no reason left. You are the observer of your mind, not its victim.

Awareness is the key. Do we see the stories that we're telling ourselves and question their validity? When we are distracted by strong emotion, do we remember that it is our path? Can we feel the emotion and breathe it into our hearts for ourselves and everyone else? If we can remember to experiment like this even occasionally, we are training as a warrior. And when we can't practice when distracted but KNOW we can't, we are still training well. Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on.

Subdue your heart to match your circumstances.

Find a balance between head and heart.

Think against your feelings; argue yourself out of the gloom they have spread; look up from your problems to the God of the gospel.

Thoughts aren't fact, so don't take them seriously

Emotions are not tools of cognition. They tell you nothing about the nature of reality.

Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.

The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.