#thinking

Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ↗

— William James

#merely #people #prejudices #rearranging #their

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings. ↗

— William James

#blame #common #determines #does #environment

Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change. ↗

— Barbara Januszkiewicz

#creative #ideas #inspire #inspires #thinking

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#dogma #drown #else #follow #follow your heart

That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#been #clean #complex #end #focus

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection. ↗

— Billy Joel

#fool #i #less #man #more

Much of Indian science seems intuitive and not bound by the rigid thinking of classical scientists. ↗

— Roland Joffe

#classical #indian #intuitive #much #rigid

To have any doubt in your body is the biggest weakness an athlete can have. There are times when I physically can't get myself to go for a skill because I'm thinking, 'My knee hurts really bad.' ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#athlete #bad #because #biggest #body

Romance, like the rabbit at the dog track, is the elusive, fake, and never attained reward which, for the benefit and amusement of our masters, keeps us running and thinking in safe circles. ↗

— Beverly Jones

#attained #benefit #circles #dog #elusive

The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to work a subject down to the simplest form possible and still have it believable for what it is meant to be. ↗

— Chuck Jones

#down #drawing #essence #form #good