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So to help inspire you, motivate you, and to get your brain thinking… check out these 103 thoughtful quotes on life…
Thoughtful Quotes
‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. That one I often say is the best. It is a sign of extreme gratitude, humility, and understanding.
Alice Walker
A great man is one who has not lost the child’s heart.
Mencius
Happy soul in happy body
Lailah Gifty Akita
One step is all that is required to start a journey of 1,000 miles.
Lao-Tzu
An interesting theory is not logical.
Groucho Marx
Advantages don’t come free. It is up to you to make it what it is that you desire.
Ashish Patel
Everything excellent is as rare as it is difficult.
Baruch Spinoza
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind…
Mahatma Gandhi
Nobody has ever made a mistake and has never tried something new.
Albert Einstein
Architecture is about the careful design of space.
Louis Kahn
It is time to stop running, and to face the person who wants you thegoneapp.com. The hard part is finding the courage.
Suzanne Collins
Be kind to each other.
Jim Henson
Always be kind to everyone, because they are all fighting for the same thing.
Plato
Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.
Oprah Winfrey
Believe nothing, O monks, merely because you have been told it … or because is it traditional, or because you yourselves have imagined it. You should not trust the words of your teacher out of respect for them. If, however, you discover that the doctrine is conducive to the benefit and welfare of all living beings, then do your research and analyze it.
Buddha
Or, you can hire someone to help build yours.
Farraj Gray
Even with your best efforts, not all people want to be helped. Do your part and make a difference. Then, be happy with the rest.
Gary Hopkins
Do just once what others say you can’t do and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.
James R. Cook
If others are making you angry, don’t do it to them.
Socrates
Don’t ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it’s the only thing that ever has.
Aaron Sorkin
Take the time to appreciate the small things. One day, you might look back and see that they were the big ones.
Robert Brault
Even though we may not be actively involved in our destiny, this does not mean that we cannot choose the path we want. Life is capable of making our decisions.
Nina Guilbeau
Every day you are given a chance to make a decision about your next steps. The sum of your daily decisions will determine the direction of your future. Your destiny and your actions are yours. Make wise decisions.
Kevin Ngo
Any plan or device that will allow the least intelligent, enterprising, and determined to quit working for hire, must be taken seriously by any thoughtful, kind-hearted person.
Leland Stanton
Everyone has some good news inside of them. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! It’s amazing how much you can love! You can do anything! What your potential is.
Anne Frank
Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.
Aldous Huxley
Being grateful and not express it is the same as wrapping a present and not receiving it.
William Arthur Ward
Good manners are not merely snobbish ornaments, as Mrs. Lippett’s regime appeared to believe. They refer to self-discipline as well as thinking for others. My children have learned them.
Jean Webster
Gratitude is one of the most healthy emotions. The more gratitude you show for what you have, you’ll have more to be grateful for.
Zig Ziglar
He who spends too long regretting his ruined crop will be neglect to plant next year’s harvest.
François Lelord
The human nature is similar to water. It is shaped according to its container.
Wallace Stevens
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.
C. S. Lewis
I am certain of nothing but of the holiness of the heart’s affections, and the truth of the Imagination.
John Keats
I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.
Lewis Carroll
Without you, I wouldn’t have a life. You’re not my entire world. You’re just the part I loved the most…
S.C Stephens
I have laid my dreams under your feet.
William Butler Yeats
No more encouraging fact is there than the unquestionable capability of man to improve his life by conscious effort.
Henry David Thoreau
It is possible that we all have a guardian angel. When we are considerate, kind and thoughtful to one another, I believe they will work through us.
Roma Downey
I believe that gratitude and wonder are the greatest forms of thought.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
I’m very thoughtful, and when I make a decision I usually stick to it.
Casey Stoner
If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it…
Mary Engelbreit
It is essential that you at least once in life be skeptical about all things if you want to be a genuine seeker after truth.
Rene Descartes
My experience has shown me that heartbreaking and rewarding are often inseparable.
Holly Sloan
It is not the strongest or most intelligent of all the species that survive. It is the most adaptable.
Charles Darwin
It is shocking to discover how many people believe they cannot learn and how many others believe learning to be difficult.
Frank Herbert
It’s time to all stand up and support the doer, achiever. This is the person who takes responsibility for overcoming the obstacles and makes a difference.
Vince Lombardi
It’s important to be thoughtful and mindful about the things you say to other people.
Evan Spiegel
It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
Epictetus
You can tell the difference between the true dawn and the false; the color of the wine will be different from the cup’s. It may be that patience and perseverance can produce true vision out of the spectrum-viewing eye. You will then be able to see colors other than those mortal hues and will begin to see pearls instead. Did I mention pearls? You will not only become a sea but a sun travelling the sky.
Jalal al-Din Rumi
Life is going to beat you up, it wouldn’t be fair if you didn’t throw some punches back at it.
