60 Quotes About Negative Thinking

We all have bad days sometimes. It’s a sad fact that we will all experience hardships in life. We can all be affected by stress and depression, and we may even suffer from anxiety and panic attacks. But the good news is, you don’t have to spend your entire life feeling down Read more

There are plenty of ways to combat negative thinking, and these negative-thinking quotes will help you with that.

Believing in negative thoughts is the single greatest obstruction to...
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Believing in negative thoughts is the single greatest obstruction to success. Charles F. Glassman
Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a...
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Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism. Amit Kalantri
A positive Mindset attracts Success like a magnet and a...
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A positive Mindset attracts Success like a magnet and a negative one loves to marry failure, procrastination and comfortable environment that sobs in mediocrity and impossibility. Oscar Bimpong
Don't ever stop believing in your own transformation. It is...
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Don't ever stop believing in your own transformation. It is still happening even on days you may not realize it or feel like it. Lalah Delia
Don't over-focus on the negatives and under-focus the positives in...
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Don't over-focus on the negatives and under-focus the positives in your life. Lalah Delia
Beware of those who are bored and not passionate about...
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Beware of those who are bored and not passionate about life, for they will bore you with reasons for not living. Suzy Kassem
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If you think the world is full of darkness, let us see your light. If you think the world is full of wickedness, let us see your goodness. If you think people are acting wrongly, let us see your right action. If you think people don't know, let us see what you know. If you think the world is full of uncaring people let us see how you care about people. If you think life is not being fair to you, let us see how you can be fair to life. If you think people are proud, let us see your humility. We can easily find fault and we can easily see what is wrong but a positive attitude backed by a right action in a true direction is all we need to survive in peace and harmony in the arena of life . Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Never give a negative thought an inch or it will...
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Never give a negative thought an inch or it will take a mile. Matshona Dhliwayo
So far as you continue to entertain what makes you...
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So far as you continue to entertain what makes you unhappy, you shall always dance to the tune of what will make you unhappy. A mindset change can cause a great change. Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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There is too much negativity in the world. Do your best to make sure you aren't contributing to it. Germany Kent
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Leaders gather scattered people with the positive influence of intimacy while misleaders scatter gathered people with the negative influence of intimidation. Israelmore Ayivor
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Leaders don't fall in gutters of fear; only negative ideas flow in that canal. There, you will see filthy things like doubts and disbelief. Israelmore Ayivor
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Opinions of others may temporary influence your decisions. But you ought to follow your own inner voice. Lailah Gifty Akita
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Your day was never bad. If you think you had a bad day, check your mindset! Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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You shall only continue to feel bitter when you continue to make your mind the door step for footprints of bitterness! When you mind your mind, you mind your mind, you mind your heart, you mind your body and you mind your spirit! The only rest stop in your body for bitterness is your mind. Don’t forget! mind your mind! Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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You shall only continue to feel bitter when you continue to make your mind the doorstep for footprints of bitterness! When you mind your mind, you mind your mind, you mind your heart, you mind your body and you mind your spirit! The only rest stop in your body for bitterness is your mind. Don’t forget! Mind your mind! Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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Failure is an arrow pointing the right direction. Lailah Gifty Akita
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The mind is a magnetic field. When it a attract good thoughts, it will produce good deeds. Lailah Gifty Akita
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Greatness emanates through endurance and triumph over the difficulties in life. Lailah Gifty Akita
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Success has no other shortcuts apart from the ones that tell you; control thoughts, delete negativity, alternate actions and shift attitudes to become positive! Click on passion, it opens a new window for you to sign in on time! Israelmore Ayivor
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Your thoughts carry you wherever you want to go. Weak thoughts don’t have the energy to carry you far! Israelmore Ayivor
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Negativity is like burning plastic: while destroying itself, it annoys everyone with its stench. Charbel Tadros
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If I am not persistent with my desire to think about other things, and consciously initiate new circuits of thought, then those uninvited loops can generate new strength and begin monopolizing my mind again. To counter their activities, I keep a handy list of three things available for me to turn my consciousness toward when I am in a state of need: 1) I remember something I find fascinating that I would like to ponder more deeply, 2) I think about something that brings me terrific joy, or 3) I think about something I would like to do. Jill Bolte Taylor
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The key to happiness - or that even more desired thing, calmness - lies not in always thinking happy thoughts. No. That is impossible. No mind on earth with any kind of intelligence could spend a lifetime enjoying only happy thoughts. They key is in accepting your thoughts, all of them, even the bad ones. Accept thoughts, but don't become them. Understand, for instance, that having a sad thought, even having a continual succession of sad thoughts, is not the same as being a sad person. . Matt Haig
