Self Talk Quotes

“Self-talk reflects your innermost feelings.”
― Dr. Asa Don Brown

“If you don't believe in God, it may help to remember this great line of Geneen Roth's: that awareness is learning to keep yourself company. And then learn to be more compassionate company, as if you were somebody you are fond of and wish to encourage. I doubt that you would read a close friend's early efforts and, in his or her presence, roll your eyes and snicker. I doubt that you would pantomime sticking your finger down your throat. I think you might say something along the lines of, 'Good for you. We can work out some of the problems later, but for now, full steam ahead!”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

“Convince yourself everyday that you are worthy of a good life. Let go of stress, breathe. Stay positive, all is well.”
― Germany Kent

“What have I done to her?" Gabriel muttered to himself as he crossed the room to crank open a window. Cool air washed over his skin. "What the devil did she do to me?”
― Olivia Parker

“Your self-talk is the channel of behavior change”
― Gino Norris

“The sick in mind, and, perhaps, in body, are rendered more darkly and hopelessly so by the manifold reflection of their disease, mirrored back from all quarters in the deportment of those about them; they are compelled to inhale the poison of their own breath, in infinite repetition.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables

“Find the pitch and pace and syllables and words you love to hear. Delight your own senses, and self-romance.”
― Alexandra Katehakis, Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

“How can you get through to yourself?”
― Alexandra Katehakis, Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

“More fundamentally, I'm interested in memory because it's a filter through which we see our lives, and because it's foggy and obscure, the opportunities for self-deception are there. In the end, as a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened."

[As quoted in: In the land of memory: Kazuo Ishiguro remembers when (Adam Dunn, cnn.com Book News, Oct. 27, 2000)]”
― Kazuo Ishiguro

“Either you must control your thoughts or the outside forces will control them and be warned that the outside forces usually consist of fears, worries and doubts.”
― Maddy Malhotra, How to Build Self-Esteem and Be Confident: Overcome Fears, Break Habits, Be Successful and Happy

“You do not have to overdo to be loved.
You do not have to perform to be loved.
You do not have to worry that your life will become meaningless or pointless if you soften.”
― Molly Remer, Walking with Persephone

“Tennis is the sport in which you talk to yourself. No athletes talk to themselves like tennis players. Pitchers, golfers, goalkeepers, they mutter to themselves, of course, but tennis players talk to themselves—and answer. In the heat of a match, tennis players look like lunatics in a public square, ranting and swearing and conducting Lincoln-Douglas debates with their alter egos. Why? Because tennis is so damned lonely. Only boxers can understand the loneliness of tennis players—and yet boxers have their corner men and managers. Even a boxer’s opponent provides a kind of companionship, someone he can grapple with and grunt at. In tennis you stand face-to-face with the enemy, trade blows with him, but never touch him or talk to him, or anyone else. The rules forbid a tennis player from even talking to his coach while on the court. People sometimes mention the track-and-field runner as a comparably lonely figure, but I have to laugh. At least the runner can feel and smell his opponents. They’re inches away. In tennis you’re on an island. Of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary confinement, which inevitably leads to self-talk, and for me the self-talk starts here in the afternoon shower. This is when I begin to say things to myself, crazy things, over and over, until I believe them. For instance, that a quasi-cripple can compete at the U.S. Open. That a thirty-six-year-old man can beat an opponent just entering his prime. I’ve won 869 matches in my career, fifth on the all-time list, and many were won during the afternoon shower.”
― Andre Agassi, Open

“I'm trying to stop lying to myself about little things. I'm still working on the big ones.”
― Terry McMillan, I Almost Forgot About You

“If I’m not talking myself out of depression, I’m talking myself into depression.”
― Curtis Tyrone Jones

“If you’re not talking yourself out of depression, you’re talking yourself into depression.”
― Curtis Tyrone Jones

“There is no inspiration without being armed with the ability of self-talk.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Remember that positive self-talk is an intrinsic part of a healthy mind.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Let me encourage you to start saying positive things about yourself. Maybe you don’t think you’re the most beautiful person on earth, but you can look at the mirror and say to yourself, ‘I really do have a great smile’ or ‘My hair has been looking great!’ You can even use Bible verses to talk to yourself. Based on Philippians 4:13 (NKJV), you can say, ‘I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.’ Or you can use Jeremiah 29:11 and say, ‘Things may be a little tough for me right now, but God knows the plans He has for me, and they are good. He is giving me a hope and a future!’ You get to decide what you say to yourself.”
― Sadie Robertson, Live

“Your current income is not the final indicator of your ultimate outcome.”
― Curtis Tyrone Jones

“Let the voice of the soul come out from within, listen to it, expand yourself.”
― Santosh Kumar (San), Who has a heart and the mind?

“My body wasn’t the problem; my thoughts and beliefs were.”
― Anne Poirier

“Effective self-talk strategies can give us a greater sense of control over our doubts, worries, and fears.”
― Noel Brick, Strong Minds: How to Unlock the Power of Elite Sports Psychology to Accomplish Anything

“Talking to myself is okay. Answering back is risky.”
― Brian Spellman, We have our difference in common 2.

“Of course, I talk to myself. I have no prayer God. I have no prayer doG. Why not reverse bark and froth and rehearse verse?”
― Brian Spellman, We have our difference in common 2.

“Self-Talk and Prayer: When you audible the first and correctly interpret, the white coats correct you in a nuthouse. When you audible the second and misinterpret, the dinner coats swear you to an oath in The White House. Does this make you nuts too? The outfit your sanity seeking political asylum at my house.”
― Brian Spellman, We have our difference in common 2.

“Positive Self Talk
Is Important
To Win My Day!”
― Allan Rufus - Daily Life Adjustments

“Dear Daughter,
Do not become part of the crew that speaks negatively about you. Mind how you speak to yourself and about yourself.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, Dear Daughter: Short and Sweet Messages for a Queen

“The words you tell yourself are the worst words you'll ever hear.

Henri had tamed his inner bully. Now he had nothing to fear.”
― Samantha Childs, Henri and the Magnificent Snort : A Children's Book about Bullying, Belonging, and Love

“One of the hardest things you will ever have to do is make peace between your ears. Once you do that … you’re free.”
― Brittany Burgunder

“You can't run. Yes, you can.”
― Merili Freear