Paul J. Meyer Quotes

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking.

Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.

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.

You feel the way you do right now because of the thoughts you are thinking at this moment.

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.

We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice.

Every time you think a negative thought, it's one step in the wrong direction, for me.

When you change the way you think, you can change the way you feel.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Mindfulness has helped me succeed in almost every dimension of my life. By stopping regularly to look inward and become aware of my mental state, I stay connected to the source of my actions and thoughts and can guide them with considerably more intention.

You are who you are and what you are because of what has gone into your mind. You can change who you are and what you are by changing what goes into your mind.

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

I think it's important and I think it's true that our life experience is going to be about our attitude, our thoughts, our beliefs, our speech and our actions. We can transform our life experience simply by changing our language.

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.

It's all in the mind, you know.

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

What do you hang on the walls of your mind?

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

There have been many occasions when I found it helpful to talk out loud to my own thoughts, ordering the unwholesome ones to go off somewhere and jump into the river.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.