Short quotations about, thought - Page 4

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We lift ourselves by our thought, w…

15 Feb , 2011  

We lift ourselves by our thought, we climb upon our vision of ourselves. If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself. Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, always, everywhere – your ideal of what you long to attain – the ideal […]

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Henry Sedgwick

We think so because other people al…

15 Feb , 2011  

We think so because other people all think so; or because after all, we do think so; or because we were told so, and think we must think so; or because we once thought so, and think we still think so; or because, having thought so, we think we will think so. Great short quote […]

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Margaret Atwod

We thought we were running away fro…

15 Feb , 2011  

We thought we were running away from the grown-ups, and now we are the grown-ups. Great short quote and quotation by: Margaret Atwod ,

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Stephen Vincent Benet, Litany for Dictatorships, 1935

We thought, because we had power, w…

15 Feb , 2011  

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom. Great short quote and quotation by: Stephen Vincent Benet, Litany for Dictatorships, 1935 , US poet & short story author (1898 – 1943)

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Charlotte Whitton

Whatever women do they must do twic…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily this is not difficult. Great short quote and quotation by: Charlotte Whitton ,

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Charlotte Whitton

Whatever women do they must do twic…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily this is not difficult. Great short quote and quotation by: Charlotte Whitton, Canada Month, June 1963 ,

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John Steinbeck, East of Eden

When a man comes to die, no matter …

15 Feb , 2011  

When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influence, and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and dying a cold horror. It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying […]

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Marquis de Vauvenargues

When a thought is too weak to be ex…

15 Feb , 2011  

When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, simply drop it. Great short quote and quotation by: Marquis de Vauvenargues ,

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When I examine myself and my method…

15 Feb , 2011  

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking. Great short quote and quotation by: Albert Einstein , US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

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Leoardo da Vinci

While I thought that I was learning…

15 Feb , 2011  

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Great short quote and quotation by: Leoardo da Vinci ,

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Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

With every experience, you alone ar…

15 Feb , 2011  

With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice. Great short quote and quotation by: Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine , US actress & television talk show host (1954 – )

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John Maynard Keynes

Words ought to be a little wild for…

9 Sep , 2010  

Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking. Great short quote and quotation by: John Maynard Keynes , English economist (1883 – 1946)

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