“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.” ThinkingLifeInspirationalTryingStillsDreamMotivationalSuccessMotivationHopeFearFocusAchieveInspirational LifeFailureSucceedConcernEncouragementCatholicLive LifeYour DreamsAspirationBeing SuccessfulFrustrationPotentialSuccess In LifeFollow Your DreamsNo FearKey To SuccessRoad To SuccessFear Of FailureRecipe For SuccessOvercoming FearChase Your DreamsDreams Do Come TrueHopes And DreamsHopes And FearsVatican IiLiving The DreamDreams And AspirationsFear NoneHopes DreamsFailure Is Not An OptionUntapped PotentialUnfulfilled DreamsFrustration In LifeUnfulfilled Potential Author:Pope John XXIII
“I wanted to let form lead my thinking, and repetition always confronts you with the interesting problem of how to break out of a cycle that seems so deterministic, which was germane to the story's concerns.” ThinkingStoriesProblemSeemsWantedFormInterestingBreakConcernCyclesRepetitionBreak Out Author:Catherine Brady
“What other people think of me is not really my major concern in life. What other people think of what I write is another matter.” PeopleThinkingWritingMatterMajorsConcernThink Of Me Author:Anne Roiphe
“I think corporations should give more attention to this suffering and should wait to invest until there is a responsible government in Burma. I do not think it is a good idea to separate economics from politics; in fact, I do not think economics can be separated from politics It's quite understandable that many business concerns think only about their own profits It's up to the public to put as much pressure as it can on these companies, through shareholder resolutions and public actions.” ThinkingGivingShouldIdeasFactsGovernmentActionSufferingWaitingAttentionCompanyConcernEconomicsPressureResponsibleProfitCorporationsResolutionGood IdeasShareholdersBurmaResponsible Government Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“I agree completely with Secretary Colin Powell, who said today this is an absurdity. And so I think the American people will know it's an absurdity. I have absolutely no concerns about it whatsoever.” PeopleThinkingKnowsSaidTodayConcernAgreeSecretaryAbsurdity Author:Hillary Clinton
“Success looks like you sitting here pretty confident that an armed brigade isn't going to come pouring in here and blow your head off. Which I don't think is your major concern. Therefore, the United States' foreign policy is successful.” ThinkingLooksStatesUnitedUnited StatesSuccessfulPolicyLike YouMajorsSittingConcernBlowForeign PolicyPouring Author:George Friedman
“I love thinking about things subtextually and I actually - like for instance when I write, I actually, I'm not very analytical about it. I don't ever deal with the subtext because I just know it's there so I don't have to deal with it. I just keep it about the scenario. I keep it on the surface, on my concerns. And one of the fun things is is when I'm done with everything, like now, for instance.” ThinkingKnowsWritingDoneFunDealsConcernSurfaceInstanceScenariosFun ThingsSubtext Author:Quentin Tarantino
“What concerns me is that the Independent is going, and there are job cuts at the Guardian, but the wretched Daily Mail is still rampant, making lots of money by millions of people clicking on pictures of cellulited women. I think that's sad.” PeopleThinkingStillsJobsMillionsCuttingConcernIndependentMailLots Of MoneyWretchedGuardianDaily Mail Author:Alastair Campbell
“I've said that we're going to produce real results for the American people because so many Americans feel left out and left behind, they think the economy has failed them, they think our government has failed, they can't stand the gridlock and dysfunction in our politics, and I'm determined to produce more good jobs with rising incomes, and deal with all of the concerns that families have about education, college affordability, student debt.” PeopleThinkingFeelsSaidRealGovernmentJobsLeftResultsDealsBehindsEconomyStudentsProduceCollegeConcernDebtDeterminedIncomeRisingGood JobLeft BehindLeft OutDysfunctionGridlockAffordability Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think you have to take the man and say to yourself, [Donald Trump] is someone who wants to occupy the Oval Office, where Franklin Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and people who were our president, and I don't think it's just a woman's