150 Good Thinking Quotes

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Famous Good Thinking Quotes

Good thinking brings good feeling and good feeling brings good thinking. — Jimmy Cliff

If you're going to be thinking, you may as well think big. — Donald Trump

If you're going to be thinking anyway, think big! — Donald Trump

Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all. — Malcolm Stevenson Forbes

Think big, think fast, think ahead. Ideas are no one's monopoly. — Dhirubhai Ambani

You have to think anyway, so why not think big? — Donald Trump

I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think. — Richard Pryor

If you don't think too good, don't think too much. — Ted Williams

It is well to think well. It is divine to act well. — Horace Mann

Positive thoughts lead to positive results. — Maria V. Snyder

Great minds think for themselves. — Immanuel Kant

Big thinking precedes great achievement. — Wilferd A. Peterson

The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people. — Leo Tolstoy

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams if you don't follow through. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It's important to be smart, but it's also important to be active with your intelligence. The more you sit around over-thinking things, the more trouble you get into. — Alisa Valdes

Short Good Thinking Quotes

  • Your brain is much better than you think; just use it! — Leonardo da Vinci
  • One who thinks and reflects develops his foresight and vision. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
  • Think for yourself, or others will think for you without thinking of you. — Henry David Thoreau
  • Great minds think alone. — Wiz Khalifa
  • Act quickly, think slowly. — Proverbs
  • Thoughts Become Things... Choose The Good Ones! — Mike Dooley
  • A clear mind, leads to better judgement, leads to better outcome. — Naval Ravikant
  • Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit. — James Allen
  • Work hard. Think big. Listen well. — Ben Feldman
  • Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Top 10 Good Thinking Quotes

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked. — Bernard Meltzer

Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day — Alice Morse Earle

Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day. — Dalai Lama

The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us. — C. S. Lewis

Don't pressure yourself. Don't worry about what others think you should do or what the societal "norm" is. Do what moves you and makes you smile and the "good" will follow. — Misha Collins

Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space ... On the one hand it's about shelter, but it's also about pleasure. — Zaha Hadid

I think [Steve Scalise] is a good man I am not going to vote in that regard because I believe Israel controls the Senate they control the House of Representatives they control the media . — David Duke

My message to women: Do what makes you feel good, because there'll always be someone who thinks you should do it differently. Whether your choices are hits or misses, at least they're your own. — Michelle Obama

The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough. — Nina Simone

The most important thing is to have a good relationship with the bike... you have to understand what she wants. I think of a motorcycle as a woman, and I know that sounds silly, but it's true. — Valentino Rossi

Good thinking quote Just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who thinks differently.
Just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who thinks differently.

Good Things Come From Good Thinking Quotes

Let's get a couple of things straight. It hasn't been years and years since I made a movie. I'm not coming back from the dead - I've just had two kids! I have no intention of retiring, but I do think it's impossible to do movie after movie, because there aren't that many good films made. — Julia Roberts

I don't think it is too good especially with music to worry about authenticity, it can get in the way of doing something which comes naturally from your own head which is the most authentic thing [of all]. — Andrew VanWyngarden

It's the one thing that the Devils have always prided themselves on. That comes from recruiting. We try and pick out the players who not only have the on-ice skills, but the off-ice skills too. I think in any job, if you have good people and you work together, you work better. — Gerad Adams

Good thinking quote A good mentor teaches you how to think, not what to think.
A good mentor teaches you how to think, not what to think.

I didn't have a list of things I should do this year, next year, find a good novel, sign two stars and make a deal - because I think cinema should come from cinema. I never adapted anything. Beautiful books are beautiful books, that's it. I don't know why we should transform them. — Agnes Varda

I think, in general, it's clear that most bad things come from misunderstanding, and communication is generally the way to resolve misunderstandings - and the Web's a form of communications - so it generally should be good. — Tim Berners-Lee

I generally think if you do good things for people in the world, that comes back and you benefit from it over time. — Mark Zuckerberg

Good thinking quote Above all else, never think you're not good enough.
Above all else, never think you're not good enough.

Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you. — Patrick Stump

You know, all the evil in the world, all the sadness comes from not having a good answer to that question: What do I do next? You just keep thinking of good things to do, lad. You'll be all right. We'll all be all right. I wanted you to know that. — Geoff Ryman

Sometimes it's a good idea to think about what you want from a situation, and try to get it, rather than just blurt out the first thing that comes into your head. — E. Lockhart

All my books are accidental books - they come from reacting to things and thinking about things and engaging in a real way. They are not about, 'Oh, did it get a good review in the Guardian?' I don't care. — Arundhati Roy

Really Good Thinking Quotes

I never thought I want to do anything, really, except not go to work properly and turn up at the same place every day and eat sandwiches in the same canteen, if I can possibly help it, as I don't think I'd be very good at it. — Dylan Moran

I like the dueling club scene, where Daniel and I fight with our wands. I thought it was a brilliant scene to shoot. I think the end product looked really good. — Tom Felton

I have low self-esteem and I always have. Guys always cheated on me with women who were European-looking. You know, the long-hair type. Really beautiful women that left me thinking, 'How I can I compete with that?' Being a regular black girl wasn't good enough. — Lil' Kim

Good thinking quote My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am.
My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am.

Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self. — Dogen

You always think as an organization, obviously if you're in sports, you want to be with ESPN. ESPN is it. But you don't really realize how good ESPN is and how big their platform really is until you're in it. — Dana White

When you think things are bad, when you feel sour and blue, when you start to get mad... you should do what I do! Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're really quite lucky! Some people are much more... oh, ever so much more... oh, muchly much-much more unlucky than you! — Dr. Seuss

Good thinking quote Think good thoughts and good will find you.
Think good thoughts and good will find you.

I went to watch Coldplay in Florida and saw Chris Martin before they went on. He sang 'What Makes You Beautiful' before the chorus of 'Yellow' kicked in. That was so strange because he's an inspiration for me. I think he's so good, he's sick... he's a really nice guy too. — Harry Styles

People changing because they think they should is not a good idea, because I just don't think they should, really. — Lemmy Kilmister

My life has definitely changed since 'Modern Family.' The show has made me more responsible, I really want to be a good role model for all kids so I have to think about what I say and do and how it looks to other kids! — Ariel Winter

I think my mother taught me what not to do. She put us first, always, sometimes to the detriment of herself. She encouraged me not to do that. She'd say being a good mother isn't all about sacrificing; it's really investing and putting yourself higher on your priority list. — Michelle Obama

Smart Thinking Quotes

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. — Bill Gates

What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do — John Ruskin

I think a smart guy can learn. Some guys learn - it's just like all of us - some guys can learn electronics, some of us can't. Some people can learn something else, some of us can't. I mean, we're all wired differently. — Bill Belichick

Good thinking quote Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.

If you’re a gazelle, you don’t have a very complex emotional life, despite being a social species. But primates are just smart enough that they can think their bodies into working differently. It’s not until you get to primates that you get things that look like depression. — Robert M. Sapolsky

Truth is relative. Truth is what you can make the voter believe is the truth. If you're smart enough, truth is what you make the voter think it is. That's why I'm a Democrat. I can make the Democratic voters think whatever I want them to. — James Carville

I think it's about being really smart about hitting the right consumer product spaces at the right time. — Jake Paul

If you think you can't, you're right. - Carol Bartz

If you think you can't, you're right. — Carol Bartz

The really smart thinkers are clear thinkers. They understand the basics at a very, very fundamental level. I would rather understand the basics really well than memorize all kinds of complicated concepts I can’t stitch together and can’t rederive from the basics. — Naval Ravikant

People who try to look smart by pointing out obvious exceptions actually signal the opposite. — Naval Ravikant

Work hard. Work smart. Perseverance is everything. It allows you to create and do things you wouldn’t otherwise think you could achieve. — Micky Watkins

Quick Thinking Quotes

There are some of us who think to ourselves, 'If I had only been there! How quick I would have been to help the Baby. I would have washed His linen. How happy I would have been to go with the shepherds to see the Lord lying in the manger!' Why don't we do it now? We have Christ in our neighbor. — Martin Luther

If you think and act like a typical manager around creative people—with rules, policies, data on customer preferences, and so forth—you will quickly kill their talent. — Bernard Arnault

What destroys a man more quickly than to work, think and feel without inner necessity, without any deep personal desire, without pleasure - as a mere automaton of duty? — Friedrich Nietzsche

Good thinking quote Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.
Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts. — John Steinbeck

As a matter of fact, I am an uncle. I have nine nephews and nieces. I'm not sure if they think I'm all that quick with a quip. But I'm quick with a spank. — Dean Norris

We can’t get in the cage thinking that we’ll win quickly, that we’ll get the knockout. — Amanda Nunes

Good thinking quote I think movies are getting dumber, actually. Where it used to be 50/50 and it's 3% good and 97% stup
I think movies are getting dumber, actually. Where it used to be 50/50 and it's 3% good and 97% stupid.

