Earl Nightingale Quotes

You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control.

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

You only have control over three things in your life-the thoughts you think, the images you visualise, & the actions you take.

You... and only you choose your thoughts.

Do not be thoughtless, always be mindful, watch your thoughts! Draw yourself out of the path of evil, like an elephant sunk in mud.

He who is not master of his own thoughts is not accountable for his own deeds.

Emotional self-control is the result of hard work, not an inherent skill.

By far the most difficult skill I learned as a C.E.O. was the ability to manage my own psychology. Organizational design, process design, metrics, hiring and firing were all relatively straightforward skills to master compared with keeping my mind in check.

Learn to take responsibility for emotions, and to manage energies, always working within present resources.

Emotions are products of our mind, and we can actually train ourselves to choose whether we banish or embrace them.

I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.

You're the only one that's in control of your emotions; you're the only one that's inside of you at all times. So control you however you want to. If you're not happy, that's your fault.

I can control what I can control. I just focus on me, and that's it.

The mind is such a powerful thing, and when you learn how to control that it really turns a lot of things around.

Only allow yourself to think negative thoughts and/or complain about anything for three minutes, three times a day.

On those days when you don't want to get up, I think, I'm going to get through my entire practice without saying how tired I am or I try not to complain just because I was in a bad mood when I woke up. Even if it's not perfect and I slip up, I can catch myself and make myself of aware of where my mental space is at and move on.

My toughest opponent is me. My mind has a tendency to wander during bouts. I tend to focus on things other than the bout. I have to work at staying motivated, getting my head right.

Make a decision that from now on, your thoughts do not run you, you run your thoughts. From now on, your mind is not the captain of your ship, you are the captain of the ship, and your mind works for you.

If you can't control what you think, you will not be able to control what you do.

You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.

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.

No one has ever been able to control his thinking, although people may tell the story of how they have. I don't let go of my thoughts-I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.

You won’t have to watch what you say if you watch what you think.

You don't have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.

You either control your mind or it controls you.