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Positive assumptions are needed only when you have negative assumptions that you’re trying to overcome. But when you drop your assumptions altogether, your soul stands naked in the open fields of possibility. And what you choose to create from that space is up to you. T.K. Coleman
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We have fallen on hard times of the spirit, with many of the people more concerned with fear of evil than contemplation of the good. Clifford D. Simak
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Negative thought saps a person’s strength. Lailah Gifty Akita
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We have reached the age of denial, we have become happiness seekers, afraid to feel. We are told to think positive, to seek only joy. Stores overflow with books selling you ways to rid yourself of ‘negative’ feelings. Aysha Taryam
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Revolution doesn't have to do with smashing something; it has to do with bringing something forth. If you spend all your time thinking about that which you are attacking, then you are negatively bound to it. You have to find the zeal in yourself and bring that out. Joseph Campbell
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We must remember each day we wake up that, there is something best to think about always than the better things we think about always Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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The benefits often outweigh the suffering. Never concentrate on the pain, focus on the reward. Lailah Gifty Akita
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If you're facing a season of trials, don't allow the enemy to have a field day by putting negative thoughts in your mind. Let go of stinking thinking. Instead of turning away from God in anger or confusion, run into His loving arms where He will comfort you. Dana Arcuri
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She’s a gray woman with gray sayings.” “A crape-hanger. Benedict Freedman
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When the actions of others no longer matter, then you will have succeeded within your own mind. Jo De Raman
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Words are life. We are our words. Choose your words carefully. Lailah Gifty Akita
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Those not chasing their dreams should stay out of the way of those who are. Tim Fargo
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Limiting beliefs are a virus of the mind. They decline your success and happiness. Maddy Malhotra
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Never condemn yourself. Always affirm positive words into your life. Lailah Gifty Akita
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Mind what you mind. Do not just open the door of your mind to anything at all you don’t want to mind. Mind the things that get closer to your mind and mind your mind! Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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Filter all negative voices. But retain the positive. Lailah Gifty Akita
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Most people ask ineffective questions of themselves, in their head, which trigger lame or negative thoughts and negatively affect their feelings, decisions and results. Maddy Malhotra
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In many situations, the only thing you can control is your own response. Changing self-talk from negative to positive is an excellent way to manage that response. Anger destroys your health and relationships. Maddy Malhotra
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How you talk to yourself, in your head, determines how you feel about yourself, and determines the actions you take. Maddy Malhotra
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Most of us are unaware of the words we use on a regular basis. We weren’t taught that the words we regularly use to describe our experiences and conditions in life impact and influence our emotional states. Maddy Malhotra
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Unknowingly we make our emotional states worse by using and relating high-intensity negative words to our experiences in life. You can use empowering/positive words to change how you think, which will then change your feelings, decisions and results. Maddy Malhotra
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Wisely selecting the words we use to describe the experiences in and of our lives can make us feel better thus impacting our decisions and actions. Maddy Malhotra
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The questions we ask ourselves, in our head, determine where we focus, how we think, how we feel, and what we decide and do. Maddy Malhotra
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Are you a fortune-teller? A clairvoyant? If not, why anticipate the worst for yourself? We predict events will turn out in a negative way because our self-beliefs are limiting. Maddy Malhotra
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Are you a clairvoyant? A fortune-teller? If not, why anticipate the worst for yourself? Past does not equal the future, so why not think big and positive? Maddy Malhotra
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What starts out as an intrusive thought can turn into an overwhelming concept if we "feed" it with more negative thinking. From the book: Removing Your Shame Label. Eddie Capparucci
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The more you rationalize, the more you move farther away from your authentic self. Shannon L. Alder
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Positive thinking and negative thinking cannot operate at the same level in your mind, one needs to be the master and the one you feed it more will rule over the other. Oscar Bimpong
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Negative thinking will not produce positive changes - ever. Taite Adams
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Our spirit requires freedom in every area of our lives. The barriers that stop our soul from free expression are doubt, guilt, resentment, and thoughts of lack or limitation. Hina Hashmi
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It is not always possible to do away with negative thinking, but with persistence and practice, one can gain mastery over them so that they do not take the upper hand. Stephen Richards
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That which can happen in your future is far better than whatever happened in your past. Maddy Malhotra
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Don’t believe everything you repeat in your mind! Maddy Malhotra
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One thing that gives meaning to our thinking, drive our understanding, and determines what makes us happy or unhappy is the very thing we seek to have, and we yearn for to be happy and feel alright. Aside that thing, life, the understanding of life, and how life should be lived is different all together. Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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The Top 4 Causes of Medical Problems: stress, negative mindset, poor diet, sedentary lifestyle. Charles F. Glassman