Top 200 Quotes About Thinking (2025 Update)

1. “The trouble is, you think you have time.”

— Buddha

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2. “Think higher, feel deeper.”

— Elie Wiesel

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3. “Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.”

— Khalil Gibran

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4. “Please think about your legacy, because you’re writing it every day.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

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5. “Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think, you can’t control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.”

— Napoleon Hill

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6. “If you can’t stop thinking about it, don’t stop working on it.”

— Michael Jordan

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7. “You may think I’m small, but I have a universe inside my mind.”

— Yoko Ono

Also featured in: Mind Quotes, Imagination Quotes

8. “Instead of thinking outside the box, get rid of the box.”

— Deepak Chopra

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes

9. “Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.”

— Buddha

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10. “You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.”

— James Allen

Also featured in: Perspective Quotes, Mind Quotes, Future Quotes, Destiny Quotes

11. “Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.”

— Tim Ferriss

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12. “Your life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Growth Mindset Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes, Quotes for Better Decisions

13. “Start small, think big. Don’t worry about too many things at once. Take a handful of simple things to begin with, and then progress to more complex ones. Think about not just tomorrow, but the future. Put a ding in the universe.”

— Steve Jobs

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14. “Mind is everything. What we think, we become.”

— Buddha

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15. “Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.”

— Richard Dawkins

Also featured in: Individuality Quotes, Teaching Quotes

16. “To find yourself, think for yourself.”

— Socrates

Also featured in: Mind Quotes, Philosophical Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

17. “Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be; if you think yourself strong, you will be.”

— Swami Vivekananda

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18. “Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.”

— Buddha

Also featured in: Self-Realization Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Spiritual Growth Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes

19. “If you can change your mind, you can change your life.”

— William James

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Change Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

20. “We think too much and feel too little.”

— Charlie Chaplin

Also featured in: Short Quotes

21. “Change your thoughts and you change your world.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Change Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Encouragement Quotes

22. “I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.”

— Socrates

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23. “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

— Aristotle

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24. “We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.”

— Swami Vivekananda

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Spiritual Growth Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

25. “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”

— George Bernard Shaw

Also featured in: Changing the World Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Intelligent Quotes

26. “Follow the evidence wherever it leads, and question everything.”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Also featured in: Science Quotes, Knowledge Quotes, Truth Quotes

27. “Think before you speak. Read before you think.”

— Fran Lebowitz

Also featured in: Quotes About Books And Reading, Short Quotes, Personality Quotes, Witty Quotes

28. “Observe your thoughts, don’t believe them.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Also featured in: Deep Quotes About Life, Short Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Inner Peace Quotes

29. “Not to be able to stop thinking is an affliction, but we don’t realise this because almost everybody is suffering from it.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Also featured in: Awakening Quotes, Deep Quotes, Suffering Quotes

30. “With our thoughts we make the world.”

— Buddha

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31. “Our life is what our thoughts make it.”

— Marcus Aurelius

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes

32. “Whatever you hold in your mind on a consistent basis is exactly what you will experience in your life.”

— Tony Robbins

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33. “It’s only a thought, and a thought can be changed. I am not limited by any past thinking. I choose my thoughts with care. I constantly have new insights and new ways of looking at my world. I am willing to change and grow.”

— Louise Hay

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Transformation Quotes, Wellness Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Mental Health Quotes

34. “Thus, the task is not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to think what nobody yet has thought about that which everybody sees.”

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Also featured in: Perspective Quotes

35. “As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.”

— James Allen

36. “A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.”

— James Allen

Also featured in: Meaning Quotes, Human Nature Quotes, Affirmation Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Men

37. “We are like magnets – like attract like. You become AND attract what you think.”

— Rhonda Byrne

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

38. “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

Also featured in: Happy Quotes, Mind Quotes, Philosophy Quotes

39. “We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.”

— Daniel Kahneman

Also featured in: Psychology Quotes

40. “We are an intelligent species and the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.”

— Carl Sagan

Also featured in: Science Quotes, Knowledge Quotes, Intelligent Quotes

41. “I promise to question everything my leaders tell me. I promise to use my critical faculties. I promise to develop my independence of thought. I promise to educate myself so I can make my own judgments.”

— Carl Sagan

Also featured in: Lifelong Learning Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Students, Doubt Quotes

42. “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”

— Henry David Thoreau

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Perspective Quotes

43. “THOUGHT is the only power which can produce tangible riches from the Formless Substance.”

— Wallace D. Wattles

Also featured in: Prosperity Quotes, Wealth Quotes, Manifestation Quotes

44. “If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.”

— Peace Pilgrim

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Optimism Quotes, Positive Thinking Quotes

45. “What you focus on grows.”

— Esther Hicks

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Mindset Quotes

46. “When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.”

— Josh James

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47. “I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.”

— Elon Musk

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48. “Whatever you focus on is what you get.”

— Tony Robbins

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49. “You have two choices, to control your mind or to let your mind control you.”

— Paulo Coelho

Also featured in: Short Inspirational Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Philosophical Quotes

50. “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Also featured in: Philosophical Quotes, Quotes About Ideas