Quotes by Toni Sorenson

You must give permission for people to alter your thoughts. No matter how hard they knock, they can’t get into your brain unless you open the door.

I challenge you to destroy whatever roadblock is keeping you from moving forward. Destroy it with your physical body if you must, but first, destroy it with a power greater than a nuclear bomb—the power of your mind. Think it gone and it will go.

Here’s the three-ingredient recipe for a glorious day: think a higher thought, move your feet forward, serve someone you’ve never served. Do those three things and your life will improve in a millisecond.

Go for broke, my friends. Straighten your spine when you step to the podium. Trust your own tongue. Believe that your weary legs will hold you until you reach the finish line. And reach it you will if you give it your all. Fall if you must, crawl if you must, but don’t you dare give up or give in until you’ve made it to the end. For at the end is where your great reward will be to begin anew. A new chance. A new life. A new you.

Dont ever let your day end in could haves and should haves. Life is meant to be one experience after another. Say yes to everything that is good for you.

The greatest tragedy in your life will not be the death of a loved one or a natural disaster; those things hurt like hell and devastate to the core. But loss like that is part of life. What’s not necessary and is therefore most tragic is the demise of your truest identity, your dying before you’re dead, the moments when you let the words and judgments of others define who you are instead of rising above that pain to be the person you were meant to be. No matter what has happened in your past, you are still capable of becoming a better version of who you are at this moment. Think right. Believe the voice inside of you that speaks the truth. You are a divine marvel. Act like it. Live like it.

If we are what we repeatedly do, how many times did you express gratitude today? Showing that youre grateful is the only way to be a grateful human being. Saying the words is not enough; you have demonstrate it through deeds.

Its not just the thought we think that matter; its how we think them, how long we think them, and how often we think them. A thought has to be thought again and again in order for it to embed in our brains. So to fade a thought or get rid of it altogether, stop thinking it.

The origin of the word fail means to stop functioning. So as long as you havent stopped, you havent failed.

Success demands a price that only a few are willing to pay ... blood, flesh, time, money, pride, heartbreak and energy. Anyone who has ever succeeded has the battle scars to prove the sacrifices theyve made.

New thinking doesnt mean shuffling your old thoughts around; it means getting rid of the old and implementing the new. That way your, I cant become I can! and I did!

Once you learn how to straighten out your thinking, your life straightens out. Problems that were too complicated to deal with have solutions. Theres peace where there was chaos because theres power where there was weakness. A strong life begins with a strong thought. A healthy life begins in a clean brain.

Fair mindedness doesnt require a lot of thought, it requires a lot of bravery.

You cant wear your brain out by overusing it.

To have a flexible, open, clean mind, you have to do three things: exercise it, accept new ideas, clear out the clutter. Be willing to change your mind when it needs changing.

You cant have a great life unless you move two things: your body AND your mind. Keep them both exercised by taking them places theyve never before been.

I will never be a loser. Never. Because I will never stop trying to be better.

My path gets more beautiful when you walk it with me.

Friends hurt friends. They don’t mean to, but it happens. So friendship is made of forgiveness as much as it is love.

Why have you been my friend when I didn’t deserve friendship?” “Because friendship isn’t something anyone deserves…it’s just one of those blessings of life, you can’t earn…love has no price tag.