What luck for rulers, that men do not think.Adolph HitlerAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Thinking Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs and Thoughts
Short selections recovered from GADEL’s original collection. Wording is kept as found; the archived attribution is not a verification of authorship.
Invest a few moments in thinking. It will pay good interest.Author UnknownTraditional attribution
If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you. If you really make them think they’ll hate you.Donald Robert PerryAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Deliberate often – decide once.Latin proverbTraditional attribution
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.William JamesAttributed in the original GADEL collection
A man is not what he thinks he is, but what he thinks, he is.Max R. HickersonAttributed in the original GADEL collection
It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.Rene DescartesAttributed in the original GADEL collection
He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.William DrummondAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.Emily P. BissellAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.Edmund BurkeAttributed in the original GADEL collection
A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.Mohandas K. GandhiAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Talking without thinking is shooting without aiming.Chinese proverbTraditional attribution
You and I are not what we eat; we are what we think.Walter AndersonAttributed in the original GADEL collection
We are what our thinking makes us.Nigerian proverbTraditional attribution
Thinking is the essence of wisdom.Persian proverbTraditional attribution
No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head.Terry JosephsonAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Thinking evil is much the same as doing it.Greek proverbTraditional attribution
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.Soren KierkegaardAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Some people get lost in thought because it’s such unfamiliar territory.G. BehnAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Few minds wear out; more rust out.Christian N. BoveeAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man. But they don’t bite everybody.Stanislaw LecAttributed in the original GADEL collection
A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.Albert Szent-GyorgiAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.Sir William Lawrence BraggAttributed in the original GADEL collection
How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking.David Joseph SchwartzAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Thoughts are toll-free, but not hell-free.German proverbTraditional attribution
It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.James ThurberAttributed in the original GADEL collection
For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while.Luther BurbankAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Believing is easier than thinking. Hence so many more believers than thinkers.Bruce CalvertAttributed in the original GADEL collection
A great many people mistake opinions for thought.Herbert V. ProchnowAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information.John ErskineAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to.Howard Mumford JonesAttributed in the original GADEL collection
All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think.Thomas J. WatsonAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The direction of a man’s thought is always the decisive factor in his personality.Erich SauerAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Change your thoughts and you change your world.Norman Vincent PealeAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don’t count on harvesting Golden Delicious.Bill MeyerAttributed in the original GADEL collection
If we are not responsible for the thoughts that pass our doors, we are at least responsible for those we admit and entertain.Charles B. NewcombAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.Edward de BonoAttributed in the original GADEL collection
If you’re going to think anyway, you might as well think big.Donald TrumpAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.Robert H. SchullerAttributed in the original GADEL collection
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.Hannah ArendtAttributed in the original GADEL collection
A man’s conversation is the mirror of his thoughts.Chinese proverbTraditional attribution
Your silent thoughts are like the roots of a plant.Lawrence G. LovasikAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Original collection & source
Original title: Thinking Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs and Thoughts to Make You Think
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