“You become what you think about”
Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author
Source: Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude
Possibly, but more likely derived from the Buddha: "All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become."
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 120; This probably derives from a Rosicrucian proverb, "As you think, so shall you become", which is itself probably derived from Proverbs 23:7 "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he."
“You become what you think about”
Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author
Source: Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude
“The mind is everything. What you think you become.”
Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism
“You are now, and you do become, what you think about.”
Earl Nightingale book The Strangest Secret
Source: The Strangest Secret
“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Hays translation
II, 11
Meditations (c. AD 121–180), Book II
Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998) American historian
Source: Freedom, Loyalty, Dissent (1954), p. 15
Prem Rawat (1957) controversial spiritual leader
No. There’s something within inside of you that is really beautiful. And this is what the Knowledge reveals.
Portland, Oregon, 30 January 1977
1970s
John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn
Lou Holtz (1937) American college football coach, professional football coach, television sports announcer
Variant: Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.