State Of Mind Quotes - Page 3

• Insanity is just a state of mind.

  Alan Alda

  Insanity, Mind, States

  M*A*S*H, TV Series, www.imdb.com. 1972–1983.

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• Being an entrepreneur isn’t just a job title, and it isn’t just about starting a company. It’s a state of mind. It’s about seeing connections others can’t, seizing opportunities others won’t, and forging new directions that others haven’t.

  Tory Burch

  Motivational, Jobs, Opportunity

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• No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.

  Dogen

  Strong, Clouds, Wind

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• Punk is not really a style of music. It was more like a state of mind.

  Mike Watt

  Style, Mind, Punk

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• A teacher will alter the balance of power by actually lifting a person into other states of mind. In those states of mind the teaching will take place in non-verbal ways through direct experience.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Teaching, Mind

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• Do you know what my ambition is in life? To be without ambition. As far back as I can remember I've been absolutely hag-ridden. I'd like to attain the state of mind that the Indians call Nirvana. That, for me, would happen if I were free of ambition.

  Tallulah Bankhead

  Ambition, Mind, Remember

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• Stop trying to do things that will make you happy. Happiness is a state of mind; because otherwise, you are a slave to circumstance.

  Frederick Lenz

  Happiness, Buddhism, Mind

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• We get so involved with the latest craze or having the latest car or the most high-powered house that we lose touch with that which makes us happy - what makes us happy are quiet states of mind.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Buddhism, Car

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• AIDS is a state of mind, not a disease.

  Jenna Elfman

  Mind, Disease, Aids

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• Meditation is not the pursuit of pleasure and the search for happiness. Meditation, on the contrary, is a state of mind in which there is no concept or formula, and therefore total freedom. It is only to such a mind that this bliss comes unsought and uninvited. Once it is there, though you may live in the world with all its noise, pleasure and brutality, they will not touch that mind.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Happiness, Freedom, Meditation

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (2001). “Freedom, Love, and Action”, p.60, Shambhala Publications

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• If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience. On the other hand, if someone is suffering from depression, anxiety, or any form of emotional distress, then even if he or she happens to be enjoying physical comforts, he will not really be able to experience the happiness that these could bring.

  Dalai Lama

  Being Happy, Pursuit Of Happiness, Emotional

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• In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

  Plutarch

  Character, Mind, States

  Plutarch (1898). “Plutarch's Morals: Ethical Essays”

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• Fantasy is only a state of mind that you can employ when existing in a real context.

  Woody Allen

  Real, Mind, Fantasy

  "Woody Allen by Moonlight". Interview with Uzoamaka Maduka, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 16, 2011.

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• Give to each emotion a personality, to each state of mind a soul.

  Fernando Pessoa

  Giving, Personality, Soul

  Fernando Pessoa (2010). “The Book of Disquiet”, p.9, Profile Books

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• Revenge is not a positive state of mind or energy to indulge your self in.

  Michael K. Williams

  Revenge, Self, Mind

  Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. March 10, 2008.

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• Self-satisfaction is the state of mind of those who have the happy conviction that they are not as other men.

  Margery Allingham

  Happiness, Men, Self

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• Innocence could be considered a discrete state of mind.

  John Shirley

  Mind, Innocence, States

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• Real poverty is less a state of income than a state of mind.

  George Gilder

  Real, Mind, Income

  George Gilder (2012). “Wealth and Poverty: A New Edition for the Twenty-First Century”, p.15, Regnery Publishing

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• Joy is a condition that is experienced, but it is more than a feeling; it is, primarily, a state of mind.

  J. I. Packer

  Joy, Feelings, Mind

  J. I. Packer (1998). “Great Joy: A 31-Day Devotional”

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• Fanaticism is not a state of religion but a state of mind.

  Tony Blair

  Mind, States, Fanaticism

  Tony Blair's first Commons statement after the bomb attacks in London, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2005.

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• It doesn't really matter what you do. It is your state of mind that matters.

  Frederick Lenz

  Philosophy, Mind, Matter

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• Texas is not a state - it's a state of mind.

  John Steinbeck

  Texas, Mind, States

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• Success is creating a state of mind that allows you to obtain anything you really desire.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Creating, Mind, Desire

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• Confidence is a resolute state of mind by which you believe nothing is impossible.

  John Eliot

  Believe, Achievement, Mind

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• Being ready is state of mind... It's a mentality. Do you think your the best in the world? Do you work hard every single day?

  Urijah Faber

  Hard Work, Thinking, Mma

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