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.

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Amos Bronson Alcott

'To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.'

Time period: 18th/19th Century
Categories: Inspiration

Wayne Dyer

'It's never crowded along the extra mile.'

Time period: Any period
Categories: Inspiration

Abraham Lincoln

'If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe.'

Time period: 18th/19th Century
Categories: Reality Truth

Dwight D. Eisenhower

'In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.'

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

Elmore Leonard

'My most important piece of advice to all of you would-be writers: when you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.'

Time period: Any period

Edmund Burke

'Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.'

Time period: 18th/19th Century
Categories: Truth

Robert Frost

'Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.'

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

Steffi Graf

'I never look back, I look forward.'

Time period: 20th/21st century

Victor Hugo

'The learned man knows that he is ignorant.'

Time period: 18th/19th Century
Categories: Ignorance Learning

Frederic Raphael

'Truth maybe stranger than fiction, but fiction is truer.'

Time period: Any period
Categories: Truth Writing

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