A guy like Malcolm who makes that type of quick, instinctive plays, that's one of his strong suits. I don't think it surprised any of us players because that's what his skill set is. — Tom Brady

Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass. — Napoleon Hill

I often think about how, if we were all placed in an apocalyptic situation, you'd realize quickly how stupid, petty things just don't matter anymore. Who you love is who you love, and it doesn't matter. Survival is your primary focus. — Alycia Debnam Carey

I can think of no faster way to unite the American people behind George W. Bush than a terrorist attack on an American target overseas. And I believe George W. Bush will quickly unite the American people through his foreign policy. — Henry A. Kissinger

Clear Thinking Quotes

I think it's the responsibility of every human being, not just those who wear the identity of poet, activist, voter, religious person... it's the responsibility of every person. Our responsibility is to use our intelligence as clearly and coherently as we possibly can. — John Trudell

A well organized education should not be one which prepares students for a good remuneration alone. It should be one that can help and guide them towards acquiring clear thinking, a fruitful mind, and an elevated spirit. — Haile Selassie

To think of these stars that you see overhead at night, these vast worlds which we can never reach. I would annex the planets if I could; I often think of that. It makes me sad to see them so clear and yet so far. — Cecil Rhodes

The total subject of mathematics is clearly too broad for any of us. I do not think that any mathematician since Gauss has covered it uniformly and fully; even Hilbert did not and all of us are of considerably lesser width quite apart from the question of depth than Hilbert. — John Von Neumann

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career. — George Bernard Shaw

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. - Thomas Szasz

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. — Thomas Szasz

'The best thing about hunting and fishing,' the Old Man said, 'is that you don't have to actually do it to enjoy it. You can go to bed every night thinking about how much fun you had twenty years ago, and it all comes back clear as moonlight.' — Robert Ruark

Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly. — Helen Keller

For those who may ask what they can do to honor Neil, we have a simple request. Honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink. — Neil Armstrong

The clear thinking comes from having time to reflect and to pursue your genuine intellectual curiosity. — Naval Ravikant

Deep Thinking Quotes

If you think down, you will go down. If you think up, you will go up. You’ll always travel in the direction of your thinking. — T. D. Jakes

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

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth. — Fyodor Dostoevsky

I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way. — Martha Beck

I not only think but also look and study things carefully. When I travel around, I look at things carefully, make comparisons of what I see. I don't accept things at face value, you cannot trust what you hear or see. Don't jump to conclusions without thinking. — Mahathir Mohamad

Some of the best people with whom you can have a relationship are the people who challenge your thinking. — T. D. Jakes

Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is. — Blaise Pascal

I think everybody's weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it. — Johnny Depp

The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear. - Mahatma Gandhi

The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear. — Mahatma Gandhi

The indoctrination is so deep that educated people think they’re being objective. — Noam Chomsky

Logical Thinking Quotes

Live simply and without thinking too much, like a child with his father. Faith without too much thinking works wonders. The logical mind hinders the Grace of God and miracles. Practice patience without judging with the logical mind. — Elder Paisios of Mount Athos

In Architecture there is a part that is the result of Logical Reasoning and a part that is created through the Senses. There is always a point where they Clash. I don't think Architecture can be created without that Collision. — Tadao Ando

No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. - Niels Bohr

No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. — Niels Bohr

When it comes to thought, you should be in full control. Your brain’s job is to produce logic for you to consider. — Mo Gawdat

We are living in an interminable succession of absurdities imposed by the myopic logic of short-term thinking. — Jacques Yves Cousteau