issue. I think it's an issue that should be of concern to all Americans.” PeopleThinkingMenWantShouldPresidentIssuesHe ManTrumpOfficeConcernAbrahamFranklinTeddyOval Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think that all countries of the region should join their efforts in the fight against a common threat - terrorism in general and ISIS in particular. It concerns Iran as well, it concerns Saudi Arabia (although the two countries do not get along very well, ISIS threatens both of them), it concerns Jordan, it concerns Turkey (in spite of certain problems regarding the Kurdish issue), and, in my opinion, everybody is interested in resolving the situation. Our task is to join these efforts to fight against a common enemy.” ThinkingShouldWellsTwoCountryProblemCertainFightingCommonEffortSituationOpinionEnemyIssuesParticularConcernTasksThreatTerrorismSpiteRegionsIranTurkeysIsisJordanArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisTwo CountriesCommon EnemyKurdish Author:Vladimir Putin
“When I was in my teens I had a series of intensely religious experiences. They deepened my sense of God as the creator of all things. And they also deepened my sensitivity towards creation itself so that concern for God's creatures and animal rights followed from that. Some people think I'm an animal rights person who just happens, almost incidentally, to be religious. In fact, it's because I believe in God that I'm concerned about God's creatures. The religious impulse is primary.” PeopleThinkingBelievePersonsFactsHappensI BelieveReligiousAnimalRightsCreationCreaturesConcernConcernedAll ThingsSeriesCreatorI Believe InPrimariesImpulseBelieve In GodAnimal RightsTeensSensitivityI Believe In GodReligious Experience Author:Andrew Linzey
“This willful deafness to religious argument, so new in our history, has had various effects. A principal one is encouragement of the already widespread view that religion doesn't have a lot to do with modern concerns - the way people live, the way they think.” PeopleThinkingWayChristianReligiousViewsModernEffectsConcernArgumentEncouragementVariousPrincipalDeafness Author:William Murchison
“I think the modernization of Chinese economy and Chinese society is a prime concern.” ThinkingEconomyConcernChinesePrimeModernization Author:Manmohan Singh
“There are diverse ways in which - right now, terror and all that goes with it is a prime concern. It's a concern of the United States. It's a concern of India. Joint strategies, cooperation, joint sharing of intelligence, in controlling terrorism, in making the world free from terror. I think that's the fundamental, I think, consideration if our development aspirations are to be fulfilled. And I think our two countries can cooperate.” IfsThinkingWorldWayTwoCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesDevelopmentRight NowConcernIndiaFundamentalsStrategyTerrorTerrorismAspirationConsiderationPrimeCooperationDiverseFulfilledJointsTwo Countries Author:Manmohan Singh
“I have great concern, but my concern is probably not what most people would think it would be.My concern is why is our faith being targeted as part of this inquiry when there are laws on the books and there is legal jurisdiction any time there is abuse in financial handling?” PeopleThinkingBookWould BeLawConcernAbuseFinancialInquiryJurisdiction Author:Paula White
“Climate scientists think of nothing but climate and then express their concerns in terms of constructs such as global mean surface temperature. But we live in a world in which all sorts of change is happening all the time, and the only way to understand what climate change will bring is to tell stories about how it manifests in people's lives.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayMeanStoriesTermHappeningsConcernScientistClimateClimate ChangeSurfaceConstructsTemperature Author:Dale Jamieson
“Well I'm not making predictions. But the point I can - what I can say to you to contribute to your thinking is as somebody who has been out knocking on doors, doing the street corners, speaking to constituents right across the country is that the Government - that people understand that the Government's message of jobs and growth is addressing their concerns and they have a level of - a high level of confidence that Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison are the people who can deliver.” PeopleThinkingWellsHas BeensI CanCountryGovernmentJobsGrowthLevelsDoorsStreetsMessagesConcernCornersPredictionsKnockingHigh LevelConstituentsStreet CornersKnocking On Doors Author:George Brandis
