Pondering Quotes

• I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Humor, Gum

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• To live is to experience things, not sit around pondering the meaning of life.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Horse, Meaning Of Life

  "Aleph". Book by Paulo Coelho, 2011.

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• Do not dwell on what once was, but rather look forward and ponder how you can make the future brighter

  Christopher Paolini

  Looks, Brighter

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• You can't hurry creativity, so take time to ponder your ideas. Sit back and take time to think things over. That's usually how the best ideas bloom.

  Harvey Mackay

  Creativity, Thinking, Ideas

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• The present is what slips by us while we're pondering the past and worrying about the future.

  Ziggy Marley

  Past, Worry, Slips

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• When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.

  James H. Boren

  Funny, Business, Humor

  In 'New York Times' 8 November 1970, p. 45

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• The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.

  William Arthur Ward

  Fall, Optimistic, Flying High

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• The most creative people have learned to tolerate the slight discomfort of indecision for much longer and so, just because they put in more pondering time, their solutions are more creative.

  John Cleese

  People, Choices, Creative

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• We need to be in the open mode when we are pondering a problem, but, once we come up with a solution, we must then switch to the closed mode to implement it.

  John Cleese

  Needs, Problem, Come Up

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• Be a student, not a follower. Take interest in what someone says, then debate it, ponder it, and consider it from all angles.

  Jim Rohn

  Followers, Students, Debate

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 04, 2017

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• Pondering is, in my feeling, a form of prayer.

  Marion G. Romney

  Prayer, Feelings, Form

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• I didn't understand, either, but love had no sense sometimes. Pondering the why of it was futile.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Sometimes

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• What shall I compare it to, this fantastic thing I call my Mind? To a waste-paper basket, to a sieve choked with sediment, or to a barrel full of floating froth and refuse? No, what it is really most like is a spider's web, insecurely hung on leaves and twigs, quivering in every wind, and sprinkled with dewdrops and dead flies. And at its centre, pondering forever the Problem of Existence, sits motionless the spider-like and uncanny Soul.

  Logan Pearsall Smith

  Wind, Forever, Soul

  Logan Pearsall Smith (1989). “An anthology”

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• Reminding people what in reality it is all about, giving them a theme on which to ponder, creating a shock within them, pulling them out of the delusion of non authenticity, enabling them to become aware of their true possibilities.

  Antoni Tapies

  Reality, Creating, People

  "Tàpies, Werke auf Papier 1943 - 2003" by Antoni Tapies, Kunsthalle Emden, edited by Achim Sommer, Altana, (p. 25), 2004.

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• There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and ponder it: this comes next to understanding.

  Confucius

  Men, Understanding, May

  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• We have nothing to fear but fear itself...and of course the boogieman.

  Pat Paulsen

  Riot, Supervillains, Courses

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• Ponder and deliberate before you make your move. He will conquer who has learned the artifice of deviation. Such is the art of maneuvering.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Moving

  Sun Tzu, Musashi Miyamoto, Inazo Nitobe (2016). “The Art of War - a Samurai Master Class”, p.25, Lulu.com

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• Embrace yourself, create a plan of action and of course, ponder the impact of your thoughts.

  Francisco Leon

  Motivational, Impact, Action

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• It is quite true what Philosophy says: that Life must be understood backwards. But that makes one forget the other saying: that it must be lived—forwards. The more one ponders this, the more it comes to mean that life in the temporal existence never becomes quite intelligible, precisely because at no moment can I find complete quiet to take the backward- looking position.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Life, Inspiring, Wisdom

  Diary (1843)

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• We would do well to ponder the realization that love is the most potent source of power.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Power, Love Is, Realization

  Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). “Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World”, p.34, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• We have nothing to fear but fear itself.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Franklin D. Roosevelt (2010). “Quotations of Franklin Delano Roosevelt”

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• The life of which meaning one never ponders is not worth living

  Socrates

  Worth Living

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• While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.

  Quintilian

  Too Late, Late

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• Perhaps it would be a good idea, fantastic as it sounds, to muffle every telephone, halt every motor, and stop all activity someday to give people a chance to ponder a few minutes on what it is all about, why they are living, and what they really want.

  James Adams

  Ideas, People, Giving

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• We need silence to be alone with God, to speak to him, to listen to him, to ponder his words deep in our hearts. We need to be alone with God in silence to be renewed and transformed. Silence gives us a new outlook on life. In it we are filled with the energy of God himself that makes us do all things with joy.

  Mother Teresa

  Spiritual, Heart, Outlook On Life

  Mother Teresa (2001). “Mother Teresa: Essential Writings”

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