62 Psychology Quotes and Sayings
In this post, you will find amazing psychology quotes and sayings.
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Short Psychology Quotes and Sayings
“The brain is wider than the sky.” —Emily Dickinson
“90% of people will text things that they could never say in person.” —Unknown
“It all depends on how we look at things.” —Unknown
The happiness of of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” — Marcus Aurelius
“Idleness is the parent of psychology.” —Friedrich Nietzsche
“Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.” —Unknown
“Quiet people have the loudest minds.” —Stephen Hawking
“The brain is built to change in response to experience.” —Unknown
“Keep calm and love psychology.” —Unknown
“I don’t believe in psychology.” —Bobby Fischer
“Man is many things, but he is not rational.” —Unknown
“You are what you think all day.” —Unknown
“When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.” —Plato
“Thinking holds what you feel; feeling drives what we think.” —Unknown
“People are only mean when they are threatened.” —Mitch Albom
“When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie.” —Criss Jami
“Human behavior is incredibly pliable, plastic.” —Philip Zimbardo
“No man’s knowledge here can go beyond his experience.” —John Locke
“Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality.” —Brian Tracy
Psychology Quotes and Sayings
“Based on psycho-logic study, a crush only lasts for a maximum of four months. If it exceeds, you are already in love.” —Unknown
“What screws us up most in life is the picture in our head of how it’s suppose to be.” —Unknown
“They insult you because they are insecure of something that they are lacking.” —Unknown
“If you put good apples into a bad situation, you’ll get bad apples.” —Philip Zimbardo
“The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.” —C.G. Jung
“A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment.” —Unknown
“We have so many needs in our life but at the end of the day all we need is to be needed.” —Unknown
“The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.” —William James
“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being ,You will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.” —Abraham Maslow
“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but your thoughts about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking.” —Eckhart Tolle
“Some people are prisoners of their own opinions. Some people are victims of their negative behaviors.” —Dr T.P.Chia
“When I look at the world I’m pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.” —Carl Rogers
“Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.” —Mason Cooley
“It is not primarily our physical selves that limit us but rather our mindset about our physical limits.” —E. Langer
“Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.” —Marianne Moore
“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.” —William James
“The person who tries to keep everyone happy often ends up feeling the loneliness.” —Unknown
“People pretend to be happy to avoid explaining their issues to people who may not understand.” —Unknown
“Dreams are representations of unfulfilled wishes and repressed feeling.” —Unknown
“Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.” —Philip Zimbardo
“Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.” —William James
“It is easier to understand mankind in general than any individual man.” —Francois de la Rochefoucauld
“I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother.” —Martha Gellhorn
“Based on psychologic study, a crush only lasts for a maximum of 4 months. If it exceeds, you are already in love.” —Unknown
“Psychology helps to measure the probability that an aim is attainable.” —Edward Thorndike
“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.” —Sigmund freud
“Persona, the mask or image we present to the world. Designed to make a particular impression on others, while concealing our true nature.” —Unknown
“Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Life can show up no other way than that way in which you perceive it.” —Neale Donald Walsch
“A joyful life is an individual creation that cannot be copied from a recipe.” —Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” —Abraham Maslow
“Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed.” —Philip Zimbardo
“It seems a pity that psychology has destroyed all our knowledge of human nature.” —G.K. Chesterton
“The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.” —Paul Valery
“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.” —William James
Top Ten Psychology Quotes and Sayings
Here you will find top ten psychology quotes and sayings selected by our team.
- “The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.” —C.G. Jung
- “The happiness of of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” —Marcus Aurelius
- “What screws us up most in life is the picture in our head of how it’s suppose to be.” —Unknown
- “90% of people will text things that they could never say in person.” —Unknown
- “If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being ,You will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.” —Abraham Maslow
- “The person who tries to keep everyone happy often ends up feeling the loneliness.” —Unknown
- “The brain is built to change in response to experience.” —Unknown
- “When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.” —Plato
- “Based on psychologic study, a crush only lasts for a maximum of 4 months. If it exceeds, you are already in love.” —Unknown
- “Idleness is the parent of psychology.” —Friedrich Nietzsche
