Thought Quotes

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Thought makes everything fit for use. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In itself a thought, a slumbering thought is capable of years; and curdles a long life into one hour. — Lord Byron
Nothing remains beautiful and interesting except thought, because the thought is the life. — George Bernard Shaw
A thought functions only as a fragmentary part in the formulation of an idea. — Hans Hofmann
Words are the small change of thought. — Jules Renard
Thought is essentially practical in the sense that but for thought no motion would be an action, no change a progress. — George Santayana
It is the disposition of the thought that altered the nature of the thing. — John Lyly
Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Action is thought tempered by illusion. — Elbert Hubbard
Whatsoever thy birth, thou were a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth. — Lord Byron
In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion. — Quintilian
From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought. — Alfred North Whitehead
Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if it loses the habit of words, little by little it becomes… — Ugo Betti
Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual of showing respect for certain formulas to which, for various reasons… — Lionel Trilling
Love animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble their joy, don't harrass them, don't deprive them of… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
I thought it was all over. My lungs were filling with water and I began to black out. Then I saw an ancient warrior rise… — Patrick Swayze
We have been so long in a downward spin, the angels are calling us up. We are meant to fly and with our spirits we… — Marianne Williamson
Security, for me, took a tumble not when I read that there were Communists in Hollywood but when I read your editorial in praise of… — Elwyn Brooks White
No ethos, pursued without thought or mercy, is ethical. — Janet Morris
And Tempus thought then that nothing was more worthwhile than what was growing in this whitewashed barracks, where he has come to build a force… — Janet Morris
Every beauty and greatness in this world is created by a single thought or emotion inside a man. Every thing we see today, made by… — Khalil Gibran
The bottom line for everyone is I'm not good enough. It's only a thought, and a thought can be changed. — Louise Hay
Creativity is a catchall term for a variety of distinct thought processes. — Jonah Lehrer
Our Founding Fathers never meant for Washington, D.C. to be the fount of all wisdom. As a matter of fact they were very much afraid… — Rick Perry
The laws are very simple: thought is creative; fear attracts like energy; love is all there is. — Neale Donald Walsch

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