160 Thinking Of You Quotes For The Special People In Your Life

By Norbert Juma

Master quote curator and editor on a mission to inspire

Published November 8, 2023

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Thinking about the person you love can make you feel like you can breathe easier or not breathe at all.

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What are the benefits of reading these thinking of you quotes?

You feel a longing when you’re not with the special people in your life.

If you’re away from the people you love, thinking about them and communicating with them can have positive effects on you.

When you think about the special people in your life, it can help your health, both mentally and physically.

It can:

make you feel happy and calm
help ease anxiety
reduce feelings of stress

Our loved ones play an important role in all aspects of our lives.

These thinking-of-you quotes will also help you craft the perfect text to let them know you miss them!

With them in our lives, it becomes easy to tap into our Everyday Power to become the best we can be.

In that regard, here are some thinking-of-you quotes to help you express how you feel about the people you love.

Thinking of you quotes for people you love

1. “When I think of you, I think of kindness, wisdom, and love. Thanks for being you.” – Sam Crow

2. “Between a million yesterdays and a million tomorrows, there’s only one today. And I would never let it pass without telling you I’m thinking of you.” – Mitch Cuento

3. “Thinking of You is easy – I do it every day. Missing you is the heartache, that never goes away.” – Michael Pryce

4. “You are the sun in my day the wind in my sky the waves in my ocean and the beat in my heart. Thinking of You!” – Paul

5. “So, here I am, all by myself, thinking of you – no one else. There’s a feeling inside and as hard as I try, it just won’t go away.” – Angel Hema

6. “They say that time heals all wounds but all it’s done so far is give me more time to think about how much I miss you.” – Elizabeth Wilder

7. “When I was thinking of you I realized all the positive influences you had on my life, thank you.” – B. Rivers

8. “I think of you with every waking moment of my life and dream of you with every dream that I have; I miss you.”
– Kong Moua

9. “My mind is filled with beautiful thoughts of you.” – Unknown

10. “Somewhere someone is thinking of you. Someone is calling you an angel.” – Henry Rollins

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Thinking of you quotes for friends and family

11. “Do you know I never ever feel bored, never ever feel lonely, because you are always in my thoughts, morning, afternoon and night?” – Mitch Cuento

12. “I just wanted to let you know, I’ve been thinking of you, wondering how you have been and praying for you too. I want you to always remember, no matter what you face, to look to God when it gets tough and keep walking in His grace.” – M.S.Lowndes

13. “Want to know a Secret? Someone out there can’t stop thinking about you. You are Beautiful. Don’t ever believe differently.” – Drake

14. “Lost in loneliness and pain. Black and unendurable, Thinking of You with every Corpuscle of my flesh, in Every instant of night And day.” – Kenneth Rexroth

15. “I just wanted to let you know that I feel very lucky to have you in my life.” – Ann Lynn

16. “My thoughts are free to go anywhere, but it’s surprising how often they head in your direction.” – Perez

17. “That’s how you know you love someone, I guess when you can’t experience anything without wishing the other person were there to see it, too.” – Kaui Hart Hemmings

18. “I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read and all the friends I want to see.” – John Burroughs

19. “Missing you is like torture, and thinking of you is bliss.” – Unknown

20. “Maybe if you can’t get somebody out of your head, they’re supposed to be there.” – Mollz

Thinking of you quotes for him & her

21. “If I had a single flower for every time I think of you, I could walk forever in my garden.” – Claudia Adrienne Grandi

22. “I think about you constantly, whether it’s with my mind or my heart.” – Terri Guillemets

23. “Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would I’d never leave” – A.A. Milne

24. “Saw two fallen branches in the shape of a heart. Thought of you.” – Stephanie Perkins

25. “I’m thinking of you, that’s all I do, all the time. You’re always the first and the last thing on this heart of mine. No matter where I go, or what I do, I’m thinking of you.” – Dierks Bentley

26. “A day without you is like a day without sunshine. A life without you is like a life without music. You are the sunshine on my face and the music in my heart.” – Alfiya Shaliheen

