Quotes about thoughts and thinking

"Thoughts are things; they have tremendous power. Thoughts of doubt and fear are pathways to failure. When you conquer negative attitudes of doubt and fear you conquer failure. Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances."

Adams, Bryan on thoughts and thinking
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"Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man."

Alcott, Amos Bronson on thoughts and thinking
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"A man is literally what he thinks"

Allen, James on thoughts and thinking
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"All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts."

Allen, James on thoughts and thinking
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"Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him."

Allen, James on thoughts and thinking
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"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you."

Allen, James on thoughts and thinking
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"Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists."

Amiel, Henri Frederic on thoughts and thinking
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"It is the power of thought that gives man power over nature."

Anderson, Hans Christian on thoughts and thinking
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"Thinking more than others about our own thoughts is not self-centeredness. It means that if asked what's on our mind, we are less likely to mention being aware of the world around us, and more likely to mention our inner reflections. But we are less likely to mention thinking about other people."

Aron, Elaine N. on thoughts and thinking   

"You live with your thoughts -- so be careful what they are."

Arrington, Eva on thoughts and thinking
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"Thoughts of themselves have no substance; let them arise and pass away unheeded. Thoughts will not take form of themselves, unless they are grasped by the attention; if they are ignored, there will be no appearing and no disappearing."

Ashvaghosha on thoughts and thinking   

"A man's life is what his thoughts make of it."

Aurelius, Marcus on thoughts and thinking   

"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."

Aurelius, Marcus on thoughts and thinking
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"In thinking, if a person begins with certainties, they shall end in doubts, but if they can begin with doubts, they will end in certainties."

Bacon, Francis on thoughts and thinking
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"No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world."

Baruch, Bernard M. on thoughts and thinking   

"If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening."

Barzan, George on thoughts and thinking
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"No matter how hard you work for success if your thought is saturated with the fear of failure, it will kill your efforts, neutralize your endeavors and make success impossible."

Baudjuin on thoughts and thinking   

"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 on thoughts and thinking   

"He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn."

Bentham, Jeremy on 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 on thoughts and thinking   

"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 on thoughts and thinking
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"Think twice before you speak to a friend in need."

Bierce, Ambrose on thoughts and thinking   

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"One thought fills immensity."

Blake, William on thoughts and thinking   

"Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think."

Bohr, Niels on thoughts and thinking   

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

Bourget, Paul on thoughts and thinking   

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell on thoughts and thinking   

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

Braden, Vic on thoughts and thinking   

"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. on thoughts and thinking   

"Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography."

Brookner, Anita on thoughts and thinking   

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

Buddha on thoughts and thinking
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"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become."

Buddha on thoughts and thinking
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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 on thoughts and thinking
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"We are what we think. All that we are arises With our thoughts. With our thoughts, We make our world."

Buddha on thoughts and thinking
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"There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought."

Butler, Samuel on thoughts and thinking   

"I am not what I think. I am thinking what I think."

Butterworth, Eric on thoughts and thinking   

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

Byron, Lord on thoughts and thinking   

"The power of thought, the magic of the mind."

Byron, Lord on thoughts and thinking
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"Thought is the parent of the deed."

Carlyle, Thomas on thoughts and thinking