Self-Talk

(355 votes)   If you hear a voice within you saying, ''You are not a painter,'' then by all means paint… and that voice will be silenced.

Vincent Van Gogh
1853-1890, Dutch Painter

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(181 votes)   He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and impure streams of thought; and as a wise householder commands his servants and invites his guests, so must he learn to command his desires and to say, with authority, what thoughts he shall admit into the mansion of his soul.

James Allen
1864-1912, British-born American Essayist, Author of ''As a Man Thinketh''

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(135 votes)   A gentleman that loves to hear himself talk, will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month.

William Shakespeare
1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright, Actor

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(97 votes)   If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important to be aware of them every time they come up.

Deepak Chopra
East-Indian- American M.D., New Age Author, Lecturer

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(85 votes)   We all have voices in our heads which talks to us on an almost constant basis. Our voices give us messages continually, and what they say to us affects us.

Juliene Berk

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(84 votes)   The inner speech, your thoughts, can cause you to be rich or poor, loved or unloved, happy or unhappy, attractive or unattractive, powerful or weak.

Ralph Charell
American Author

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(82 votes)   One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly: cheer up, things could get worse. So I cheered up and, sure enough, things got worse.

James Hagerty

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(79 votes)   Every waking moments we talk to ourselves about the things we experience. Our self-talk, the thoughts we communicate to ourselves, in turn control the way we feel and act.

John Lembo

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(76 votes)   Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.

W. Clement Stone
1902-, American Businessman, Author

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(71 votes)   I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people.

Savielly Tartakower

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