Profoundly inspirational thoughts quotes will make you look at life differently and help you live a meaningful life.
Famous Thoughts Quotes
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Deal with the faults of others as gently as your own. – Chinese Proverb
Justice is truth in action. – Benjamin Disraeli
A new broom sweeps clean but an old broom knows the corners. – Virgin Islander (on friendship)
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and he’ll eat forever. – Chinese Proverb
If you realized just how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. – Unknown
Overthinking is the biggest cause of unhappiness. – Unknown
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results. – Willie Nelson
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Silence is often misinterpreted but never misquoted. – Unknown
Lost time is never found again. – Benjamin Franklin
The wise understand by themselves; fools follow the reports of others. – Tibetan (on wisdom)
When our imperfect judgments are aggregated in the right way, our collective intelligence is often excellent. James Surowiecki
Change your thoughts and you change your world. – Norman Vincent Peale
Every thought we think is creating our future. – Louise Hay
Begin to believe in the power of your thoughts. – Unknown
Thoughts have energy. Make sure your thoughts are positive and powerful. – Unknown
The goal of human nature, of any nature is blessedness. If we do not reach this goal, it is a sign that we are headed in the wrong direction. Raimon Pannikar
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. Henri Frederic Amiel
One should speak little with others and much with oneself. – Danish (on the conduct of life)
When you say one thing, the clever person understands three. – Chinese (on wisdom)
The riches that are in the heart cannot be stolen. Russian Proverb
The only thing we can know is that we know nothing and that is the highest flight of human wisdom. Leo Tolstoy
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Plan your life like you will live forever, and live your life like you will die the next day. – Unknown
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. Cervantes
Desires are brought to live depending on one’s wisdom. Wisdom gives direction to desires. Takuan Soho
We are a product of our thoughts. – Scottie Waves
Just think of happy thoughts and you’ll fly. – Peter Pan
One small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day. – Unknown
Your mind is a powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change. – Unknown
Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. – William Wordsworth
A proverb is one man’s wit and all men’s wisdom. – Lord John Russell
A blind person who sees is better than a seeing person who is blind. – Iranian (on wisdom)
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. – American (on proverbs)
Economy is the wealth of the poor and the wisdom of the rich. – French (on thrift)
Even a fish wouldn’t get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut. – Korean (on common sense)
Your thoughts shape your vision. You see what you choose to see. – Unknown
Thoughts become things. – Mike Dooley
Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded. – Buddha
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think. – Benjamin Disraeli
He that respects himself is safe from others. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
He who flees at the right time can fight again. – Marcus Trentius Varro
A crown’s no cure for a headache. – English (on basic truths)
Life is a journey, not a destination. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Money buys everything but good sense. Yiddish (on money)
In bad things be slow; in good things be fast. – Afghan (on time and timeliness
Just because something is common sense doesn’t mean it’s common practice. – Unknown
Nothing is impossible to the willing mind. – Books of the Han Dynasty
One head cannot hold all wisdom. – Maasai(East African)(on wisdom)
Plan your life at New Year’s, your day at dawn. – Japanese (on planning)
Positive thoughts generate positive feelings and attract positive life experiences. – Unknown
Although difficult, change is always possible. What holds us back from making the changes we desire are our own limiting thoughts and actions. – Satsuki
The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds, and prays that God will bless him, is in the position of a farmer who, having sown tares, asks God to bring forth for him a harvest of wheat. That which ye sow, ye reap. – James Allen
What consumes your mind, controls your life. – Unknown
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far. – Swami Vivekananda
Proverbs are the daughters of experience. – Sierra Leone
Wisdom is to live in the present, plan for the future and profit from the past. – Unknown
The errors of a wise man make your rule rather than the perfections of a fool. – William Blake
The more things change, the more they stay the same. – Alphonse Karr
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have. – Yiddish (on conscience)
The wise do as much as they should, not as much as they can. – French (on wisdom)
Wisdom is easy to carry but difficult to gather. – Czech (on wisdom)
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom, – Greek Proverb
Wisdom has always been the wealth of the common people. Raimon Pannikar
You only have control over three things in your life, the thoughts you think, the images you visualize, and the actions you take. – Jack Canfield
Be very careful about what you think. Your thoughts run your life. – Unknown
Nurture your soul with positive thoughts and internal happiness will blossom before your eyes. – Melanie Koulouris
Your life is a reflection of your thoughts. – Unknown
Let go of thoughts that don’t make you strong. – Unknown
Health is better than wealth. – Unknown
You can never plan the future by the past. – Edmund Burke
You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink. – John Heywood
Live and let live. – Dutch Proverb
You have to take the bitter with the sweet. – Unknown
Everything in moderation. – Unknown
May your day be filled with good thoughts, kind people, and happy moments. – Unknown
Change starts in your thoughts. – Unknown
You are not a helpless victim of your own thoughts, but rather a master of your mind. – Louise Hay
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. – Unknown
Life is what you make it. – Grandma Moses
All’s well that ends well. – John Heywood
Out of sight, out of mind. – Unknown
A lot of the pain that we are dealing with are really only thoughts. – Unknown
Overthinking leads to negative thoughts. – Unknown
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. – Alexander Graham Bell
Think happy thoughts. – Unknown
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. – Marcus Aurelius
You can only die once. – Portuguese Proverb
Knowledge comes but wisdom lingers. Alfred Lord Tennyson
