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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“A Navy study revealed a number of things that people with grit do—often unknowingly—that keep them going when things get hard. One of them comes up in the psychological research again and again: “positive self-talk.” Yes, Navy SEALs need to be badass, but one of the keys to that is thinking like The Little Engine That Could. In your head, you say between three hundred and a thousand words every minute to yourself. Those words can be positive (I can do it) or negative (Oh god, I can’t take this anymore). It turns out that when these words are positive, they have a huge effect on your mental toughness, your ability to keep going. Subsequent studies of military personnel back this up. When the Navy started teaching BUD/S applicants to speak to themselves positively, combined with other mental tools, BUD/S passing rates increased nearly ten percent. Getting through BUD/S is a lot of physical hardship, but quitting is mental. What does this have to do with insurance salesmen, you ask? Think about how people usually respond when asked to think about insurance salesmen: “Ugh.” It’s not just SEALs who take a battering; insurance salesmen face constant rejection. While you may think that the key to being a good salesperson is people skills or being extroverted, research shows that salespeople can be hired based on optimism alone. Researchers found that “agents who scored in the top 10 percent [of optimism] sold 88 percent more than the most pessimistic tenth.” It makes sense that optimism keeps us going, but it’s hard to believe that it has such powerful effects.”
― Eric Barker, Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong

“Optimism is the thing that can carry you out of a fire. When you think you can do something, at least you have a shot at getting it done. When you think you can't, you won't. I'm not trying to be all preachy preacherperson here but you know that's true. Thoughts are tangible things. Intentions are valuable, and the intentions you have for yourself and your future can make all the difference in the world.”
― Jann Arden, If I Knew Then: Finding Wisdom in Failure and Power in Aging

“You have to keep going forward even if that forwardness is kind of sideways--sometimes backwards. Things stop working when you stay still. We've got to keep moving, listening to that inner voice that dares you to be more than you are. The conversation you have with yourself is a lifelong one, so you may as well make it a positive and encouraging one. If you keep repeating negative, hurtful things inside your head, you will believe them eventually.”
― Jann Arden, If I Knew Then: Finding Wisdom in Failure and Power in Aging

“The way you talk to yourself is unbelievably important. It can make your life easier or harder, and that is a fact.”
― Jann Arden, If I Knew Then: Finding Wisdom in Failure and Power in Aging

“The way we think about ourselves shapes how we observe, perceive, and engage with everything around us.”
― Ahmet Bozer, Soulgery: A Lifelong Guide to Unlocking Your Potential

“Take a shower. Wash away every trace of
yesterday smells. Off weary skin. Get
dressed. Make coffee, windows open, the sun shining through. Hold the cup with two hands and notice that you feel the feeling of warmth.
You still feel warmth. Now sit down and
get to work. Keep your mind sharp, head on,
eyes on the page and if small thoughts of
Worries fight their ways into your consciousness: threw them off like fires in the night and keep your eyes on the track. Nothing but the task in front of you
Get off your chair in the middle of the day. Put on your shoes and take a long walk on open streets around people. Notice how they're all walking, in a hurry, or slowly. Smiling, laughing or eyes straight forward, hurried to get to wherever they're going. And notice how you're just one of them. Not more, not less. Find comfort in the way you're just one in the crowd. Your worries: no more, no less.

Go back home. Take the long way just to not pass the liquor store. Don't buy the cigarettes.
Go straight home. Take off your shoes. Wash your hands. Your face. Notice the silence.
Notice your heart. It's still beating. Still
fighting. Now get back to work. ? Work with
your mind sharp and eyes focused and if any thoughts of worries or hate or sadness creep their ways around, shake them off like a runner in the night for you own your mind, and you need to tame it. Focus, Keep it sharp on track,
nothing but the task in front of you.
Work until your eyes are tired and head is
heavy, and keep working even after that
Then take a shower, wash off the day. Drink a glass of water. Make the room dark. Lie down and close your eyes.Notice the silence.Notice your heart. Still beating. Still fighting
You made it, after all. You made it, another
day. And you can make it one more.You're
doing just fine.You're doing fine.
l'm doing just fine.”
― Koich____

“We all carry a constant companion: the voice in our head that narrates our days. ... The tone we take with ourselves shapes our mental landscape far more than we realise. ... Many of us would never say to a friend, “You’re so stupid, you always fail,” but we might say it to ourselves. ... What if, instead, we spoke to ourselves the way we would speak to someone we love? Encouraging, honest, and forgiving”
― Ajmal, from the book "Borders of the Inner World"

“Words are potent. They can build bridges or burn them, heal wounds or deepen them, inspire action or sow doubt. We often underestimate the impact of what we say... A casual remark intended as a joke may linger in someone’s mind as a cutting critique. A sincere compliment might buoy someone through a hard day”
― Ajmal, from the book "Borders of the Inner World"

“I learned to talk to myself the way I’d talk to my best friend — with encouragement, compassion, and love.”
― Vikki Espinosa, One in Eight: A Breast Cancer Journey and Practical Guide for Patients, Families, and Workplaces