Isaac of Nineveh Quotes

Gollum has a weak personality and isn't able to cope with the power of the ring.

A warrior is not a person that carries a gun. The biggest war you ever go through is right between your own ears. It's in your mind. We're all going through a war in our mind, and we have to callus our mind to fight that war and to win that war.

If ill thoughts at any time enter into the mind of a good man, he doth not roll them under his tongue as a sweet morsel.

The most regular and most perfect soul in the world has but too much to do to keep itself upright from being overthrown by its own weakness.

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it.

Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must.

A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.

There's no point thinking, 'Well, my life's certainly worked out, I've got all the answers.' It would be wrong for me to say that I don't get seduced by certain things. That things don't become tempting.

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

But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires training.

As a top player, you have to keep your emotions in check. You think you can control everything.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

It is the mind that makes the body.

I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty.

I think, mind over body, it's real.

Being able to control your mind is a beautiful thing.

Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have.

Once I dedicated my time to mixed martial arts, I became careful about what I let into my mind. I made a goal of being the best on Earth in mixed martial arts and fighting. I wanted to build my mind into something good, not just of the world. I wanted to be different.

I've always prided myself on being mentally tough, but just because you're mentally tough doesn't mean that what's going on between your ears is always good things.

I had a little gut check, and ultimately, I grew up as far as my MMA mentality and am more mature now.

I firmly believe in mind over matter.

A man vows, and yet will not east away the means of breaking his vow. Is it that he distinctly means to break it? Not at all; but the desires which tend to break it are at work in him dimly, and make their way into his imagination, and relax his muscles in the very moments when he is telling himself over again the reasons for his vow.

He’d spent his life being a perfect gentleman. He’d never been a flirt. He’d never been a rogue. He hated being the center of attention, but by God, he wanted to be the center of her attention. He wanted to do the wrong thing, the bad thing. He wanted to pull her into his arms and carry her to her bed. He wanted to peel every last inch of her clothing from her body, and then he wanted to worship her. He wanted to show her all the things he wasn’t sure he knew how to say.

The mind always fails first, not the body. The secret is to make your mind work for you, not against you.