Thoughtful Quotes - Page 4

I’ve long advised that bloggers seeking to make money from blogging spread their interests across multiple revenue streams so as not to put all their eggs in one basket.

Thoughtful people are concerned with the future because that is the only area of experience about which anything can be done. We cannot change the past, and the present is gone as soon as it is reported, but the future is that in which we can make a difference.

If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.

Religion becomes a hollow shell of its former self when ritual remains and thoughtful reflection disappears.

Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.

We are losing sight of civility in government and politics. Debate and dialogue is taking a back seat to the politics of destruction and anger and control. Dogma has replaced thoughtful discussion between people of differing views.

A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.

I don't mind doing interviews. I don't mind answering thoughtful questions. But I'm not thrilled about answering questions like, 'If you were being mugged, and you had a lightsaber in one pocket and a whip in the other, which would you use?'

Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.

So guys who are otherwise sensitive and thoughtful say and do ridiculously dumb things to impress other guys. It's an enormous performance, but guys know that if they fail, they'll be ridiculed as sissies mercilessly.

You only are free when you realize you belong no place - you belong every place - no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.

Bryzgalov isn’t just a running comedy act. He’s one of the league’s most thoughtful players and the fact that he offers the insight he does in his second language is something he’ll never get enough credit for.

Being silly is still allowed, not excluded by adulthood. What's excluded by adulthood is thoughtlessness, so be thoughtful and silly

Oh, but I think that thoughtfulness and manners are everything.

There are celestial sights more dazzling, spectacles that inspire more awe, but to the thoughtful observer who is privileged to see them well, there is nothing in the sky so profoundly impressive as the canals of Mars. Fine lines and little gossamer filaments only, cobwebbing the face of the Martian disk, but threads to draw one's mind after them across the millions of miles of intervening void.

The person who gives with a smile is the best giver because God loves a cheerful giver.

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

Give back in some way. Always be thoughtful of others.

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

It's not that life has been easy, perfect or exactly as expected. I just choose to be happy and grateful no matter how it all turns out. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

I think we all do have a guardian angel. I believe they work through us all the time, when we are thoughtful and good and kind to each other.

Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given the force of the group's normative power to shape the opinions of the followers who conform without thinking things through, they are often taken at face value. The persistent minority forces the others to process the relevant information more mindfully. Research shows that the deciscions of a group as a whole are more thoughtful and creative when there is minority dissent than when it is absent.

The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story.

For better or worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life.

Compose. (No ideas but in things) Invent! Saxifrage is my flower that splits the rocks.