Thinking Quotes

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

Don't Just

Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
Don't just hear, listen.
Don't just talk, act.
Don't just tell, show.
Don't just exist, live.

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.

I think and think and think, I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.

All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.

With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word 'intellectual,' of course, became the swear word it deserved to be.

Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking."
"An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.