31 Great Thoughts You Absolutely Need To Have Today According to the National Science Foundation, our brains produce thousands and thousands of thoughts each day depending on how “deep” a thinker you are. A lot of our thinking happens by default. It’s as if our minds are on autopilot bouncing from one thought to the next. If we are bothered by something or if we have something specific on our mind, it will usually monopolize the majority of our thoughts for sometime.However, we can choose to be disciplined with our thinking and make certain we are focusing on the thoughts that will be most beneficial to our mindset and how we feel.   It’s not that we try to micromanage and literally control all 70,000 of our thoughts, but rather we ensure at some point during the day (or even at a couple different points during the day), we are focusing on those thoughts we know will have a positive impact. Here are 31 great thoughts to have TODAY and some of my most favorite quotes. All you need to do is read through this list and really think through each quote. Simply by doing that, you will ensure you are having at least 31 great thoughts of great personalities today.   1. “If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.”  Unknown   2. “Your journey has molded you for the greater good. It was exactly what it needed to be. Don’t think you’ve lost time. It took each and every situation you have encountered to bring you to the now. And now is right on time.” Asha Tyson   3. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. ” Thomas Edison   4. “You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change, rather than allowing it to master you.” Sri Ram   5. “If you worry about what might be, and wonder what might have been, you will ignore what is.” Unknown   6. “The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.” Chinese Proverb   7. “Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about. ” Unknown   8. “You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.” Oprah Winfrey   9. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” Audrey Hepburn   10. “One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” Helen Keller   11. “There are always two choices. Two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it’s easy.” Unknown   12. “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. Maya Angelou   13. What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.” Buddha   14. “The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream.” Harry Kemp   15. “Failure is not dangerous. The most dangerous thing is complacency. Always improve. Are you getting too comfortable?” James Clear   16. “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”  Will Rogers   17. “Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us” Stephen R. Covey   18. “It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.” J. K. Rowling   19. “He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not, but rejoices in what he has.” Epictetus   20. “You must act as if it is impossible to fail.” Ashanti proverb   21. “The biggest temptation is to settle for too little.” Unknown   22. “Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.” Etty Hillesum   23. “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” Willie Nelson   24. “When the last thing that stands in between you and your success is confidence, the only choice to make is to jump and realize you don’t need a safety net because you can fly”.   25. “I’d rather have a life of ‘Oh well’s..’ then a life of ‘What if’s?’ ” Unknown   26. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” Albert Schweitzer   27. “Forget about barriers. Think about possibilities. Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory.” James Clear   28. “What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it.” Oprah Winfrey   29. “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”  Leo Buscaglia   30. “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.” Michelangelo   31. “If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don’t. If you like to win, but think you can’t. It’s almost a cinch you won’t. If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost, For out in the world we find. Success begins with a fellow’s will. It’s all a state of mind.” Unknown   32. Finally remember that prayer to the Almighty God always gives you a clear direction in life.

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