Thought Provoking Quotes

331 Thought Provoking quotes by 158 unique authors

"Stop asking "What should I do now?" That question only brings up what others expect of you. Free people don't have shoulds. They have choices." — Steve Pavlina
Spend time cultivating your deepest desires, no matter how impractical or impossible they seem. It's perfectly OK to want the impossible. It's not OK to… — Steve Pavlina
Are you one of those people who notices the problems of the world and says ... somebody ought to do something about that? Why not… — Steve Pavlina
If you don't make a conscious choice... someone else will decide for you. It may be your boss, a family member, an advertiser, a collective… — Steve Pavlina
Saying no isn't easy, but it's a required skill if you wish to have any degree of focus in your life. If you say yes… — Steve Pavlina
I learned that accepting others and accepting myself are two sides of the same coin; you can't love and accept yourself without doing the same… — Steve Pavlina
Any relationships that would reject you for being true to yourself are - by definition - abusive relationships. You'll be much better off when you… — Steve Pavlina
In reading the biographies of very successful men and women, one theme frequently surfaces: such people have a strong bias for action. Those who achieve… — Steve Pavlina
The only thing stopping you is fear, and the only thing that will get you past it is courage. What you do with your life… — Steve Pavlina
I want my life to have had more value than just acquiring stuff and living comfortably. I may die rich, or I may die broke.… — Steve Pavlina
Intelligence and genius — Albert Einstein
Vacation time offers the unique opportunity to pause before the thought-provoking spectacles of nature, a wonderful "book" within reach of everyone, adults and children. In… — Pope Benedict XVI
Jerusalem Maiden is a page-turning and thought-provoking novel. Extraordinary sensory detail vividly conjures another time and place; heroine Esther Kaminsky’s poignant struggle transcends time and… — Binnie Kirshenbaum
Following the rules of your industry will only get you so far. — Max McKeown
A political solution is going to involve neighboring countries... You will have to bring people together to agree on a political process. If that includes… — Marwan al-Muasher
It's about time that we as Arabs take things into our own hands and figure out our own future, rather than [keep depending] on some… — Marwan al-Muasher
Nothing important happens in life without a cost. — Jacqueline Novogratz
Sometimes the most important things that we do are things we cannot measure. — Jacqueline Novogratz
What is the cost of not daring? What is the cost of not trying? — Jacqueline Novogratz
Your job is not to be perfect, your job is only to be human. — Jacqueline Novogratz
The time for change is now. — Jacqueline Novogratz
We are connected to each other not only as humans, but to every living thing on the planet. — Jacqueline Novogratz
After all this atrocity, this is how human beings really pray. — Jacqueline Novogratz
Honour what is most beautiful about the past and build it into the promise of the future. — Jacqueline Novogratz
I have also been touched by the dark side of power and leadership. — Jacqueline Novogratz

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