Boyd K. Packer Quotes

When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.

The mind is such a powerful thing, and when you learn how to control that it really turns a lot of things around.

I'm able to control the body through just the power of the mind.

The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.

I do not allow myself vain regrets or foreboding.

Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission.

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.

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

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

Where the mind goes, the man follows.

For me, that's the biggest thing, if something holds me back it's my mental game so I really tried to focus on that and just worked on that.

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.

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

You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.

You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control.

You either control your mind or it controls you.

When people learn to master their feelings, they can soon learn to master their reflections and thoughts in the degree requisite for attaining the objects they are seeking. But while they yield to a feeling or spirit that distracts their minds from a subject they wish to study and learn, so long they will never gain the mastery of their minds.

Every human being has the ability to completely control his own mind.

If you want to get over a problem, stop talking about it. Your mind affects your mouth and your mouth affects your mind. It's difficult to stop talking about a situation until you stop thinking about it.

A mind in control is always better than a mind out of control. For one thing, a controlled mind can learn much better and go much further than a chaotic one. A person with a steady-state mind has the potential to exit this life with a much greater understanding than someone who is continually learning and forgetting, gaining and misplacing knowledge.

When you believe yourself to be master of your thoughts, you become so.

If you become capable of relaxing the body voluntarily, then you will be able to help your mind relax voluntarily. Mind is a more complex phenomenon. Once you have become confident that the body listens to you, you will have a new trust in yourself. Now even the mind can listen to you. It will take a little longer with the mind, but it happens.

My teacher Jim Rohn taught me a simple principle: every day, stand guard at the door of your mind, and you alone decide what thoughts and beliefs you let into your life. For they will shape whether you feel rich or poor, cursed or blessed.

Our minds are so undisciplined that our doubts rule our lives and we don't master our imagination - it masters us.

Emotional self-control is the result of hard work, not an inherent skill.