- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mind Quotes
What occupies the mind, for better or worse.
Quotes about the "mind" here range widely — a lifelong search for hidden meaning sits alongside a startlingly honest admission that resentment has occupied more mental space than friendship ever did. For related reflection, see Body quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although I had arrived in total darkness the light of truth at once burst upon my mind and I perceived most clearly that the republicans had overreached themselves.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to help people understand how to study the Scriptures with other people, to give them an overview of Scripture and assume that by understanding the Scriptures better, the Holy Spirit will bring to mind the right stories, the right teachings.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Faith is reason plus revelation, and the revelation part requires one to think with the spirit as well as with the mind. You have to hear the music, not just read the notes on the page.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
The simplest principles become difficult of practice, when habits, formed in error, have been fixed by time, and the simplest truths hard to receive when prejudice has warped the mind.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like other men, I have sought honours and preferment, and often have obtained them beyond my wishes or hopes. Yet never have I found in them that content which I had figured beforehand in my mind. A strong reason, if we well consider it, why we should disencumber ourselves of vain desires.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
During a game, it comes down to your mind - the pressure. There are loads of other aspects, too. Many people say taking penalties is easy, but when you're stood over one, that's not the case. It's in no way easy. The goal really does become a lot smaller.
- Nov 07, 2020
Self-care is really about taking care of you and focusing on feeling good about yourself - mind and body.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about and finding out one's acquaintance, that, really, one has no time to mind the stage. One merely comes to meet one's friends, and show that one's alive.
- Pleasure
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lost my son in late 2011. He had been totally incapacitated from his neck down for the last eight years of his life, but his mind was alive and brilliant in those years. He even wrote a book, 'Allegheny Mountain,' lying at home in his hospital bed.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, as a young child, I lay in my bedroom and I swore to myself then: 'I'm not going to smoke and I'm not going to drink.' And I said I'm not going to just say that when I'm a kid. I'm going to stick to that as an adult. I kept that in mind my whole life.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to be able to think. My brain's circuits were all connected, and I had spark, a quickness of mind that let me function well in the world.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people imagine music playing in their heads, but some hallucinate music; some cannot sleep because of the soundtrack in their mind.
- Car
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- Nov 07, 2020