--- title: "11 Thought-life Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Thought-life quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Thought-life sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/elizabeth-george-1393_action_our-actions-habits-character-and-future_2857045.jpg" --- > [Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-george/our-actions-habits-character-and-future-are-most-definitely-affected/) [Elizabeth George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-george/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/elizabeth-george-1393_action_our-actions-habits-character-and-future_2857045.jpg) > [“He gathered enthusiasm when he thought of the goal, and not the means by which he had accomplished it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-turtledove/he-gathered-enthusiasm-when-he-thought-of-the-goal-and-not-the-means/) [Harry Turtledove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-turtledove/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/808/harry-turtledove-19723_enthusiasm_he-gathered-enthusiasm-when-he-thought-o_437972.jpg) > [“Men do not long continue to think what they have forgotten how to say.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/men-do-not-long-continue-to-think-what-they-have-forgotten-how-to-say/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/c-s-lewis-121_communication_men-do-not-long-continue-to-think-what-t_1483497.jpg) > [“Walking through darkness with thoughts full of colors".”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prajakta-mhadnak/walking-through-darkness-with-thoughts-full-of-colors/) [Prajakta Mhadnak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prajakta-mhadnak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/prajakta-mhadnak-270177_colorful_walking-through-darkness-with-thoughts-f_2816532.jpg) > [“One of the most effective ways of changing the way people think is to change the way they worship.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alister-e-mcgrath/one-of-the-most-effective-ways-of-changing-the-way-people-think-is-to/) [Alister E. McGrath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alister-e-mcgrath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/alister-e-mcgrath-11214_culture_one-of-the-most-effective-ways-of-changi_3113564.jpg) > [“Lately, he had been thinking. He'd been thinking that his life didn't reflect everything going on inside his head.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-mccall/lately-he-had-been-thinking-he-d-been-thinking-that-his-life-didn-t/) [Nathan McCall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-mccall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/nathan-mccall-54258_dreams_lately-he-had-been-thinking-he-d-been-th_2409012.png) > [“Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier & healthier life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germany-kent/your-monday-morning-thoughts-set-the-tone-for-your-whole-week-see/) [Germany Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germany-kent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/germany-kent-406_attitude_your-monday-morning-thoughts-set-the-ton_729627.png) > [“My brain I'll prove the female to my soul; my soul the father: and these two beget a generation of still-breeding thoughts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/my-brain-i-ll-prove-the-female-to-my-soul-my-soul-the-father-and/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79a/william-shakespeare-4_concentration_my-brain-i-ll-prove-the-female-to-my-sou_202606.jpg) > [“Isn’t it just like the enemy of our souls to seed our minds with destructive thoughts and fertilize them with some manure?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-vallotton/isn-t-it-just-like-the-enemy-of-our-souls-to-seed-our-minds-with/) [Kathy Vallotton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-vallotton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84f/kathy-vallotton-192981_assumptions_isn-t-it-just-like-the-enemy-of-our-soul_1368542.jpg) > [“There is a flow to history and culture. This flow is rooted and has its wellspring in the thoughts of people. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-august-schaeffer/there-is-a-flow-to-history-and-culture-this-flow-is-rooted-and-has/) [Francis August Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-august-schaeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/francis-august-schaeffer-45566_biases_there-is-a-flow-to-history-and-culture-t_1419430.jpg) > [“Religion must now recognize that our deep antisocial impulses when denied and repressed do not disappear miraculously from reality; the more we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-loth-liebman/religion-must-now-recognize-that-our-deep-antisocial-impulses-when/) [Joshua Loth Liebman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-loth-liebman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/389/joshua-loth-liebman-35005_men-and-women_religion-must-now-recognize-that-our-dee_2739355.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thought-life/#itemlist", "name": "Thought-life Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elizabeth George" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-george/our-actions-habits-character-and-future-are-most-definitely-affected/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/elizabeth-george-1393_action_our-actions-habits-character-and-future_2857045.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/elizabeth-george-1393_action_our-actions-habits-character-and-future_2857045.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/elizabeth-george-1393_action_our-actions-habits-character-and-future_2857045.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts.” — Elizabeth George", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He gathered enthusiasm when he thought of the goal, and not the means by which he had accomplished it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Harry Turtledove" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-turtledove/he-gathered-enthusiasm-when-he-thought-of-the-goal-and-not-the-means/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/808/harry-turtledove-19723_enthusiasm_he-gathered-enthusiasm-when-he-thought-o_437972.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/808/harry-turtledove-19723_enthusiasm_he-gathered-enthusiasm-when-he-thought-o_437972.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/808/harry-turtledove-19723_enthusiasm_he-gathered-enthusiasm-when-he-thought-o_437972.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He gathered enthusiasm when he thought of the goal, and not the means by which he had accomplished it.” — Harry Turtledove", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Men do not long continue to think what they have forgotten how to say.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "C.S. 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