Guy Finley Quotes

Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.

The moment I started watching my thoughts, I realized how futile fear is.

Discipline yourself. Be conscious of what you think, and what you like. What gets you mad? What gets you in your feelings? Figure that stuff out and take control of it so nobody else can control you.

May I examine my mind in all actions and as soon as a negative state occurs, since it endangers myself and others, may I firmly face and avert it.

I do get angry some time, but if I let that feeling take over it would only cloud my thinking and disable me from making the right decision when it counts the most. I just try to think about my mother, children, God, and of course my freedom.

I work on myself daily to be a better person. When I react in a negative way to somebody, I sit back and think about why I did it, so I'm always working on myself, and my music is the same.

Because of the power of neuroplasticity, you can, in fact, reframe your world and rewire your brain so that you are more objective. You have the power to see things as they are so that you can respond thoughtfully, deliberately, and effectively to everything you experience.

I was once a fairly angry person.

When we are fully conscious and aware, we actually know when we are about to overreact. When we are mindful, we have the mental space and are aware of when our moods change. When we are mindful, we are aware of when our mental models are being challenged and when expectation does not meet with reality, which can trigger an emotional response.

I really explored self-awareness and emotions through 'Green Lantern.' It might sound goofy, but I do believe that emotions have power. We're all driven by something, and most of that is emotional reaction. For me, it was about recognizing my self-awareness.

I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.

I try to keep away exterior events that are going to make me do something negative internally to myself.

It is a challenge at times, but trying to stay centered and balanced helps me keep things in perspective.

Negative emotions will challenge your grit every step of the way. While it's impossible not to feel your emotions, it's completely under your power to manage them effectively and to keep yourself in a position of control. When you let your emotions overtake your ability to think clearly, it's easy to lose your resolve.

Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they're big, flashing signs that something needs to change.

There's always something going on, but thank goodness these days it's with a clear head, which helps me massively.

I'll get mad, but then I'll let it go. It's not worth stewing over for the rest of your life. You've got to move on and let it go.

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 just try to play with more focus on myself; I don't worry too much about the other things that maybe gave me too much pressure in the past.

But I don't let my bad feelings rule my life. I acknowledge them because I can't pretend they aren't there.

I've learned in my life that I have to focus on the things that I can control and what I can control is what comes out of my mouth and how I respond to people.

I'm going to try to put less pressure on myself, but I know how easy it is to say that rather than to feel it, but that's how it is.

I don't know if I'm ready to know what triggers my anger. I just feel like I figured out on my own how to stay calm, how to enjoy life, how to be happy.

Have a good sense of perspective and be able to snap yourself out of bad moods, as we often wind ourselves up about the silliest things.

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.