Mindset Quotes

The word impossible is not French.

Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.

I never lose. I either win or learn.

As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.

By ancestry, I was born to rule.

Hating clouds the mind. It gets in the way of strategy. Leaders cannot afford to hate.

In the end, reconciliation is a spiritual process, which requires more than just a legal framework. It has to happen in the hearts and minds of people.

We need a fundamental change of mindset with regards to the way we speak and behave about sex and sexuality. Boys and men have a particularly critical role in this regard, changing the chauvinist and demeaning ways sexuality and women were traditionally dealt with in both our actions and speaking.

The tough-minded individual is astute and discerning. He has a strong austere quality that makes for firmness of purpose and solidness of commitment.

Let us consider, first, the need for a tough mind, characterized by incisive thinking, realistic appraisal, and decisive judgment. The tough mind is sharp and penetrating, breaking through the crust of legends and myths and sifting the true from the false.

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

Only changes in mindsets can extend the frontiers of the possible.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

If you travel the earth, you will find it is largely divided into two classes of people-people who say 'I wonder why such and such is not done" and people who say "Now who is going to prevent me from doing that thing?"

You ask what the aim is? I tell you it is victory - total victory.

We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it.

And deep in my heart. The answer, it was in me. And I made up my mind. To define my own destiny.