Self-Talk Quotes

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.

Words are powerful; if you change your words, you can change your life.

Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.

I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night. I find myself talking to myself sometimes.

When I'm tired, I tell myself what the people are saying about me. In that second workout when I'm saying, 'Man, I don't want to do this.' I remind myself, 'They're saying you're old. They're saying you're 33. They're saying you can't do it this year.' I play games with myself off that stuff.

I always have these little internal monologues. You'll get used to them.

What we do in life is determined by how we communicate to ourselves. In the modern world, the quality of life is the quality of communication.

I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself. Sometimes I am so clever I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

I've learned over the years that if you start thinking about the race, it stresses you out a little bit. I just try to relax and think about video games, what I'm gonna do after the race, what I'm gonna do just to chill. Stuff like that to relax a little before the race.

You pray for things and accept the blessings when they come, you know? And it is about how you talk to yourself and what you say morning, noon and night about what you want to happen in your life. Some folks call that creative visualization. Other people call it prayer. But it is about that message that you send out there to yourself.

First sign of madness, talking to your own head.

Don't ever say anything negative about yourself.

I can talk myself so much into my part.

The most important conversations, briefings, meeting, and lectures you will ever have will be those you hold with yourself in the privacy of your own mind.

However much some journalists may criticize me, I know that I look, feel, and behave several decades younger than my actual age, and much of that is because I believe you are what you think you are. This is called positive affirmation, and it's a really strong tool.

I talk to myself quite a lot, and when things get stressful, I just tell myself to breathe.

When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.

Self-talk, for me, has been the biggest thing in my life. A lot of us have a dialogue that is crap. It's a crappy dialogue. We live in a world right now that is very external. Everything is very on the surface. Superficial. Everything. And what we're telling ourselves is what we see on TV.

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

When I'm sifting the compost seed or pruning, I argue over issues in my head; I talk to myself.

I talk to myself everyone once in a while. Give myself very good advice. Sometimes I even take it.

Relentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-image.

That's what the voices in your head are for, to get you through the silent parts.