Mental Toughness Quotes

“The mind cannot differentiate between past, present and future events with regards to imagery in the mind. If you attached enough emotional context and feeling to what you are playing in your minds eye I.e. a past memory or projected future event, the body elicits exactly the same biochemical response, as if that experience was happening right now. It’s a clever trick which can convince the mind into believing that you have already achieved these things. The subconscious will then go to work in serving up additional and similar opportunities to bring into your physical reality.”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“Mental toughness is many things. Its humility, as it behooves us all to remember that simplicity is the sign of greatness, and meekness is the sign of true strength” (Vince Lombardi)”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“A “No” uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a “Yes” merely uttered to please, or even worse, to avoid trouble” (Mahatma Gandhi)”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“Do you view yourself as a strong person? If you do, then you most likely are, its as simple as that. Everything is linked to self-image, personality, drive, levels of happiness and so on. You will naturally behave in the way you see yourself.”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“It should be clear by now that I believe mental imagery to be a key factor in determining mental toughness. In fact, your own perception of yourself will dictate all of your subsequent behaviors, as well as what you’ll get out of life. You can’t do anything without a lot of psychological stress, when this image isn’t aligned with the picture you have in your mind. This will largely be a consequence of your past programming and environmental experiences.”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“Chapter 7: Visualization - Mental Imagery IS Mental Toughness “Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body” (Lynn Jennings)”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“medical studies, that every part of the human body works more efficiently when a person is happy. Eye sight, hearing, sensitivity to touch all improve. In addition to the minds problem solving ability, all of which are increased when mood is up-regulated. Being happy is therefore the most beneficial state to be in, not just from an ethical standpoint, but a mental health one too.”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“Its better to laugh at life than to lament over it”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“There once was an old farmer who worked his crops with the aid of a trusty horse. One day the horse ran away, and the villagers lamented “What bad luck that is!”. The Zen master simply replied “We’ll see”. The following day the horse returns, bringing with it three additional wild horses. To which the villagers cheered “How wonderful!”. The Zen master once again replied “We’ll see”. A week later the farmer gives one of the horses to his son as a gift on his sixteenth birthday. The villagers reply, "Oh, how lovely, the boy got a horse!" 
The Zen master says, "We'll see.”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“A women is like a tea bag, you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water” (Eleanor Roosevelt)”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“Thought Pattern Interrupts”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“Take care how you speak to yourself, because you are listening” (Anonymous)”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“In a psychological sense, this now fits perfectly with what I’m getting at, and what our real world observations indicate. It takes a wise and strong character to prosper, someone who has the potential to be dangerous, but chooses not to be. Someone who is mentally strong, but chooses to exercise restraint. Those who understand that they can’t control everything in their environment, only their own emotions and reactions to things. But in truth, that’s all that matters, as that’s all you can effect.”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“What its actually describing is that “those who have weapons and know how to use them, but choose to keep the sheathed” will eventually gain everything.”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“Jesus states “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth”. This very much sounds like the weak, harmless, and timid will eventually come out on top. But how can this be?”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“We don’t live in a world where grinding physical work predominately wins the day. We live in a time where proper thinking does. When the correct psychological strategies are implemented in the right manner.”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“You have to believe you can do something before you can do it. The body can’t go where the mind hasn’t been. You have to visualize yourself doing whatever it is you wish to achieve first and foremost. Then go about practicing each day with focus and persistent action until you attain it. This doesn’t mean solely training in a physical sense too. Its been shown time and again that practising in the mind is just as effective as going through the “real life” motions when trying to improve at a given task.”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“The Fortune Teller vs The Forecaster Another reason you shouldn't be putting exact figures and time-frames on these larger goals, is again due to limitations of the human brain.”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“It’s very difficult to quantify these things entirely. Exactly how much money constitutes being “extremely wealthy”? What position do you hold in what company? Exactly how many children, grandchildren are you going to have? The mind works with images and emotions regarding these instances. A far better strategy for longer term goals is to create a picture or movie in your mind about what these things would look like. How do you look and feel once you have achieved these things? What are you wearing? What car are you driving? How does your posture now look?”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“Short Term Targets (1-3 months)”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“Long Term Projects (5-10 years)”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“In this sense, its far better to split goal setting up into two segments, the near term vs the long term, as both categorizes require a different mode of thinking to complete”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“The subconscious mind, which is ultimately responsible for providing the opportunities to actualize these achievements, does not work in specifics. It works in images, feelings and emotions instead.”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“Chapter 6: Goal Setting Secrets”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“Very often, we do something that we wish we hadn’t done. Instead of simply feeling bad about it, let us look at the situation objectively, and see what we could have done better, so that we won’t make the same mistake again when confronted with a similar situation.”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“As long as you are alive, continue learning how to live”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“Its the only state where genuine creativity and progress can happen. It has”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“A man is only as miserable as he thinks he is”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“This is a big one. One of the most prominent sources of stress in peoples lives is the worry of things which MIGHT happen. We can all recall times when we have lost sleep over seemingly menial things. Will my new work colleagues like me? Will I fail my exam next week? What if bad weather ruins my garden party this weekend? The list is endless. However, continually fretting about things does us no good. It will only result in anxiety and unnecessary internal suffering, which in turn will affect our daily lives in a negative manner. Instead, and as”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand

“There are more things to distress us than to hurt us, and we suffer more in apprehension than reality”
― Katherine Chambers, Mental Toughness: A Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming Psychologically Strong - Develop Resilience, Self-Discipline & Willpower on Demand