“I think the key anecdote in the book is when Colin [Powell] and I were discussing Iraq. Colin was upstairs in the Treaty Room, in the residence. And he talks about his concerns about the use of military in Iraq. And I said I felt the same concerns, but it might be that we have to use it. In which case, he said, "I support you."” ThinkingSaidBookUseMightFeltRoomsCasesSupportMilitaryKeysConcernIraqTreatiesDiscussingAnecdotesUpstairsSupport YouResidence Author:George W. Bush
“It's not my concern. It's your concern. I just keep working. I keep posing certain questions and I think there are times when people think "What happened to the Judith Butler I used to know?" or "She's not doing gender trouble. Does that mean she refuses it or she's disavowed it?" And I would say no. I have not refused or disavowed anything.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMeanDoeUsedCertainHappenedTroubleConcernRefuseGenderButlersPosing Author:Judith Butler
“I feel religion is basically and essentially a communication between a man and his God and I think it is the most personal thing of all and I don't think it concerns too many people.” PeopleThinkingMenFeelsCommunicationConcernPersonal Things Author:Pierre Trudeau
“I think concerns with a member of Congress with a cabinet official being active in business. I don`t see why it wouldn`t apply to the president.” ThinkingPresidentMembersConcernCongressActiveOfficialsCabinets Author:Lindsey Graham
“The polling data shows not an unbelievable level of concern [on climate issue] but a general awareness of this problem. And now I think it's up to all sorts of people who really care about these things to continue on this new ground to try and make this the central political issue it needs to be.” PeopleThinkingNeedsTryingShowsProblemCarePoliticalLevelsIssuesAwarenessConcernClimateDataUnbelievablePollingPolitical Issues Author:Bill McKibben
“I think, you know, what we've had for many years is a federal government that's not particularly concerned with the structure of the economy at all, just looking at the basic rules. I think we're going to see a different approach under Donald Trump with more kind of specific concern for the health of the manufacturing sector. I'm not necessarily sure that's a bad thing.” ThinkingKnowsYearsKindDifferentGovernmentEconomyTrumpApproachConcernConcernedStructureBad ThingsFederal GovernmentManufacturingDifferent Approach Author:Edward Alden
“The psychologists are valiantly trying to provide us with answers, the religious people are trying to provide us with answers. I think it properly falls on the cultural workers to investigate this predicament with a little less concern for the marketplace and a little more concern for their higher calling.” PeopleThinkingTryingLittlesFallReligiousAnswersHigherCallingConcernWorkersMarketplacePsychologistPredicamentsHigher Calling Author:Leonard Cohen
“I think when people voted for Donald Trump, they realized he owned a lot of stuff with his name on it. I think the concern over conflict of interest seems to be higher in the media than the public. People saying, oh, he has to sell all of his stuff.” PeopleThinkingSeemsNamesStuffInterestMediaTrumpHigherConflictConcernSellsConflict Of Interest Author:Rand Paul
“I do feel like I have a sense of the times. A lot of the things America is experiencing now, I feel like I have lived through. I think there is a cause for concern.” ThinkingFeelsAmericaCausesConcern Author:Trevor Noah
“What is true, and I think that we can't deny it, is that some of the same concerns about globalization, about technology, rapid social change that were reflected in Brexit, that's been reflected in some of the debates in Germany and France and other places, that those exist in the United States as well. My view is that over the long term, over the next 10, 15, 20 years, if we are able to address the legitimate economic concerns of those who feel left behind by globalization, then many of these tensions will be reduced. And we will see a world that is less divided.” IfsThinkingWorldFeelsYearsWellsLongStatesAbleNextLeftSocialTermUnitedViewsBehindsTechnologyUnited StatesEconomicConcernDenyDebateFranceLong TermTensionGermanyAddressesDividedGlobalizationSocial ChangeLeft BehindRapids Author:Barack Obama
