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title: "24 Bad Thought Quotes by 24 authors"
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> [“It is not a rule, that whenever you have a bad thought, it will seize your chit. It may or may not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-bhagwan/it-is-not-a-rule-that-whenever-you-have-a-bad-thought-it-will-seize/)

[Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dada-bhagwan/)

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> [Saying I love you was a good thought in my head. Saying goodbye is a bad thought in my heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinier-bennett/saying-i-love-you-was-a-good-thought-in-my-head-saying-goodbye-is-a/)

[Chinier Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinier-bennett/)

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> [Education is the best way to relieve someone from a bad thought process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-bielema/education-is-the-best-way-to-relieve-someone-from-a-bad-thought/)

[Bret Bielema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-bielema/)

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> [That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jones/that-was-one-of-the-virtues-of-being-a-pessimist-nothing-was-ever-as/)

[James Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jones/)

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> [If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-have-a-bad-thought-about-yourself-tell-it-to-go-to-hell/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Folks that blurt out just what they think wouldn't be so bad if they thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kin-hubbard/folks-that-blurt-out-just-what-they-think-wouldn-t-be-so-bad-if-they/)

[Kin Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kin-hubbard/)

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> [A single bad thought can spoil the atmosphere.So be positive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akscifer/a-single-bad-thought-can-spoil-the-atmosphere-so-be-positive/)

[Akscifer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akscifer/)

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> [“I treat positivity like ammunition; I constantly try to kill a bad thought with a good one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bailey-nadeen/i-treat-positivity-like-ammunition-i-constantly-try-to-kill-a-bad/)

[Bailey Nadeen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bailey-nadeen/)

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> [People make assumptions about me based on my music. I've literally had people stop me in the street: 'You are so sweet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corinne-bailey-rae/people-make-assumptions-about-me-based-on-my-music-i-ve-literally-had/)

[Corinne Bailey Rae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corinne-bailey-rae/)

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> [“When the pain had become so bad that I thought the only way to be saved would be by passing out, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dc-mallory/when-the-pain-had-become-so-bad-that-i-thought-the-only-way-to-be/)

[Dc Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dc-mallory/)

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> [This looking and not seeing things was a great sin, I thought, and one that was easy to fall into. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/this-looking-and-not-seeing-things-was-a-great-sin-i-thought-and-one/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

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> [“I only mean, Bessy, there's good and bad in everything in this world; and as you felt the bad up here, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gaskell/i-only-mean-bessy-there-s-good-and-bad-in-everything-in-this-world/)

[Elizabeth Gaskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gaskell/)

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> [I'm a bit rubbish at knowing when something is good. But if it goes out and I can say, "I wasn't as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-pilkington/i-m-a-bit-rubbish-at-knowing-when-something-is-good-but-if-it-goes/)

[Karl Pilkington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-pilkington/)

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> [“While getting a haircut, I thought about my failed marriage. Instead of feeling bad, I thought I’d grow a beard, move to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/while-getting-a-haircut-i-thought-about-my-failed-marriage-instead-of/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

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> [Mr. Shepherd, ye cannot stop a bad thought from coming into your head. But ye need not pull up a chair and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/mr-shepherd-ye-cannot-stop-a-bad-thought-from-coming-into-your-head/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

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> [“She had had insomnia badly when she was fresh from Home… She had had only occasional bad nights since then. Bad? she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/she-had-had-insomnia-badly-when-she-was-fresh-from-home-she-had-had/)

[Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/)

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> [“We often believe that our life moves forward only when we meet others. This is not true. Our real lives unfold when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/we-often-believe-that-our-life-moves-forward-only-when-we-meet-others/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [The art of discipline is casting down a bad thought before it becomes a negative action. Thinking too long and too hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-d-white/the-art-of-discipline-is-casting-down-a-bad-thought-before-it-becomes/)

[Sophia D White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophia-d-white/)

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> [“Something went wrong a few years ago and I knew it was a bad thing but I didn't know it was bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/something-went-wrong-a-few-years-ago-and-i-knew-it-was-a-bad-thing/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [In temptations against chastity, the spiritual masters advise us, not so much to contend with the bad thought, as to turn the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonsus-liguori/in-temptations-against-chastity-the-spiritual-masters-advise-us-not/)

[Alphonsus Liguori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonsus-liguori/)

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> [“I think maybe bad things seem worse when people are alone. When they can turn that bad thought over and over in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-wiersbitzky/i-think-maybe-bad-things-seem-worse-when-people-are-alone-when-they/)

[Shannon Wiersbitzky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-wiersbitzky/)

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> [That might be my epitaph: 'It wasn't as bad as I thought. Here lies Phil Lord.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-lord/that-might-be-my-epitaph-it-wasn-t-as-bad-as-i-thought-here-lies-phil/)

[Phil Lord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-lord/)

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> [...for my master, bad as I have thought him, is not half so bad as this woman.-To be sure she must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-richardson/for-my-master-bad-as-i-have-thought-him-is-not-half-so-bad-as-this/)

[Samuel Richardson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-richardson/)

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> [“Sometimes, when the dust settles, you realize it's really not as bad as you thought it was.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-gale/sometimes-when-the-dust-settles-you-realize-it-s-really-not-as-bad-as/)

[Susan Gale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-gale/)

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