Thoughts Quotes

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The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large. — Confucius
A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends. — Cyril Connolly
A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love. — Joseph Conrad
Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts. — Mason Cooley
I have to follow my thoughts and mine for the gold. I have to dig it out. — Bill Cosby
I think the goal with any writing, but especially narrative nonfiction, is to put the blockade of putting your thoughts in this unnatural medium of… — Sloane Crosley
It's hard to know where your thoughts come from, especially when you have a thirst for material because you need it professionally. — Louis C. K.
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts. — Charles Darwin
I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life,… — Mos Def
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power. — Rene Descartes
I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself. — Marlene Dietrich
Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes. — Benjamin Disraeli
Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they… — Benjamin Disraeli
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment… — John Dryden
Words are but pictures of our thoughts. — John Dryden
But the real secret to total gorgeousness is to believe in yourself, have self confindence, and try to be secure in your decisions and thoughts. — Kirsten Dunst
People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware. — Albert Ellis
I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details. — Albert Einstein
Don't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of… — Queen Elizabeth II
If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set? — Warren Ellis
Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our best thoughts come from others. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sporadic thoughts will pop into my head and I'll have to go write something down, and the next thing you know I've written a whole… — Eminem

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