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title: "19 Think Instead Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Think Instead quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Think Instead sayings and thoughts."
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> [I get jealous when you think about some else instead of me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-get-jealous-when-you-think-about-some-else-instead-of-me/)

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

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> [You just grow up and learn to think instead of just feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-marie-duff/you-just-grow-up-and-learn-to-think-instead-of-just-feel/)

[Anne-Marie Duff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-marie-duff/)

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> [“You just need to think of what you have instead of what you don’t.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-ann-nordin/you-just-need-to-think-of-what-you-have-instead-of-what-you-don-t/)

[Ruth Ann Nordin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-ann-nordin/)

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> [Why worry about what threatens our heads or purses? Let us think instead of what threatens our souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/why-worry-about-what-threatens-our-heads-or-purses-let-us-think/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [If you receive blessings, Don't think so much, Instead be thankful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meicee/if-you-receive-blessings-don-t-think-so-much-instead-be-thankful/)

[Meicee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meicee/)

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> [“Think instead about children. People. Human beings. Feel for once that education is about people—not figures.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/think-instead-about-children-people-human-beings-feel-for-once-that/)

[Pat Conroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-conroy/)

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> [Just stand aside and watch yourself go by; Think of yourself as 'he' instead of 'I'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/strickland-gillilan/just-stand-aside-and-watch-yourself-go-by-think-of-yourself-as-he/)

[Strickland Gillilan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/strickland-gillilan/)

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> [“It’s not hard.  You just need to think of what you have instead of what you don’t.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-ann-nordin/it-s-not-hard-you-just-need-to-think-of-what-you-have-instead-of-what/)

[Ruth Ann Nordin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-ann-nordin/)

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> [Too many people are too lazy to think. Instead of learning something new, they think the same thought day in day out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kiyosaki/too-many-people-are-too-lazy-to-think-instead-of-learning-something/)

[Robert Kiyosaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kiyosaki/)

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> [“Was that the sum total of my exsitence? I didn't get the erudition of 'I think therefore I am.' Instead I got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/was-that-the-sum-total-of-my-exsitence-i-didn-t-get-the-erudition-of/)

[Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/)

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> [“We try to grasp too much of life at once; since we think of it as a whole, instead of living one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orison-swett-marden/we-try-to-grasp-too-much-of-life-at-once-since-we-think-of-it-as-a/)

[Orison Swett Marden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orison-swett-marden/)

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> [“Any time in life you’re tempted to think, ‘Should I do this OR that?’ instead, ask yourself, ‘Is there a way I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chip-heath/any-time-in-life-you-re-tempted-to-think-should-i-do-this-or-that/)

[Chip Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chip-heath/)

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> [“Any time in life you’re tempted to think, ‘Should I do this OR that?’ instead, ask yourself, ‘Is there a way I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chip-heath/any-time-in-life-you-re-tempted-to-think-should-i-do-this-or-that-2/)

[Chip Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chip-heath/)

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> [“Nothing more aggravating than a seamless, unremitting irony which leaves you no time to breathe and still less to think; which instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-m-cioran/nothing-more-aggravating-than-a-seamless-unremitting-irony-which/)

[Emil M. Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-m-cioran/)

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> [“Do not think us as traffic cops, or even driving instructors. Think of us instead as your onboard navigation system, available day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mittelmark/do-not-think-us-as-traffic-cops-or-even-driving-instructors-think-of/)

[Howard Mittelmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mittelmark/)

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> [“Better, then, to go light on the sexual particulars, and think instead of who’s winning and who’s losing at any given point.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-cunningham/better-then-to-go-light-on-the-sexual-particulars-and-think-instead/)

[Michael Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-cunningham/)

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> [“there is a growing body of work coming out of psychology and cognitive science that says you have no clue why you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mcraney/there-is-a-growing-body-of-work-coming-out-of-psychology-and/)

[David McRaney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mcraney/)

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> [“All the pain means that I am alive. I will think about that instead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-carson/all-the-pain-means-that-i-am-alive-i-will-think-about-that-instead/)

[Rae Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-carson/)

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> [So I think instead of focusing on the competition, focus on the customer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/so-i-think-instead-of-focusing-on-the-competition-focus-on-the/)

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

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