Chris Hadfield Quotes

Control what you can control. I can control my emotions, my attitude, my effort every 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.

Balance. It was all about balance. That had been one of the first things that she had learned: the centre of the seesaw has neither up nor down, but upness and downness flow through it while it remains unmoved. You had to be the centre of the seesaw so the pain flowed through you, not into you. It was very hard. But she could do it!

I am mentally strong.

The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance.

You can't let your personal disposition be dictated by the world around you.

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.

Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them

Anything can happen, so you have to control your attitude and stay strong.

I don't put much pressure on myself, because I'm strong mentally.

I'm real mentally strong, so there's just not a lot that people can say to get me off of my own self and lane, and my confidence.

I just want people to know I'm mentally strong.

I never even think of the mental side of things because I never had any issues.

Being mentally strong is something I've always been very good at and sometimes you just have to dig a bit deeper.

All I can control is myself and just keep having a positive attitude.

I've got a lot better at dropping emotions if something goes wrong, or right.

There are going to be bad things in your life, a lot of ups and downs, but the only thing you can control is your attitude. And if you do that, in the end good things will happen.

I try to let my highs not be too high and my lows not be too low. And I do that just because I try to control my emotions.

Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself.

You can either give in to negative feelings or fight them, and I'm of the belief that you should fight them.

I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude... When my attitudes are right theres no challenge too great for me.

Even behind bars, even on Death Row, you can fail up, because life is about committing ourselves on a daily basis to the best in us. Freedom is a state of mind. Freedom is an attitude. Freedom is a spirit. You may be behind bars, but you still have the capacity to be free.