Bradley Bowman
Life isn’t about finding yourself. The purpose of life is to create yourself.
George Bernard Shaw
Living well is the best way to get revenge.
George Herbert
Many times, I’ve wanted to stop talking and discover what I truly believed.
Walter Lippman
Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another’s.
Desiderius Erasmus
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
Never underestimate the power that thought can bring to your discovery.
Idowu Koyenikan
You can make things worse no matter how bad they may be.
Randy Pausch
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent…
Rosa Parks
Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.” – Carl Jung“None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude. Gratitude can be a currency we can make for ourselves and spend without worrying about bankruptcy.
Fred De Witt Van Amburgh
Sometimes it’s good to take a step back from our quest for happiness and just be happy.
Guillame Apollinaire
One questioning thought pollutes the day.
Mary Shelley
Only one can take control of his life and see the fulfillment of himself in it. Responsibility to take over one’s own biography means to get clear about who one wants to be.
Jürgen Habermas
Take time to reflect on your present blessings which are plentiful for all people, and not on your past misfortunes which are common to all.
Charles Dickens
Reflect on your thoughts and see how others reflect them back to yourself.
Stephen Richards
Respect for yourself is the foundation of cultivating virtue among men and women.
Gordon B. Hinckley
Some days are like stained glass windows. There are many little pieces of color and mood which, when combined together, make a complete picture.
Maggie Stiefvater
Some people complain about roses having thorns. But I’m grateful for roses having thorns.
Alphonse Karr
Sometimes, the less traveled road is better for a reason.
Jerry Seinfeld
If you sow an act, you will reap a habit. A habit is a way to create a character. A character is what you will reap.
Charles Reade
Start thinking about the things you want and stop wishing.
Mary Martin
Storms don’t come to teach us painful lessons, rather they were meant to wash us clean.
Shannon L. Alder
Thankfulness is the first step to gratitude. Gratitude is the culmination of thankfulness. It doesn’t always have to be words. Gratitude is expressed through actions.
Henri Frederic Amiel
The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to last it and not be smashed by it…
Ernest Hemingway
The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money…
Thomas Jefferson
The most important thing in life is the least with a meaningful meaning.
Carl Jung
You can only do great work if you love what your do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.
Steve Jobs
People who love color are the most intelligent and pure of heart.
John Ruskin
You can hear more the quieter you are.
Baba Ramdas
All goodness is rooted in appreciation for goodness.
Dalai Lama
True wisdom is not a teacher that invites you into his house, but leads you to the threshold.
Khalil Gibran
The wise soul who prefers solitude.
Omar Khayyam
Appreciation and encouragement will help you develop your best self.
Charles Schwab
The whole is greater than its parts.
Aristotle
There are two ways you can live your life. One is that everything is a miracle. The other, however, is like everything is a miracle.
Albert Einstein
There is never a perfect time. Other than the time when we do right.
Richmond Akhigbe
Reaching down and lifting others up is the best exercise for your heart.
John Holmes
The love of Beauty is fine. Beauty, unless it is a relationship with something more important, is superficial.
Donna Tartt
There’s nothing wrong with enjoying looking at the surface of the ocean itself, except that when you finally see what goes on underwater,you realize that you’ve been missing the whole point of the ocean. It’s like watching the circus from the outside and focusing on the surface.
Dave Barry
You can understand the heart and mind behind a person by looking beyond what he has achieved. Instead, focus on what he hopes to achieve.
Kahlil Gibran
We all know so much, and yet at the same time we don’t know anything.
Grace Fiorre
Inside, we are always the same age.
Gertrude Stein
When I began counting my blessings, everything changed.
Willie Nelson
When someone tells me ‘no,’ it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.
Karen E. Quinones Miller
Whenever you’re going through a tough time, generally, you become more compassionate, you become softer, you become more thoughtful, kinder. These spiritual qualities will allow you to be more in tune with God and God consciousness than with fear-based consciousness.
Wayne Dyer
Who looks out, dreams; who sees inside, awakens.
Carl Jung
Writing helps you to deal with everyday life.
Mary Sage Nguyen
After all, you are what you think. Your thoughts are your slaves, and your emotions are your slaves.
Elizabeth Gilbert
You can’t understand where someone’s going unless you understand where they’ve been.
Jerry B. Jenkins
If someone is not willing to climb, you cannot force them up the ladder.
Andrew Carnegie
You can’t go into the same river twice as other waters continue to flow.
Heraclitus
You get to a point where you have to start planning, when you cross that line where you have enough value to get someone’s movie made if you attach yourself to it, you have to be very thoughtful and have to plan.
Chris Pratt
Breath upon wind will surely settle within a breast. Do not ask whose breast it is. You can only see that the breath is pure.
Mikhail Naimy