You cannot approach people who think differently with reason and logic if they don't know what that means. First, you have to appeal to their values to start with. If you attack them, you lose them. — Jacque Fresco

Stop making sense. Logic is predictable. Think differently. - Paul Smith

Stop making sense. Logic is predictable. Think differently. — Paul Smith

Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical. - Niels Bohr

Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical. — Niels Bohr

Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic. — Edward De Bono

Pure logical thinking cannot yield us any knowledge of the empirical world. All knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends in it. — Albert Einstein

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More Good Thinking Quotes

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. - William Shakespeare quote

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. — William Shakespeare

We're having too good a time today. We ain't thinking about tomorrow. - John Dillinger quote

We're having too good a time today. We ain't thinking about tomorrow. — John Dillinger

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer. - Muhammad Ali quote

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer. — Muhammad Ali

I think I'd be a good pimp cuz I'd never beat my ho's. - Scott Caan quote

I think I'd be a good pimp cuz I'd never beat my ho's. — Scott Caan

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. - Tony Robbins quote

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. — Tony Robbins

Do I think all contemporary Christian music is good? No. - Amy Grant quote

Do I think all contemporary Christian music is good? No. — Amy Grant

We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas. - Steve Jobs quote

We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas. — Steve Jobs

I think sometimes, when you're on top and all you do is win, win, win, win, win, you get lazy and lose focus. When you lose it opens your eyes and you get serious. There is always a time when it is good to lose, at the right time for you. — Usain Bolt

You assist an administration most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil administration never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good man will therefore resist an evil system or administration with his whole soul. — Mahatma Gandhi

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins. — Leo Tolstoy

I Don't Think There's A Good Excuse For Being Unhappy. I'm Not Particularly Unhappy, But I Know What Pain Is. I think That Life Is Characterized By Pain, Partly. Part Of The Way You Can Tell You're Alive Is By How Much Pain You're Experiencing, Or How Little. — Jerry Garcia

May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself. — Neil Gaiman

The average person is either a weakling, or just a happy person who wants to get along, or thinks being tough is having big muscles and strutting around town and having a good-looking girlfriend. — Alex Jones

It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any. — Hugh Laurie

I think I got a lot of life skills; I got a lot of wisdom; I've seen a lot of bad things happen to a lot of good people. — Young Jeezy

When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good. — John Knox

Right, wrong, good, bad, heaven, hell. I think that is the theme of my life. I think you have to know both in order to honestly choose one. So I'm familiar with both sides of the fence. — DMX

We think sometimes we're only drawn to the good, but we're actually drawn to the authentic. We like people who are real more than those who hide their true selves under layers of artificial niceties — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

I just think about how saying that you love someone can make your heart feel like some sort of brownie sundae, warm, gooey, sweet and good. — Carrie Jones

Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men. — Harry J. Anslinger

A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are. Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget. A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked. — Bernard Meltzer

You know what ? Certain people think they will feel good if certain things happen The trick is : you have to feel good for no reason — Richard Bandler

Some day I'm going to have to stand before God, and if He asks me why I didn't let that [Jackie] Robinson fellow play ball, I don't think saying 'because of the color of his skin' would be a good enough answer. — Branch Rickey

I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. — Benjamin Franklin

I actually think that the most efficacious way of making a difference is to lead by example, and doing random acts of kindness is setting a very good example of how to behave in the world. — Misha Collins

Every sunrise gives you a new beginning and a new ending. Let this morning be a new beginning to a better relationship and a new ending to the bad memories. Its an opportunity to enjoy life, breathe freely, think and love. Be grateful for this beautiful day. — Norton Juster

When you're 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you're 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you're 60 you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place. You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. — Winston Churchill

A good dancer is one who listens to the musicWe dance the music not the steps. Anyone who aspires to dance never thinks about what he is going to do. What he cares about is that he follows the music. You see, we are painters. We paint the music with our feet. — Carlos Gavito

I know you think my life is good 'cause my diamond piece, But my life been good since I started finding peace. — Nas

I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually. — Frank Sinatra

I just think it's good to be confident. If I'm not on my team why should anybody else be? — Robert Downey, Jr.

When I'm at the gym, I think about chicks, going to the beach, and looking good. I do it for the girls. — Usain Bolt

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good. — Oprah Winfrey

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