Quotes About Thoughts

You cannot eliminate a thought by fighting it or trying to block it out. Resisting an unwanted thought only entangles you and drives that thought deeper into your mind, making it even more of a distraction.

If you are committed, you can select your thoughts and thereby shape your life here on earth into something spectacular. The alternative is to give up this freedom and live a life of mediocrity dominated by uncertainty and suspense.

You'd never invite a thief into your house. So why would you allow thoughts that steal your joy to make themselves at home in your mind?

The secret conversations you hold in the privacy of your own mind are shaping your destiny, little by little. With every thought that races through your mind, you are continually reinventing yourself and your future. Research indicates that the average person thinks approximately fifty thousand thoughts per day. This is either good or bad news because every thought moves you either toward your God-given potential or away from it. No thoughts are neutral.

The battle you wage against your human nature is an invisible one that will be won or lost in the mind. Minute by minute, hour by hour, in the hidden workshop of your mind, you are constructing thoughts of good or evil, depression or joy, success or failure. You are writing your own life story as a human being with each subtle and soundless thought you think.

I paused. It didn't do to let odd thoughts pass by unexamined.... If you wanted to stay sane, then those thoughts had to be examined, checked and classified.

It's only by spending time with Jesus that our thoughts, words, and actions will ever be transformed into His image.

If you align your thoughts and your desires underneath His comprehensive rule over every area of your life, you will walk in peace. He will calm your heart and your mind by giving you peace.

McKee had concluded years ago that the intricacies of feminine logic were beyond his comprehension.

Cada vez que intentaba pensar en ello, su pensamiento quedaba obturado. No podía seguir adelante. Y ello la obligaba a mentir cuando la preguntaban cosas que no entendía. Y más tarde, a creer, o a creer que creía, que sus mentiras eran verdad. Y a pedir que cesaran todas las investigaciones, porque prefería "no saber" a saber lo que temía.

Hay aquí un individuo que, si hablo, me robaría los pensamientos.

Er det virkelig slik, fortsatt han for seg selv, at livet dreier seg om å miste glede, at det er en reise som starter i hemningsløs og skingrene lykke, og for hver erfaring man får, så erstattes den av en refleksjon, og dermed forminskes den helt til man sitter der, tømt for all glede, kun bebodd av...tanker?

Seine Gedanken oder plötzlichen Wünsche flogen wie die Laune des Meeres über das Wasser, mal hierhin, mal dorthin, und er lebte ununterbrochen in einer stillen Spannung.

The room had lost its morning light, the glow of expectation and potential. The daylight was now gray, and the new day was already used, a little soiled by mistaken thoughts and makeshift undertakings.

His thoughts glided along like the boat, without memories or dreams, they were like grey wandering waves that didn't even want to reach the horizon." (p.160)

My head was awhirl with thoughts I really had no need of, and for the first time I found no pleasure at all in thinking about myself. I had sunk into a state of deep gloom, which has also come over me at times later in my life when other people are achieving more than I myself.

And all the things I think, and all the things I believe, are making me cry.

Strange that she could clearly articulate her cousins' beliefs, but when it came to her own convictions, Fanny experienced difficulty. Perhaps because she disliked confrontation, she had never clearly decided what she believed. Fearful of being ridiculed or appearing foolish, she typically kept her thoughts to herself. Only when she talked to Michael did she feel she could freely express herself. From all appearances, Theresa felt entirely comfortable in his presence, also.

Say something worth the words.

You do control the thoughts that follow an emotion, and you have a great deal of say in how you react to an emotion—as long as you are aware of it.

Your mind is your nine

Shall I tell you what I'm thinking, Mrs. Ferrier?" "Heavens no, Nicholas! That would take hours, and we have only moments.

She needed to judge her friends and family by their actions, not by their thoughts, for thoughts are fleeting and temperamental, the reflection of a moment, and are very often confused and misleading. Thoughts formed into spoken words are a different matter, and actual deeds another matter still.

She needed to judge her friends and family by their actions, not by their thoughts, for thoughts are fleeting and temperamental, the reflection of a moment, and are very often confused and misleading.