Motivational Quotes

Thoughts and thinking

Thinking clearly and effectively is the greatest asset of any human being. We are constantly reminded that the one superiority that man has over other animals is the ability to think. It is primarily our ability to think that sets us apart from other animals.

- Lorayne, Harry

Thoughts and thinking Motivational Quotes

Best Quotes about Thoughts and thinking

Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples don't count on harvesting golden Delicious .

Everyone has to learn to think differently, bigger, to open to possibilities.

Winfrey, Oprah

You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.

Maharshi, Ramana

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

The reason there are so few good talkers in public is that there are so few thinkers in private.

As the Fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.

Buddha

If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.

Pascal, Blaise

There is a big difference between thinking: I'm in a relationship and something's wrong. Therefore something must be wrong with the relationship. and thinking I'm in a relationship and we've got problems. This is evidence that you are different than me.

Dyer, Wayne

How you look at a situation is very important, for how you think about a problem may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. When you get discouraged or depressed, try changing your attitude from negative to positive and see how life can change for you. Remember, your attitude toward a situation can help you to change it -- you create the very atmosphere for defeat or victory.

Harris, Franco

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The minute a phrase, becomes current, it becomes an apology for not thinking accurately to the end of the sentence.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

Thoreau, Henry David

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A man of meditation is happy, not for an hour or a day, but quite round the circle of all his years.

Taylor, Isaac

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There are lots of people who cannot think seriously without injuring their minds.

Chapman, John Jay

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Thought is the parent of the deed.

Carlyle, Thomas

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Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking.

Whitehead, Alfred North

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I have known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, but never had a thought.

Mizner, Wilson

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Each thought is a nail that is driven In structures that cannot decay; And the mansion at last will be given To us as we build it each day.

Eliot, George

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Think twice before you speak, then say it to yourself first.

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Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, the chief glory of man.

Russell, Bertrand

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He that thinks he is the happiest man, really is so. But he that thinks he is the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

Colton, Charles Caleb

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The how thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile ifs.

Peale, Norman Vincent

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To know the true reality of yourself, you must be aware not only of your conscious thoughts, but also of your unconscious prejudices, bias and habits.

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Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.

Sutra, Diamond

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Some persons do first, think afterward, and then repent forever.

Secker, Thomas

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When I'm getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds thinking about him and what he is going to say.

Lincoln, Abraham

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Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail.

Hare, David

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Lorayne, Harry

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Thinking is not to agree or disagree. That is voting.

Frost, Robert

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When someone you greatly admire and respect appears to be thinking deep thoughts, they are probably thinking about lunch.

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The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

Forster, Edward M.

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If one wants to abide in the thought-free state, a struggle is inevitable. One must fight one's way through before regaining one's original primal state. If one succeeds in the fight and reaches the goal, the enemy, namely the thoughts, will all subside in the Self and disappear entirely.

Maharshi, Ramana

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Thinking is heavily endorsed.

Pancoast, Mal

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Man is the only creature who has a nasty mind.

Twain, Mark

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If I held all the thoughts of the world in my hand, I would be careful not to open it.

Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier

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Learning without thought is labor lost. Thought without learning is perilous.

Confucius

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Humans have the ability to shift perspective. We can experience the world through our senses. Or we can remove ourselves from our senses and experience the world even less directly. We can think about our life, rather than thinking in our life. We can think about what we think about our life, and we can think about what we think about that. We can shift perceptual positions many times over.

Emerick, John J.

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One must live the way one thinks or end up thinking the way one has lived.

Bourget, Paul

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We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care aboutwhat you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

Vivekananda, Swami

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It is difficult, if not impossible, for most people to think otherwise than in the fashion of their own period.

Shaw, George Bernard

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The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.

Nightingale, Earl

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Man must get his thoughts, words and actions out of this vast moral jungle. We are not predators. We are, hopefully, more than instinctive killers and selfish brutes. Why take such a dim view of our potentialities and capabilities?

Dinsah, H.Jay

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Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg by the side of which more will be laid.

Thoreau, Henry David

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Many people would sooner die than think. In fact they do.

Russell, Bertrand

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Think then act safely.

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Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England at any rate, thought is not catching. Our splendid physique as a people is entirely due to our national stupidity.

Wilde, Oscar

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What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for a long time doing your conjugal duty.

Baudrillard, Jean