Thinking Quotations

Ten random inspirational quotations about various aspects of thinking are displayed below. Use the search boxes to the right, to search for quotations by category, person, time period and key word. Use these quotes by famous people for daily inspiration.

10 quotations, viewing 1 - 10

Franklin D Roosevelt

'There is nothing to fear but fear itself.'

Time period: Any period
Categories: Fear

Bertrand Russell

'To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.'

Time period: 20th/21st century
Categories: Fear Love

Thomas Jefferson

'One man with courage is a majority.'

Time period: 18th/19th Century
Categories: Freedom Success

Vaclav Havel

'Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.'

Time period: Any period
Categories: Hope

Leonardo da Vinci

'He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.'

Time period: 11th - 15th Century
Categories: Weakness

Bo Bennett

'Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.'

Time period: 20th/21st century
Categories: Motivation

Francis Bacon

'Some books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.'

Time period: 16th/17th Century
Categories: Truth Wisdom

Michelangelo

'I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.'

Time period: 16th/17th Century
Categories: General Creativity

Benjamin Franklin

'The doors of wisdom are never shut.'

Time period: Any period
Categories: Wisdom

Martin Luther King, Jr.

'We must build dykes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.'

Time period: 20th/21st century
Categories: Fear

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