Mind Quotes



Gautama Buddha – present

“Do not dwell in the past, nor dream of the future; concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
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Pope John XXIII – possible

“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.”
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Unknown – right

“To settle an argument, think of what is right, not who is right.”
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Benjamin Franklin – Learn

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”



Mark Twain – ahead

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks and then starting on the first one.”



Thich Nhat Hanh – attention

“The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.”
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Auguste Rodin – discover

“I invent nothing, I rediscover.”
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Christian D. Larson – believe

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.”



Elbert Hubbard – mistake

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one.”
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Aesop – plan

“It is one thing to conceive a good plan, and another to execute it.”
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James Allen – mind’s garden

“A man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind. “
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Socrates – yourself

“To find yourself, think for yourself.”
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