“I think that Mr. Snowden raised some legitimate concerns. How he did it was something that did not follow the procedures and practices of our intelligence community. If everybody took the approach that I make my own decisions about these issues, then it would be very hard to have an organized government or any kind of national security system.” IfsThinkingKindHardGovernmentWould BeCommunityMy OwnDecisionPracticeIssuesSecurityApproachConcernRaisedOrganizedNational SecurityProceduresSnowdenIntelligence CommunitySecurity Systems Author:Barack Obama
“I think that there are these two very different sides to my relation to the Bible: one, my professional life; the other, a more private concern, interest and fascination with the Bible.” ThinkingTwoDifferentSidesInterestConcernRelationFascinationProfessional LifeDifferent Sides Author:Hershel Shanks
“I did not suggest that Iran is a democracy; just the opposite. I talked about it being a repressive theocracy. What I think is indisputable is that even within this repressive regime, the political leaders there - including the Supreme Leader - are sensitive to the concerns of the population within bounds.” ThinkingPoliticalLeaderDemocracyConcernOppositesBoundsIncludingPopulationSupremeSensitiveIranRegimesPolitical LeadersTheocracy Author:Barack Obama
“It's the job, I think, of leaders to try to address peoples' real legitimate concerns and channel them in the most constructive ways possible.” ThinkingWayTryingRealJobsLeaderConcernAddressesConstructive Author:Barack Obama
“How Donald Trump reaches out to groups that may not have supported him, how he signals his interest in their issues or concerns, I think those are the kinds of things that can set a tone that will help move things forward once he has actually taken office.” ThinkingKindMayHelpingMovingInterestIssuesTakenGroupsTrumpOfficeConcernToneReach OutSignals Author:Barack Obama
“I think [Donald Trump] is going to be inaugurated this week. I have great concerns, and apparently Republicans do as well, and there's going to be an investigation about the role that Russian hacking played in getting him elected.” ThinkingWellsRolesWeekTrumpRepublicanConcernInvestigationHacking Author:John Lewis
“I think that it's unfortunate that we have allowed politics to use theology to hit areas that we sincerely want to support. But I think that they are using us to some degree because they are using what concerns us to isolate us.” ThinkingWantUseSupportDegreesAreasConcernTheologyUnfortunateSincerely Author:T. D. Jakes
“I think we have to find a leader who reflects all of our concerns and not just some of them.” ThinkingLeaderConcern Author:T. D. Jakes
“I think I would have been much more attuned to the concerns of people who were desperately in need. I was unfamiliar, for instance, with the plight of those living in the small villages in the deserts and the jungles of Africa.” PeopleThinkingNeedsHas BeensConcernInstanceDesertVillageJungleUnfamiliarPlightSmall Villages Author:Jimmy Carter
“I think the Republican Party has indicated to everyone who wants to look at us that, you know, we're in the mainstream. We understand a lot of the concerns people have.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantLooksPartyRepublicanConcernMainstreamRepublican Party Author:Bob Dole
“It concerns me when people frame the conversation about equal pay about the entertainment business. I don't want the wage gap issue to be viewed as this myopic problem, because it's not. It's in 98 percent of all businesses, and it's easy for people to dismiss this conversation when they think it's around white women entertainers. But this is about all women in America.” PeopleThinkingWantProblemAmericaEasyWhitePayIssuesConversationEqualPercentConcernEntertainmentGapsEntertainersEqual PayEntertainment BusinessMyopic Author:Patricia Arquette
“I do have a concern that if we just say no Trans-Pacific Partnership, we`re done, we`re ignoring the region, and then, yes, I think we`re creating a void for China, but that is not what the president [Donald Trump] is saying.” IfsThinkingDonePresidentTrumpCreatingConcernChinaRegionsVoidPartnershipTransPacificJust Say No Author:Paul Ryan
