Quotes on Thoughts

Thoughts

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

A Drop of Ink May Make A Million Think

"I realize that I will be, when my life's labor is complete, the product of my thoughts."

-George Albert Smith-

"The thought in your mind at this moment is contributing, however infinitesimally, almost imperceptibly, to the shaping of your soul."

-Spencer W. Kimball-

"You are the one who must decide whose thoughts you will entertain. You are free to choose-but you are not free to alter the consequences of those choices. You will be what you think about-what you consistently allow to occupy the stage of your mind."

-Ezra Taft Benson-

"A drop of ink may make a million think."

-Byron-

"If you can control your thoughts, you can overcome habits--even degrading, personal habits. If you can learn to master them, you will have a happy life."

Boyd K. Packer

"Great thoughts left unread are like fruitful seeds left unplanted."

"Our minds can become veritable junk heaps with dirty, cast-off ideas that accumulate there little by little. Years ago I put up some signs in my mind. They are very clearly printed and simply read: 'No Trespassing,' 'No dumping allowed.' .....I do not want my mind to be a dumping place for shabby ideas or thoughts, for disappointments, bitterness, envy, shame, hatred, worry, grief, or jealousy."

Boyd K. Packer (CR Oct. 1977)

"What we do with what happens to us is more important than what happens to us."

Marvin J. Ashton

"You know...you can start the day over at any time you'd like."

Patty Sheen, Stage Manager, Good Morning America

"You never know how soon it may be too late."

"It takes courage to realize that you are greater than your moods, greater than your thoughts, and that you can control your moods and thoughts."

Stephen R. Covey: Book: First Things First, p. 178

"Thought is action in rehearsal."

"What we say and how we present ourselves not only betray our inner person but also mold that person, those around us, and finally our whole society."

Robert S. Wood

"Change your thoughts and you change your world."

Norman Vincent Peale

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