Inspirational Thoughts | Powerful Quotes on Thinking

“Thinkers perish.   Thoughts don't.” - Malcolm S. Forbes

“To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men — that is genius.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Mother Nature couldn't make us perfect, so she did the next best  thing— she made us blind to our own thoughts.” -  unknown

“What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.” - Wendell Phillips

“Thou wert a beautiful thought, and softly bodied forth.” - George Gordon, Lord Byron

“Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.” - John Maynard, Baron Keynes of Tilton

More Inspirational Thoughts

Inspirational thoughts give pause for reflection and thinking about our existence and role in the universe.  Some of the greatest inspirational thoughts have echoed through the ages from these classical poets, writers, and remarkable individuals.  Take a moment to enjoy the inspirational thoughts and messages of these great writers.

“We have employments assigned to us for every circumstance in life.  When we are alone, we have our thoughts to watch; in the family, our tempers; and in company, our tongues.” - Hannah More

“ I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive epochs is like omitting Hamlet from the play which is named after him.  That would be claiming too much.  But it is certainly analogous to cutting out the part of Ophelia.  This simile is singularly exact.  For Ophelia is quite essential to the play, she is very charming . . . and a little mad.” - Alfred North Whitehead

“A thought may be very commendable as a thought, but I value it chiefly as a window through which I can obtain insight on the thinker.” - Alexander Smith

“A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought, and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

“I have always thought the actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.” - John Locke

“Some men never seem to grow old.  Always active in thought, always ready to adopt new ideas, they are never chargeable with foggyism.  Satisfied, yet ever dissatisfied, settled, yet ever unsettled, they always enjoy the best of what is, are the first to find the best of what will be.” - William Shakespeare

“All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us.” - Immanuel Kant

“He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown.  He enriches me without impoverishing himself.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ The world is your mirror and your mind is a magnet.  What you perceive is in this world is largely a reflection of your own attitudes and beliefs.  Life will give you what you attract with your thoughts think, act and talk negatively and your world will benegative.  Think and act and talk with enthusiasm and you will attract positive results.” - Michael LeBeuf

“Well, my art of midwifery is in most respects like theirs; but differs, in that I attend men and not women, and I look after their souls when they are in labor, and not after their bodies: and the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man brings forth is a false idol or a noble and true birth.” -  Plato

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