Quotes to make you think
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I’ve mentioned before that I love to collect quotes; in fact, I’ve been doing it since I was a young man. Today I went to my files and pulled out a sampling of my favorite quotes on Thinking, which I’m sharing with you here.
Feel free to collect and file them yourself. Or pin one up to inspire your thinking this week.
The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-class mind is only happy when it is thinking. –AA Milne
Those who labor with their minds govern others; those who labor with their strength are governed by others. –Meng-Tzu
Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in public and private life, have been the consequences of action without thought. -Bernard Baruch
Thought is action in rehearsal. –Sigmund Freud
Great leaders don’t think outside the box – they bury it. And then they make darn sure none of their followers are tempted to dig it up again. –Jeff O’Leary
Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax. –Charles Kettering
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. –BF Skinner
The biggest lesson I have learned is the stupendous importance of what we think. If I knew what you think, I would know what you are, for your thoughts make you what you are; by changing our thoughts, we can change our lives. –Dale Carnegie
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without [necessarily] accepting it. –Aristotle
More Thinking resources can be found in my book, How Successful People Think.
Thank God for you and thank you for being you; you know I mean the discipline, self development and example and all that you model. ever since i read about your quote collection habit in your life changing book(it changed mine!) ‘Today Matters’, i decided to take a queue after that ( i hope you done mind?). Someday not very far away from now, i will be as resourceful and probably more ( its a very big dream but i know you don’t mind!) and then God will orchestrate our meeting and I will tell you how much more you’ve being a blessing.
Good morning! I have a quote for the day….when 2 great opportunities to be motivated present themselves in Atlanta….Seize both!
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I really like this quote from Dale Carnegie:
“It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.”
Thanks John for all of the times when you have caused me to stop and think.
I am a new subscriber, but I have always loved your work. My goal is to become a leader of thousands. One step at a time Thank you for your Laadership and continual uplifting especially to a newbie like me
Love the AA Milne quote about 3rd rate, 2nd-rate, 1st rate minds!
Basically, Think for yourself!!!
It is somenthing I always loved to do also! One of my favorite is the Aristotle’s one. Thanks for sharing more awesome quotes….
Time and again the Bible makes a clear connection between our thoughts and our actions. These are great quotes worth remembering and many of them are new to me so I’m thankful you shared them with us!
Always loved your books. I especially like “Today Matters”. My overall favorite quote – that I have heard since I was about 5yrs old (now 45) is…
“What you are going to be you are now becoming”
Love the quotes!! quotes always have personal messages to them.
When growing up my mom would always, say ” tell me who you hang out with, and I tell who you are” this taught us to carefully select our peers, and establish healthy relationships with friends.
God bless,
mary jane
Proverbs 23:7: For as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. (KJ)
For as he thinks within himself, so he is. (NAS)
(John, is it still OK for you to quote the Bible occasionally?)
i like this “weakness character is weakness attitude Albert
“If you climb up the a tree you must climb down the same Tree”
Grace and peace be with you plus the fruit of your body
John Duot Duong
I like this quote from Joyce Meyer. “Stop and think about, what you are thinking about.” We need to be purposeful with out thoughts if we are going to change our lives.
Interestingly enough, I also have been a collector of quotes since my teens. I’m a fan of Thoreau:
As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives. ~Henry David Thoreau
I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. ~Henry David Thoreau
This is my new favorite quote.
Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible. – Cadet Maxim
Nossa mente tem um poder incrível sobre o nosso corpo e ao que está em redor, por isso é muito importante saber usá-la.
Our mind has incredible power over our bodies and what is around, so it is very important to know how to use it.
The secret to a great day lies in changing your thoughts from the worst of What IF’s to the best of What IS. ~Karen Zeigler
These are absolutely amazing and I’ve never read them before, what a blessing to come across them and jot them down in my journal!
M_
i love your sharings that is why i am following you @ twitter. thank you!
I love all the quotes you share both here and in Facebook. Many a times i also share your quotes with others and it is always a delight.
thanks! i really love reading qoutes it makes me realize if im doing good with my fellow according to god’s law.
i carry this in my life everyday: ” in every decision we do we always end up either to received reward or punishment, stand for what the outcome of your choice and never blame others.”
Thank you so much for being a vessel. I sit at my desk where I read one of your quotes “Bigger on the inside, smaller on the outside.” Simple yet profound Once again I just want to say thank you
John
One of my favorite quots in life is this one and it motivates me every day
“Every day may not be good… But there is something good in every day.”
Dr John Maxwell,said “Where there is no hope in the future ,there is no power in the present” I agree with him.May the Lord leading you to made me like you
“If the people don,t change, the change will change people” special African
I love these quotes. Here’s a favorite quote of mine: You’ll have many opportunities to fail, just don’t take any” –Jesse Duplantis
I think it is very very true that What Iam today was a result of what I thought in the Past. – Thanks Max
This will be great to share with my high school critical thinking class. Thanks.
I like this quote
“Sooner or later,those who win are those who think they can”
By Richard Bach
Fantastic inspiration for the day. The sky is the limit when we focus on self improvement.
I like this quote
“If you want to reach a goal ,you must see the reaching in your own mind before your arrive at your goal” by Zig Ziglar
hey love the quotes! If it’s okay with you I may borrow the one about those who labor with their minds. Thanks for sharing!
“The reason ,we have two ears and one mouth it that we may listen more and speakable ” by Zino-Greek Philosopher
I like this quote
“Problem is always teaching us about life,mind and quickly plan”
by John Duot Duong
Psalm 8:3-4 – what is man that you are mindful of him
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? – Psalm 8:3-4
“If you can imagine it, you can create it. If you dream it, you can become it.” -William Arthur Ward
I’ll ever love digesting these quotable quotes. But more-so, I’ll struggle to acquire the “Maxwell Leadership Bible” – especially as I was born to rule, and (via Grace) have been re-born to lead.
I bless God for your life and ministry.you have been a role model to of for years.you have helped me to grow this little in leadership and am still growing. I pray and believe God to impact more lifes and also church leaders as it touches leadership. And i pray to meet with you and appreciate you better.May God increase you daily
Quotes never make me think. After read this article it has changed me to think deeply. Your collecting quotes inspired me to collect the quotes.