Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Thoughts

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator the smaller the fraction.
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian Novelist

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows, in man after man, generation after generation,—till its full stature is reached, and such System of Thought can grow no farther, but must give place to another.
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist

One thought fills immensity.
William Blake (1757–1827) English Poet, Painter, Printmaker

Planning allows you to mentally create a model of your future.
Steve Pavlina (b.1971) American Motivational Speaker

Greatness is attained only by the thinking of great thoughts.
Wallace Wattles (1860–1911) American New Thought Author

Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–47) French Moralist, Essayist, Writer

It’s important to realize that inquiry is about noticing, not about dropping the thought… Inquiry is not about getting rid of thoughts; it’s about realizing what’s true for you, through awareness and unconditional self-love. Once you see the truth, the thought lets go of you, not the other way around.
Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We too are the victims of our own contemplation.
John Jay Chapman (1862–1933) American Literary Critic, Essayist

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.
Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.
Buddhist Teaching

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.
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer

All thought is a feat of association; having what’s in front of you bring up something in your mind that you almost didn’t know you knew.
Robert Frost (1874–1963) American Poet

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–94) American Physician, Essayist

Think then act safely.
Unknown

That’s where the fear comes from—from your uninvestigated thoughts.
Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author

Beauty is no quality in things themselves: it exists merely in the mind which contemplates them.
David Hume (1711–76) Scottish Philosopher, Historian

I’ve known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.
Wilson Mizner (1876–1933) American Dramatist

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth—more than ruin—more even than death … Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.
Bertrand A. Russell (1872–1970) British Philosopher, Mathematician, Social Critic

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American Author, Journalist, Attorney, Lecturer

The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea after which all his facts are classified. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher

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.
Chinese Proverb

I think and that is all that I am.
Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author

Little-minded people’s thoughts move in such small circles that five minutes conversation gives you an arc long enough to determine their whole curve.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–94) American Physician, Essayist

Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; doing well wisest and best of all.
Persian Proverb

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith

What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul’s emphasis is always right.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher

As the physically weak man can make himself strong by careful and patient training, so the man of weak thoughts can make them strong by exercising himself in right thinking.
James Allen (1864–1912) British Philosophical Writer

A conclusion is the place where you got tired thinking.
Martin H. Fischer

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