27. “Words fall short whenever I want to tell you how special you are to me, but all I can say is, that my world is full of smiles whenever I think of you.” – Natalie Anderson

28. “I wonder if that’s just how it feels to miss someone so bad – like being stabbed in the gut a little bit, each time you think of them.- Kate Ellison

29. “Thinking of you. The world is so lonely when I am not with you.” – Unknown

30. “When I find myself thinking of you, it is all the good memories that we had that bring a smile to my face.” – C Pulsifer

Cute thinking of you quotes

31. “The one good thing about not seeing you is that I can write you letters.” – Svetlana Alliluyeva

32. “I don’t know where you are, but I miss you. I don’t know what you’re doing, but I’m thinking of you.” – London Mond

33. “My heart dances with joy when I think about you.” – Debasish Mridha

34. “One day I caught myself smiling for no reason, then I realized I was thinking of you.” – Rahul

35. “Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age.” – John Dryden

36. “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn

37. “Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch.” – Walt Whitman

38. “Thinking of you every; second, minute, hour, day, is medication to my illness of missing you.” – Michael Jackson

39. “Thinking of you as I realize that you are the one that holds the key to my heart.” – Unknown

40. “Laying in my bed, rethinking those thoughts that are running through my head. loving every moment I’m around you. It’s just like a wonderful fairytale come true.” – Tape

Beautiful thinking of you quotes

41. “Every now and then my heart wanders back in time and all those old feelings awaken the memories in my mind.” – Fad Ibra

42. “I can go days without talking to you, months without seeing you, but not a second goes by that I’m not thinking about you.” – Anurag Prakash Ray

43. “In case you ever foolishly forget: I am never not thinking of you.” – Virginia Woolf

44. “Where else would any sane man want to be, but in your eyes, your heart, and your arms, a sea of passion ever moving, beating like my heart when I think of you.” – Greg Mendoza

45. “Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust

46. “Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else.” – Nicholas Sparks

47. “I am thinking of you, In my sleepless solitude tonight. If it’s wrong to love you, then my heart just won’t let me be right. ‘Cause I’m drowned in you, And I won’t pull through, without you by my side.” – Mariah Carey

48. Cause when I think of you, baby, nothing else seems to matter.” – Janet Jackson

49. “Thinking about you is no longer an activity or a habit, it is now my way of life.” – Anonymous

50. “If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.” – George MacDonald

Thinking of you quotes that will make your day

51. “Thoughts of you warm my heart like the sun’s rays on a cold winter morning.”– Unknown

52. “If I had a rose for every time I thought of you, I’d be picking roses for a lifetime.”– Dylan McNair

53. “I know that you might be busy right now, so I will keep this short. I’m thinking of you!”– Unknown

54. “I’ve been thinking about you constantly since I left, wondering why the journey I’m on seemed to have led through you. I know my journey’s not over yet, and that life is a winding path, but I can only hope it somehow circles back to the place I belong. That’s how I think of it now. I belong with you.”– Nicholas Sparks

55. “Whenever I struggle to smile, I just close my eyes and think of you.”– Unknown

56. “If I quit thinking of you, I might stop breathing too.”– Unknown

57. “Love is missing someone whenever you’re apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you’re close in heart.”– Kay Knudsen

58. “Somewhere someone is thinking of you. Someone is calling you an angel. This person is using celestial colors to paint your image. Someone is making you into a vision so beautiful that it can only live in the mind.”– Henry Rollins

59. “I keep myself busy with the things I do. But in every moment when I pause, I still think of you.”– Mitch Cuento

60. “If it’s the thought that counts then I’ll be counting a lot today.”– Unknown

Thinking of you quotes to send to someone you miss

61. “I have learned how to make time pass, but I never stop thinking of you.” – Abbas Kazerooni

62. “I’ve thought about nothing else but you.” – Iris Murdoch

63. “You will always be the answer when somebody asks me what I’m thinking about.” – Lisa Brooks

64. “I will never claim to know what you are thinking. I only hope I am on your mind.” – Amanda Mosher

