Famous thinking quotations

   No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.  Nice Word by Voltaire

   At a certain age some people's minds close up; they live on their intellectual fat.  Meaningful Quotation by William Lyon Phelps

Inspirational Sayings, Motivational Quotes, Great Words, Witty Proverbs
   Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.  Good Quote by Alan Alda

   You and I are not what we eat; we are what we think.  Wise Phrase by Walter Anderson, The Confidence Course, 1997

   No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head.  Wise Phrase by Terry Josephson

   Irons rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.  Famous Saying by Leonardo da Vinci, Notebooks, 1508

   Some people do not become thinkers simply because their memories are too good.  Nice Word by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

   Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?  Meaningful Quotation by Winnie the Pooh

   Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough.  Good Quote by Confucius, Analects

   He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.  Wise Phrase by William Drummond, Academical Questions

   You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind.  Wise Phrase by Author Unknown

   Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to.  Famous Saying by Howard Mumford Jones

   Thinking is like loving and dying. Each of us must do it for himself.  Nice Word by Josiah Royce

   Sometimes I think and other times I am.  Meaningful Quotation by Paul Valéry, Variété: Cantiques spirituels, 1924

   Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.  Good Quote by George Savile, Marquess de Halifax, Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections

   No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity.  Wise Phrase by Henry Van Dyke

   Believing is easier than thinking. Hence so many more believers than thinkers.  Wise Phrase by Bruce Calvert

   Brain, n. An apparatus with which we think that we think.  Famous Saying by Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

   People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.  Nice Word by Soren Kierkegaard

   Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.  Meaningful Quotation by John F. Kennedy

   Our job is not to make up anybody's mind, but to open minds and to make the agony of the decision-making so intense you can escape only by thinking.  Good Quote by Author Unknown

   The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.  Wise Phrase by John Locke, 16 May 1699

   We spend our days in deliberating, and we end them without coming to any resolve.  Wise Phrase by L'Estrange

   Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.  Famous Saying by G.C. Lichtenberg

   Few people think no more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once a week.  Nice Word by George Bernard Shaw



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