“My concern was first, for the black people of Mississippi, then I became concerned for black people nationwide, now my concern is for black people all over the world. I began to realize that it's not as much about race as we think it is. It's about the rich vs. the poor. I feel as if the different races are pitted against one another so we won't see the bigger (financial disparity) problem.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldFeelsFirstsDifferentProblemBlackRealizingPoorRaceRichConcernConcernedBiggerFinancialBlack PeopleMississippiDisparityDifferent Races Author:David Banner
“My concern over private property is that it no longer fosters individuality. The historic destiny of private property is that it has created a highly corporatized economy, and I have to ask myself why. What is it in the market that led 100 capitalists to dissolve into 10 as a result of rivalry and accumulation, 10 into 3, and I think if the system has its way, those 3 into 1?” IfsThinkingWayAsksResultsDestinyEconomyConcernPropertyIndividualityCapitalistHistoricAccumulationPrivate PropertyRivalry Author:Murray Bookchin
“When I talk about self-management, self-regulation, self-government, the word I emphasize is self, and my concern is with the reconstruction of the self. Marxists and even many, I think, overly enthusiastic anarchists have neglected that self.” ThinkingSelfGovernmentConcernManagementRegulationEnthusiasticNeglectedAnarchistMarxistReconstructionSelf-governmentSelf RegulationSelf Management Author:Murray Bookchin
“I think one of the concerns, anytime you're in the human business, like sports, it's a very high - risk endeavor. You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.” ThinkingYearsHumansKindDoeSportsDealsPlayerRiskConcernAll KindsEndeavorCalendarsHigh Risk Author:Billie Jean King
“There are three billion women in the world who have vaginas. I don't think we can stop fighting for our sexual liberation, for our right to control our bodies. But at the same time as we're doing that, we have to also be fighting for the rights of trans women and standing up for them and making sure that we're always providing platforms for them and listening to their concerns in solidarity.” ThinkingWorldBodyFightingThreeRightsListeningConcernStandingBillionsLiberationPlatformsProvidingSolidarityTrans Author:Eve Ensler
“I want to deal with the homeless situation here in Washington, D.C. I think it is a travesty that we've got men - and increasingly women - families, across the street and the in shadow of this great capital, that shows a lack of concern, not just for the capital, but for American, when we are allowing something like that to happen.” ThinkingMenWantShowsHappensDealsSituationStreetsShadowConcernAllowingHomelessTravesty Author:Barack Obama
“It really doesn't matter or concern me what people are saying or who thinks who is the favorite. The bottom line is you have to play.” PeopleThinkingMatterPlayLinesConcernBottomBottom Line Author:Wayne Gretzky
“Part of the narrative which is sort of supported by the data is that Trump voters are the least educated, and they're voting for Trump out of white solidarity or out of frustration that they're, quote, unquote, "losing their country". And my concern with that is that it sort of reduces the condition of the Trump voter to one of pure ignorance. And I think it's far more complicated.” ThinkingCountryWhiteConditionsIgnoranceTrumpPureLosingConcernComplicatedEducatedDataNarrativeVotingFrustrationVotersSolidarity Author:Marc Lamont Hill
“I wouldn't give up on Russia. I think they have legitimate security concerns from Islamic fundamentalism, not only on their border but in their country.” ThinkingGivingCountrySecurityGiving UpConcernRussiaBordersIslamicFundamentalismIslamic Fundamentalism Author:John Bolton
“In the past decade, there have been a lot of friends or directors, either gossiping or telling me directly, "What you're doing now is the right thing, your main concern should be taking care of yourself, and not doing action at your age." Well, after first feeling angry, I'd think, to be honest, I really am older. So I thought, all right, but before I retire I'd like to make one last major action film, one good one.” ThinkingShouldFirstsWellsHas BeensFeelingsCareAgeActionLastsPastFilmHonestDirectorsMajorsConcernAngryDecadesBeing HonestRight ThingRetiringTake Care Of YourselfLots Of FriendsAction FilmsFeeling Angry Author:Jackie Chan