65. “You’re that nothing, when people ask me what I’m thinking about.” – Unknown

66. “I went to sleep last night thinking about you, I woke up this morning still thinking about you. When I’m down, I whisper your name to myself and smile. I still love you, don’t doubt it.” – Terry Mark

67. “Late at night when all the world is sleeping, I stay up and think of you. And I wish on a star that somewhere you are thinking of me too.” – Selena Quintanilla Perez

68. “Although we are miles apart, the thought and touch of you lives within my heart. It is for that reason my dear you will always feel near, even though we are thousands of miles apart.” – Andrew Guzaldo

69. “When I start thinking of you, all other people play no role in my life!’ – Unknown

70. “My mind wanders, and I get lost in thoughts of you.” – Unknown

Other thinking of you quotes and sayings

71. “You may be out of my sight… but never out of my mind… Thinking of You!” – Unknown

72. “I just hugged you in my thoughts.. hope you felt the squeeze” – Unknown

73. “I don’t know where I stand with you. And I don’t know what I mean to you. All I know is every time I think of you, I want to be with you.” – Unknown

74. “Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?” – A.A. Milne

75. “I miss your smile, your touch, your voice, your hug… everything.” – Unknown

76. “To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself.” ― Richard Whately

77. “Just wanted to let you know… You’re in my thoughts… all the time!” – Unknown

78. “You are the last thought in my mind before I drift off to sleep and the first thought when I wake up each morning.” ― Richard Kronick

79. “I will always have this piece of my heart that smiles whenever I think about you.” – Unknown

80. “I wonder how much of the day I spend just callin’ after you.” ― Harper Lee

Touching thinking of you quotes

81. “Could one think so intensely of someone and not be visited?” ― Iris Murdoch

82. “There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

83 “I wonder if that’s just how it feels to miss someone so bad – like being stabbed in the gut a little bit, each time you think of them.” ― Kate Ellison

84. “Thou perchance art thinking now. As I think of thee, and our thoughts in heaven above meet invisibly.” ― J. J. Britton

85. “And if ever I’m alone you’ll say. I’ll be thinking about you.” — Calvin Harris

86. “I’ve been thinkin’ ’bout you, wondering who’s stuck in your head at night. Wonder if I ever cross your mind, keeping you up in your bed at night.” — Ciara

87. “Sometimes me think, ‘what is friend?’ and then me say, Friend is someone to share the last cookie with.” — Cookie Monster

88. “Adult friendships are hard. Everyone is busy, and life happens. I’ve learned you gotta text people when you’re thinking of them. A simple ‘Thinking of you, hope all is well,’ really goes a long way.” — Rob Lowe

89. “Wishing you strength for today and hope for tomorrow.” — Renee O’Neill

90. “Thinking of you wherever you are. We pray for our sorrows to end and hope that our hearts will blend now I will step forward to realize this wish. And who knows starting a new journey may not be so hard or maybe it’s already begun. There are many worlds but they share the same sky one sky one destiny.” – Shiro Amano

Thinking Of You Quotes To Express Your Concern For Others

91. “I don’t know what they are called, the spaces between seconds, but I think of you always in those intervals.” — Salvador Plascencia

92. “Every piece of the universe, even the tiniest little snow crystal, matters somehow. I have a place in the pattern, and so do you. Thinking of you this holiday season!” — T.A. Barron

93. “Stop thinking about the audience and what they may be thinking of your music. Just play the music.” — Philip Toshio Sudo

94. “When you’re timid, you’re just thinking of yourself! Think of the other person – put him at ease, get him a drink.” — Eve Branson

95. My dream artist to play at prom would be Frank Ocean. “Thinking of You” is one of my favorite songs. He makes really sweet music for slow dancing at the prom.” — Bella Thornea

96. “Someday, when I’m awfully low, and the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you, and the way you look tonight.” — Tony Bennett

97. “I would have gone too but I wanted to come straight back to you.I kept thinking of you, waiting here, all by yourself, not knowing what was going to happen.” — Daphne du Maurier

