Ruminating Quotes

“This mournful and restless sound was a fit accompaniment to my meditations.”

— Joseph Conrad

We ought to learn from the kine one thing: ruminating.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“You won't stress over it unless you care.”

— Joyce Rachelle

It is a singular reaction, this sitting still and writing, writing, writing, or ruminating at length, which is much the same, really.

— Vladimir Nabokov

“Mara’s hand is in my hair as I lean my head back against the cracked leather seat, eyes closed, mind ruminating.”

— Michelle Hodkin

If you find yourself ruminating over a hurt and are not ready to forgive, shift to gratitude. Think about all that is…

— Stephen G. Post

Ruminating about the past will get you nowhere. So go ahead and learn from the past whatever you can, and then put…

— Abraham J. Twerski

Surely ruminating and lolling, squandering slivers of time as you ponder on this or that plant; perching about the place on seats…

— Mirabel Osler

Wasting brain power ruminating about things you can't control drains mental energy quickly. The more you think about problems you can't solve,…

— Amy Morin

“Guilt, Ameline discovered, was a terrible, unruly think, like toothache - dull nagging, persistent, never far from attention. Just when you got…

— Lesley Lokko

“If you're constantly ruminating about what you just did- or what you should have done- or what you would have done if…

— Sam Harris

“It’s a new year but you don’t feel like a new you Maybe instead you’re ruminating on your lows And beating yourself…

— Brittany Burgunder

You can't worry about how the thing is going to come about. Ruminating about trying to make something happen or worrying about…

— Doreen Virtue