Motivational Quotes

Thoughts and thinking

A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.

- Bernanos, Georges

Thoughts and thinking Motivational Quotes

Best Quotes about Thoughts and thinking

When we talk in company we lose our unique tone of voice, and this leads us to make statements which is no way correspond to our real thoughts.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

Let the wise guard their thoughts, which are difficult to perceive, extremely subtle, and wander at will. Thought which is well guarded is the bearer of happiness.

Buddha

Thinking and Thought: Thoughts are funny little things, They can make paupers or make kings.

Madwed, Sidney

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

Butler, Samuel

Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.

Huxley, Aldous

All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us.

Kant, Immanuel

I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.

Martin, Steve

All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.

Allen, James

A sect or party is an incognito devised to save man from the vexation of thinking.

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

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

Russell, Bertrand

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If everyone is thinking alike then somebody isn't thinking.

Patton, George S.

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Do not think that what your thoughts dwell upon is of no matter. Your thoughts are making you.

Steere, Bishop

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Thinking in words slows you down and actually decreases comprehension in much the same way as walking a tightrope too slowly makes one lose one's balance.

Fleischer, Lenore

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The birthplace of success for each person is in his Inner-Consciousness. The Inner-Consciousness will use whatever it is given. If constructive thoughts are planted positive outcomes will be the result. Plant the seeds of failure and failure will follow.

Madwed, Sidney

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Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

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Make not your thoughts you prisons.

Shakespeare, William

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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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Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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Sloppy thinking gets worse over time.

Holzer, Jenny

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The birth of thought in the depths of the spirit, the shaping and ordering of it into periods, the translation into signs, and above all the transference of it from one spirit to another, the communication that is, if only for an instant, the meeting of two beings, with the unforeseeable consequences that such a meeting always causes, is in fact a miracle; except that the moment one stops to think about it one can't even write a letter.

Satta, Salvatore

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He that never thinks can never be wise.

Johnson

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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

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Do you suffer your thoughts to tamper with evil; and to dally with wrong-doing? If so; you are not sincere. God will regard your thoughts; for thoughts are heard in heaven. If you willingly sin in thought; if you are base and guilty there; because you think that no eye will see your thoughts; the guilt and baseness will sooner or later break into the outlets of word and deed -- from thought to wish -- from wish to purpose -- from purpose to word -- from word to act -- from act to habit -- from delight in the imagination to consent in the will -- from deed to repeated transgression; such is the genesis of sin.

Farrar, Frederick

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Thought is the parent of the deed.

Carlyle, Thomas

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There is no thought in any mind, but it quickly tends to convert itself into power.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Maharshi, Ramana

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There is a criterion by which you can judge whether the thoughts you are thinking and the things you are doing are right for you. The criterion is: Have they brought you inner peace? If they have not, there is something wrong with them -- so keep seeking! If what you do has brought you inner peace, stay with what you believe is right.

Pilgrim, Peace

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A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.

Bernanos, Georges

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Thought is made in the mouth.

Tzara, Tristan

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Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement.

Bristol, Claude M.

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Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature; but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the whole universe to take up arms to crush him: a vapor, a drop of water is enough to kill him. But even if the universe were to crush him, man would still be nobler than his slayer, because he knows that he is dying and the advantage the universe has over him. The universe knows nothing of this.

Pascal, Blaise

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To think is to practice brain chemistry.

Chopra, Deepak

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When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

Paine, Thomas

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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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Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

King Jr. Martin Luther

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Build this day on a foundation of pleasant thoughts. Never fret at any imperfections that you fear may impede your progress. Remind yourself, as often as necessary, that you are a creature of God and have the power to achieve any dream by lifting up your thoughts. You can fly when you decide that you can. Never consider yourself defeated again. Let the vision in your heart be in your life's blueprint. Smile!

Mandino, Og

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Thoughts is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible; thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit.

Russell, Bertrand

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A man's thinking goes on within his consciousness in a seclusion in comparison with which any physical seclusion is an exhibition to public view.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

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Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and of the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep.

Proverb, Chinese

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I thought so hard I got a headache.

Cobb, J.D.

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Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail.

Hare, David

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Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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As you think, so shall you become.

Lee, Bruce

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Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation for myself thinking once or twice a week.

Shaw, George Bernard

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Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through my conscious thoughts.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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It is the power of thought that gives man power over nature.

Anderson, Hans Christian

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Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection entertains a sacrifice. Our thoughts are often worse than we are, just as they are often better.

Eliot, George