self-fulfilling mindset Quotes

You are the way you are because that is what you believe about yourself.

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

The only person in all the world who can give you pleasure, or deny it, is yourself. No matter how much we love someone, the decision to experience pleasure, and to make room for it in our lives, is an internal one. If you are resistant, you could be around the most joyous people in the world and be miserable.

Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us.

Your success and happiness start with you.

You live up - or down - to your expectations.

You are like you are, because you tell yourself that you are that way.

If Chester had a failing, it was that he believed people were what they thought they were.