Productive Thinking Quotes

Lazy thinking is not creative or productive.

Creating is always so much more stimulating than destroying.

We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can! Every great achievement in this world was first carefully thought out. Think-but to a purpose. Think constructively. Think as you read. Think as you listen. Think as you travel and your eyes reveal new situations. Think as you work daily at your desk, or in the field, or while strolling. Think to rise and improve your place in life. There can be no advancement or success without serious thought

You cannot fathom your mind.... The more you draw from it, the more clear and fruitful it will be.

We can't dwell upon another's ingratitude without using up our time and talents unprofitably.

The better you think , the better decisions you make . the better decisions you make , the better actions you take . the better actions you take , the better results you get

Success each day should be judged by the seeds sown, not the harvest reaped.

Constant hammering on one nail will generally drive it home at last, so that it can be clinched. When a man's undivided attention is centered on one object, his mind will constantly be suggesting improvements of value, which would escape him if his brain was occupied by a dozen different subjects at once.

A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.

Procrastinate strategically... Procrastination may be the enemy of productivity but it can be a valuable resource for creativity.

Don't use your mind for a filing cabinet. Use your mind to work out problems and find answers; file away good ideas in your journal.

There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter.

Begin to wonder what you do write about. Or if you have anything to say. Or even if there is such a thing as a thing to say. Limit these thoughts to no more than ten minutes a day; like sit-ups, they can make you thin

It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle.

To get Game-Changing results, start focusing on Game-Changing thoughts.

Wishing, hoping, and dreaming without an action plan - is nothing more than a pipe dream!

If you focus on the risks, they'll multiply in your mind and eventually paralyze you. You want to focus on the task, instead, on doing what needs to be done.

Thought is the work of the intellect, reverie is its self-indulgence. To substitute day-dreaming for thought is to confuse a poison with a source of nourishment.

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.

All observations point to the fact that the intellectual woman is masculinized; in her, warm, intuitive knowledge has yielded to cold unproductive thinking.

Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg, by the side of which more will be laid.

The best thoughts most often come in the morning after waking, while still in bed or while walking.

It is only by labour that thought can be made healthy, and only by thought that labour can be made happy, and the two cannot be separated with impunity.