Max Lucado Quotes

The Universe totally supports every thought I choose to think and to believe. I have unlimited choices about what I think. I choose balance, harmony, and peace, and I express it in my life.

Take complete control over the messages you allow into your conscious mind.

I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

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

You can't control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.

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

I have received a great deal of benefit from the simple yet difficult practice of learning to stop the internal voice in my head. I learned that the voice isn't me, and I don't need to keep rethinking events of the past nor overthink plans for the future. This skill has helped me both to focus and to pause before responding to unexpected events.

I stay in my little bubble - that is what I try and do. There is always noise out there and distractions, but you just have to block all that noise out.

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.

The mind has to be gradually and systematically brought under control.

Weak minds lead to weak actions. A strong, disciplined mind, which anyone can cultivate though daily practice, can achieve miracles. If you want to live life to the fullest, care for your thoughts as you would your most prized possessions. Work hard to remove all inner turbulence. The rewards will be abundant.

If I'm having relentless thoughts, I just won't shut up in my head. I know that if I put myself on the mat and just focus on a flow that I will transmute or I will transform, transfer the energy into some other act or put my attention somewhere else, I'll be back. I'll feel stronger not only in my body but most certainly in my brain.

The mind is running on all sides to think about many things, - what we call thoughts coming from outside. We must withdraw the mind from these distractions and make it abide in the self. Thus guarding the peace within we shall have to do the work without.

Mindfulness allows us to watch our thoughts, see how one thought leads to the next, decide if we're heading down an unhealthy path, and, if so, let go and change directions.

If you can think–and not make thoughts your aim.

You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.

Every day there are small moments when we have a choice: will we take in more stuff, or just clear our minds out for a bit?

I think you can learn to have much more pleasant thoughts moving through your mind that will help ease any situation, and it takes making a conscious choice to do so.

When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick

To live thy better, let thy worst thoughts die.

Concentration is that ability to not think about anything.

When I find my focus and keep my balance- I find that all is right with my world.

A man were better relate himself to a statue or picture than to suffer his thoughts to pass in smother.

The starting point of great success in your life begins, in the simplest terms, when you discipline yourself to think and talk about only the things you want and refuse to think and talk about anything you don't want.

Whenever you notice your thoughts detour into attack mode, say out loud or to yourself: Happiness is a choice I make.