Sayings about Thoughts & Thinking
What a man thinks up for himself, his worst enemy couldn’t wish for him. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Children will tell you what they do, men what they think and older people what they have seen and heard. ~ Gypsy Proverb
The thoughtless person buries a well when he is thirsty. ~ Chinese Proverb
Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher. ~ Latin Proverb
If you are a fast talker at least think slowly. ~ Croatian Proverb
Every man thinks his own thoughts are best. ~ Afghan Proverb
Have an open face, but conceal your thoughts. ~ Italian Proverb
Darkness and night are mothers of thought. ~ Dutch Proverb
Talking without thinking is shooting without aiming. ~ Chinese Proverb
If you wish to know what most occupies a man’s thoughts, you have only to listen to his conversation. ~ Chinese Proverb
Thinking is like loving and dying. Each of us must do it for himself. ~ Josiah Royce
What you think of yourself is much more important than what others think of you. ~ Latin Proverb
Think late, suffer soon. ~ Traditional Proverb
Act quickly, think slowly. ~ Greek Proverb
No one was ever hung for what he was thinking. ~ Hungarian Proverb
If everyone thought alike, no goods would ever be sold. ~ Libyan Proverb
Three years will eradicate even murderous thoughts. ~ Korean Proverb
The second thought is always the best. ~ Italian Proverb
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak. ~ French Proverb
The less one thinks, the more one speaks. ~ French Proverb
By day think of your own faults, by night think of the faults of others. ~ Chinese Proverb
Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; but doing well is the wisest and best of all. ~ Persian Proverb
Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar. ~ Greek Proverb
Evil thoughts often come from idleness. ~ Gaelic Proverb
Treat thoughts as guests and wishes as children. ~ Chinese Proverb
The afterthought is good, but forethought is better. ~ Norwegian Proverb
When a man stops thinking he stops feeling. ~ French Proverb
You cannot hang a man for what he thinks. ~ German Proverbs
It always takes a person much longer to tell you what he thinks than what he knows. ~ Traditional Proverb
Think much, say little, write less. ~ French Proverb
The fish caught in the net starts to think. ~ Zanzibar Proverb
Good drink drives out bad thoughts. ~ Dutch Proverb
As the wound inflames the finger, so the thought inflames the mind. ~ Ethiopian Proverb
A man is what he thinks. ~ Malian Proverb
If you think about things too long, good thoughts will disappear. ~ Japanese Proverbs
A woman talks to one man, looks at another, and thinks about a third. ~ Sanskrit Proverb
Great minds think alike. ~ Traditional Proverb
If one soldier knew what the other thinks, there would be no war. ~ Yiddish Proverb
A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt. ~ Italian Proverbs
The distance between heaven and earth is no greater than one thought. ~ Mongolian Proverb
Forethought is easy, repentance hard. ~ Chinese Proverb
What the sober man thinks, the drunkard tells. ~ Dutch Proverbs
He who thinks the worst usually is right. ~ Greek Proverbs
Think of many things — do one. ~ Portuguese Proverb
What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks. ~ Romanian Proverbs
Speech both conceals and reveals the thoughts of men. ~ Latin Proverbs
To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming. ~ English Proverbs
He who is too sure of himself and acts without thinking is heading for his downfall. ~ African Proverb
A man thinks that he knows it, but his wife knows better. ~ Chinese Proverb
The cemeteries are filled with people who thought the world couldn’t get along without them. ~ American Proverb
Loneliness is a nest for the thoughts. ~ Kurdish Proverb
Quotations about Thoughts & Thinking
An action is the perfection and publication of thought. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man. ~ Amos Bronson
If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening. ~ George Barzan
I like to think of thoughts as living blossoms borne by the human tree. ~ James Douglas
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. ~ Peace Pilgrim
Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results. ~ James Allen
A man’s life is what his thoughts make of it. ~ Marcus Aurelius
Change your thoughts, and you change your world. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
One cannot think crooked and walk straight. ~ Author Unknown
Thought which is well guarded is the bearer of happiness. ~ Buddha
Learn to think like a winner. Think positive and visualize your strengths. ~ Vic Braden
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Sometimes I think and other times I am. ~ Paul Valéry
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech. ~ Benjamin Franklin
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them. ~ Pablo Picasso
I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see. ~ John Burroughs
Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts. ~ Buddha
If a man carefully examines his thoughts he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. His well-being is always ahead. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him. ~ James Allen
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think. ~ Niels Bohr
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world. ~ Buddha
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once a week. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true. ~ Napoleon Hill
You live with your thoughts — so be careful what they are. ~ Eva Arrington
Our best thoughts come from others. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our life depends on what our thoughts make it. ~ Marcus Aurelius
You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction. ~ Alvin Toffler
I am not what I think. I am thinking what I think. ~ Eric Butterworth
You must choose the thoughts and actions that will lead you on to success. ~ R. C. Allen
Some thoughts always find us young, and keep us so. Such a thought is the love of the universal and eternal beauty. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never be afraid to sit awhile and think. ~ Lorraine Hansberry
It is well for people who think, to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. ~ Luther Burbank
The mind is what it thinks. To make it true, think true. ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. ~ Marcus Aurelius
Thought is action in rehearsal. ~ Sigmund Freud
You and I are not what we eat; we are what we think. ~ Walter Anderson
It is almost impossible to think of something no one has thought of before, but it is always possible to add different frills. ~ Isaac Asimov
Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words. ~ Eileen Caddy
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become. ~ Buddha
The ancestor of every action is a thought. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men are not influenced by things, but by their thoughts about things. ~ Epictetus
You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. ~ James Allen
Never give up. Keep your thoughts and your mind always on the goal. ~ Tom Bradley
It is the nature of thought to find its way into action. ~ Christian Nevell Bovee
The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
I like thinking big. If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big. ~ Donald Trump
A man is literally what he thinks. ~ James Allen
In thinking, if a person begins with certainties, they shall end in doubts, but if they can begin with doubts, they will end in certainties. ~ Francis Bacon
All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts. ~ James Allen
One thought fills immensity. ~ William Blake
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. ~ Marcus Aurelius
It is the power of thought that gives man power over nature. ~ Hans Christian