Thomas M. Sterner Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Thomas M. Sterner
We think too many thoughts at once, most of them the same thoughts we had yesterday and the day before. We are impatient with life, and anxious. — Thomas M. Sterner
Progress is a natural result of staying focused on the process of doing anything. — Thomas M. Sterner
Everything in life worth achieving requires practice. In fact, life itself is nothing more than one long practice session, an endless effort of refining our motions. When the proper mechanics of practice are understood, the task of learning something new becomes a stress-free experience of joy and calmness, a process which settles all areas in your life and promotes proper perspective on all of life's difficulties. — Thomas M. Sterner
So few people are really aware of their thoughts. Their minds run all over the place without their permission, and they go along for the ride unknowingly and without making a choice. — Thomas M. Sterner
The problem with patience and discipline is that it requires both of them to develop each of them. — Thomas M. Sterner
Habits and practice are very interrelated. What we practice will become a habit. — Thomas M. Sterner
You are going to find that buying the car is much less satisfying than working for it. — Thomas M. Sterner
Rushing had become so much of a habit that I was amazed at the amount of concentration it took to work slowly on purpose. — Thomas M. Sterner
The feeling "I'll be happy when X happens" will never bring you anything but discontentment. — Thomas M. Sterner
If you are not in control of your thoughts then you are not in control of yourself. Without self-control, you have no real power, regardless of whatever else you accomplish. If you are not aware of the thoughts that you are thinking in each moment, then you are the rider with no reins, with no power over where you are going. You cannot control what you are not aware of. Awareness must come first. — Thomas M. Sterner
When, instead, your goal is to focus on the process and stay in the present, then there are no mistakes and no judging. You are just learning and doing. You are executing the activity, observing the outcome, and adjusting yourself and your practice energy to produce the desired result. There are no bad emotions, because you are not judging anything. — Thomas M. Sterner
Habits are learned. Choose them wisely. — Thomas M. Sterner