Thinking Quotes

It is one of the unexpected disasters of the modern age that our new unparalleled access to information has come at the price of our capacity to concentrate on anything much. The deep, immersive thinking which produced many of civilization's most important achievements has come under unprecedented assault. We are almost never far from a machine that guarantees us a mesmerizing and libidinous escape from reality. The feelings and thoughts which we have omitted to experience while looking at our screens are left to find their revenge in involuntary twitches and our ever-decreasing ability to fall asleep when we should.

~ Alain De Botton

There is too much emphasis on being positive, to the detriment of being real.

~ Colleen Chen

We live in a strange world where people don’t try to know who we are, rather they go by, what they think we are!

~ Ramana Pemmaraju

Quiet people always know more than they seem. Although very normal, their inner world is by default fronted mysterious and therefore assumed weird. Never underestimate the social awareness and sense of reality in a quiet person; they are some of the most observant, absorbent persons of all.

~ Criss Jami

What do I think? I think it makes no difference what I think.

~ Marty Rubin

Superior poets say what they really feel. Mediocre poets say what they decide to feel. Inferior poets say what they think they should feel.

~ Álvaro De Campos

Thoughts not only manifest into reality,they define it.

~ Jorge Gw

I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind — that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the ethical side have been more than overcome by the damage it has done to clear and honest thinking.I believe that no discovery of fact, however trivial, can be wholly useless to the race, and that no trumpeting of falsehood, however virtuous in intent, can be anything but vicious.I believe that the evidence for immortality is no better than the evidence of witches, and deserves no more respect.I believe in the complete freedom of thought and speech — alike for the humblest man and the mightiest, and in the utmost freedom of conduct that is consistent with living in organized society.I believe in the capacity of man to conquer his world, and to find out what it is made of, and how it is run.I believe in the reality of progress.I —But the whole thing, after all, may be put very simply. I believe that it is better to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe that it is better to know than be ignorant.

~ H.l. Mencken

I have never distinguished readily between thinking and dreaming. I know my life would be much different if I could ever say, This I have learned from my senses, while that I have merely imagined.

~ Marilynne Robinson

Your thoughts carry you wherever you want to go. Weak thoughts don’t have the energy to carry you far!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

If I am not persistent with my desire to think about other things, and consciously initiate new circuits of thought, then those uninvited loops can generate new strength and begin monopolizing my mind again. To counter their activities, I keep a handy list of three things available for me to turn my consciousness toward when I am in a state of need: 1) I remember something I find fascinating that I would like to ponder more deeply, 2) I think about something that brings me terrific joy, or 3) I think about something I would like to do.

~ Jill Bolte Taylor

Exercising the Body is great, But exercising the Mind is the GREATEST.

~ Auliq Ice

You can overcome every hurdle with positive attitude.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Capture the sacred-thoughts and write it a journal.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The riches of adversity, we were made thinkers and writers.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Why dwell on negative thoughts? When you can think positively.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

You create the life you wish by your thoughts, speech and actions.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

There is no limit to life. The only limit is the limit you put into life.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The circumference of your breast may change; the shape of your hips may change; the size of your pants may also change. But your life never changes unless your thoughts, your plans and your actions change! Think big things!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Thinking can be done best when you’re in that state of mind where nothing can slip under the radar and destroy your concentration.

~ Auliq Ice

What you think is your Karma. I hold myself to great Karma.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

God gave us imaginations because that’s one of the ways we can visit the future! Thoughts are transport media!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

You have to change your thinking if you desire to have a future different from your present.

~ Germany Kent

They may not change your skins colour; they may not change your body odour; but once they can change your daily thoughts, they can influence your habits! Beware of evil companions!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Become a positive person by seeing the bigger picture of whatever you dream of doing. Dream big and act big! It’s your time to have a bigger image of you!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Positive thinkers create large pictures of what they want in their minds and can predict the future from the present.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Positive thinkers look for good in every situation. In times of difficulty, the can find many opportunities.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

If you want to become a positive thinker, don't think lack, think abundance, for you and for everyone. Dream big; as bigger as the blue ocean. Become aware of your thoughts and you will be aware of yourself.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Positive thinkers use sentences like “I can do it”, “I am qualified for it”, they think of things as possible.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Positive thinkers never allow fears to intimidate them because they have seen themselves succeeded already.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Positive thinkers always affirm blessings on themselves and see themselves as legitimate heirs.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

In today's world, it is tempting to follow suit and artificially numb the emotions you don't want while inducing the ones that you do want. The problem is that pushing pleasure into your veins will not get you out of quicksand, nor will blocking pain bring you relief. The solutions do not lie in the world of emotions, but rather in the world of thoughts.

~ Vironika Tugaleva

Don’t think about those who are not doing it. Focus on your dreams, goals and actions and make sure it is done well.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

My usual instruction to students when they are preparing to write their examinations is think before you answer the questions. I am convinced that some multiple choice answers could be so close that you might not know the very one that answers the question correctly! Such is life. To choose your suitable dreams, you must think well!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Just like your body naturally responds positively to some foods, your mind naturally responds positively to some thoughts.

~ Vironika Tugaleva

Have a positive mentality, think it's possible. You can build on something little.... you can create something little from nothing.... and this means you build on nothing! Get something to do!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

If we will imagine the thing we want and do our part to “be in the right place at the right time,” there isn’t anything we can’t do, be, or attain.

~ Daniel Willey

Never abbreviate your dreams. Only short-hand people always do that. Their punishment is that they can't stretch far, further and forward into the future. Dream only big dreams!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

The more rational we are, the more emotional we can be.

~ Nino Gruettke

Nothing is wrong. It’s merely what you think is right and wrong that has you confused.

~ J.l. Beck