Motivational Quotes

Thoughts and thinking

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

- Robbins, Anthony

Thoughts and thinking Motivational Quotes

Best Quotes about Thoughts and thinking

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

Russell, Bertrand

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

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

Patton, George S.

Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.

Horton, Doug

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

Thoreau, Henry David

Thinking is heavily endorsed.

Pancoast, Mal

It was at a particular moment in the history of my own rages that I saw the Western world conditioned by the images of Marx, Darwin and Freud; and Marx, Darwin and Freud are the three most crashing bores of the Western world. The simplistic popularization of their ideas has thrust our world into a mental straitjacket from which we can only escape by the most anarchic violence.

Golding, William

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

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

Buddha

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Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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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

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Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

King Jr. Martin Luther

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Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it. and never destroy it.

Kempis, Thomas

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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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The revelation of Thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever, is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things. [Philippians 4:8]

Bible

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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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I was a freethinker before I knew how to think.

Shaw, George Bernard

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Every thought you entertain is a force that goes out, and every thought comes back laden with its kind.

Trine, Ralph Waldo

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Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinking.

Taylor, Susan

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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

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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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A man's what he thinks about all day long

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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If you make people think they're thinking they'll love you: but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.

Marquis, Don

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The more we are filled with thoughts of lust the less we find true romantic love.

Horton, Doug

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Profundity of thought belongs to youth, clarity of thought to old age.

Fredrich

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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

Allen, James

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If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

Newton, Sir Isaac

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

Anderson, Hans Christian

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We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.

Buddha

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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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For in itself a thought, a slumbering thought, is capable of years, and curdles a long life into one hour.

Byron, Lord

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In America we can say what we think, and even if we can't think, we can say it anyhow.

Kettering, Charles F.

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Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation. and honor the reward of action.

Quarles, Francis

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Learn to think like a winner. Think positive and visualize your strengths.

Braden, Vic

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When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then do all things vanish.

Po, Huang

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When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

Rushdie, Salman

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Life is good when we think it's good. Life is bad when we don't think.

Horton, Doug

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

Confucius

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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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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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Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life [Matthew 6:27]

Bible

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

Madwed, Sidney

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What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.

Buddha

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Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still.

Faber, Frederick W.

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

Chapman, John Jay