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title: "21 Thought Comes Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 21 Thought Comes quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Thought Comes sayings and thoughts."
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> [A thought comes when it will, not when I will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-thought-comes-when-it-will-not-when-i-will/)

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

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> [Whenever I wake up, you are the first thought comes to my mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinier-bennett/whenever-i-wake-up-you-are-the-first-thought-comes-to-my-mind/)

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

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> [“Freedom, I thought, comes only to the successful”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-greene/freedom-i-thought-comes-only-to-the-successful/)

[Graham Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-greene/)

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> [No one knows exactly where thought comes from, but it can be said that thought comes from the same place as whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carlson/no-one-knows-exactly-where-thought-comes-from-but-it-can-be-said-that/)

[Richard Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carlson/)

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> [Every thought you entertain is a force that goes out, and every thought comes back laden with its kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-trine/every-thought-you-entertain-is-a-force-that-goes-out-and-every/)

[Ralph Waldo Trine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-trine/)

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> [I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/i-very-rarely-think-in-words-at-all-a-thought-comes-and-i-may-try-to/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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> [These thoughts did not come in any verbal formulation. I rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/these-thoughts-did-not-come-in-any-verbal-formulation-i-rarely-think/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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> [“RVM Thoughts for Today - "Our Life is like a thought. Often a thought comes but if we don't capture it, its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rvm/rvm-thoughts-for-today-our-life-is-like-a-thought-often-a-thought/)

[RVM](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rvm/)

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> [Noone knows exactly where thought comes from, but it can be said that thought comes from the same place as whatever it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carlson/noone-knows-exactly-where-thought-comes-from-but-it-can-be-said-that/)

[Richard Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carlson/)

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> [When your thoughts come and you're trying to stop them, simply say "No". Learn the mantra "No". Every time a thought comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/when-your-thoughts-come-and-you-re-trying-to-stop-them-simply-say-no/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [“Prayer goes up and thought comes down -- or so it seems. As far as I can tell, that's the only difference.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/prayer-goes-up-and-thought-comes-down-or-so-it-seems-as-far-as-i-can/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

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> [When you are sitting in a room and somebody does something or says something and a thought comes, an idea or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-louis-walker/when-you-are-sitting-in-a-room-and-somebody-does-something-or-says/)

[Joe Louis Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-louis-walker/)

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> [For years that may mean imitation. Then, one day, it is like a door opening, and a new thought comes in. Why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/for-years-that-may-mean-imitation-then-one-day-it-is-like-a-door/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lukas-foss/)

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> [Creativity doesn’t come from glancing quickly at your Twitter feed while in line at Starbucks. It comes from deep thought. It comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-rogers/creativity-doesn-t-come-from-glancing-quickly-at-your-twitter-feed/)

[Joshua Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-rogers/)

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> [I say 'Out' to every negative thought that comes to my mind. No person, place, or thing has any power over me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-hay/i-say-out-to-every-negative-thought-that-comes-to-my-mind-no-person/)

[Louise Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-hay/)

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> [It often strikes a man to inquire what is the chief good in life; to one the thought comes that it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-rhodes/it-often-strikes-a-man-to-inquire-what-is-the-chief-good-in-life-to/)

[Cecil Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-rhodes/)

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> [“Let everyone else call your idea crazy... just keep going. Don't stop. Don't even think about stopping until you get there, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-knight/let-everyone-else-call-your-idea-crazy-just-keep-going-don-t-stop-don/)

[Phil Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-knight/)

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> [“Much more surprising things can happen to anyone who, when a disagreeable or discouraged thought comes into his mind, just has the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-hodgson-burnett/much-more-surprising-things-can-happen-to-anyone-who-when-a-2/)

[Frances Hodgson Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-hodgson-burnett/)

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> [I'm trying every day, when I meet a new human being, to not have the first thought that comes into my mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-michael-key/i-m-trying-every-day-when-i-meet-a-new-human-being-to-not-have-the/)

[Keegan-Michael Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-michael-key/)

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> [“Ninety percent of what we believe has nothing to do with the process of thought, but comes instead from the four sources…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/ninety-percent-of-what-we-believe-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-process/)

[Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/)

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> [When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/when-sitting-in-meditation-say-that-s-not-my-business-with-every/)

[Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/)

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