98. “To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.” — Theodore White

99. You may go days without thinking of God, but there’s never a moment when He’s not thinking of you.” — Max Lucado

100. “I have tried to let you go, and I cannot. I cannot stop thinking of you. I cannot stop dreaming about you.” — Erin Morgenstern

Thinking Of You Quotes To Brighten His Or Her Day

101. “I’ll be thinking of you, I’ll be thinking of you. And I tell myself not to but I’ll be thinking of you.” — Jars of Clay

102. “Thinking of you day and night thoughts of you keep entering my mind when I’m happy when I’m sad I think of you.” — Selena Millman

103. “You have no idea how hard it is to force myself to stop thinking about you.” — Johnneil Bertrand

104. “When I close my eyes, I see you. When I open my eyes, I see you. There is nothing I can do without thinking of you.” — Azgraybebly JoslandAzgraybebly Josland

105. “I am waiting and hoping and wishing for the time, when we can be together again! Thinking of You…” — James

106. “You may be not here wit me… but never out of my mind, i all ways think of u.” — kema

107. “Since when i start thinkin of you, bordom had departed from my life, U mean alot to me.” — Ade Magnet

108. “Life is more than worth living, when you realize someone from somewhere is thinking about you.” — Alfusainey Jallow

109. “I’ll never know if it is truly possible for me to stop thinking about you because I’ll never.” — Anurag Prakash Ray

110. “Dreaming about you makes my life worth while and thinking about you always makes me smile.” — Ana Chable

Thinking of You Quotes When Someone Constantly Appears in Your Thoughts

111. “Oh, why is it I spend the day Wake up and end the day thinking of you? Oh, why does it do this to me? Is it such bliss to be thinking of you?” ― Sarah Vaughan

112. “Am well. Thinking of you always. Love.” ― Albert Camus

113. “If ever I forget to say I love you Baby, just remember that I do For every single second I’m not with you Baby, I’m thinking of you.” ― Stevie Hoang

114. “Cause when I’m with him I am thinking of you.” ― Katy Perry

115. “I’ve lost all my chances I know that I am too late I’m thinking of you I’m thinking of you I’m thinking of you Wondering if you’re Thinking about me too.” ― Loving Caliber

116. “I read your letter, made me feel better How did you know that I was singing the blues? I felt your sunshine, made me feel so fine How did you know that I was thinking of you?” ― Paul Davis

117. “I think being self-referential is really narcissistic. Who’s to say anybody’s even thinking of you that much? But some of these movies that I’ve done, people still recite lines to me, even 20 years later.” ― John Cusack

118. “I’m thinking of you, I’m thinking of you baby And I can’t help myself, I don’t want nobody else Cause I’m thinking of you.” ― Mike Stud

119. “We all have our moments of being fed up … but give me your hand and I’ll hold it. If you are being bullied I am thinking of you. You are not alone and it will get better. Don’t let them win. It’s okay not to be okay.” ― Jessie J

120. “Cause when I’m with him I am thinking of you Thinking of you What you would do if You were the one Who was spending the night Oh I wish that I Was looking into your eyes.” ― Katy Perry

Thinking of You Quotes About Musings on Missing You

121. “I can’t help but think of you, even when I try not to.” ― Nicholas Sparks

122. “I find myself thinking of you more often than is probably healthy.” ― Veronica Roth

123. “I think of you, I just can’t talk to you right now. I miss you.” ― Ed Sheeran

124. “Thinking of you is like a melody that lingers in my mind, a sweet refrain that I can’t help but hum all day long.” ― Nicholas Sparks

125. “Thinking of you is like a breath of fresh air, it invigorates my senses and reminds me that there is beauty in the world.” ― J.D. Robb

126. “I think of you and it’s like a warm sunbeam on my face, a gentle breeze on my skin, a soothing calm in my heart.” ― Lisa See

127. “Thinking of you is like a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day, it brightens my mood and chases away the shadows.” ― Jane Austen

128. “Thinking of you is a treasure I keep locked away in my heart, to pull out and treasure when I need it most.” ― Sarah Dessen

129. “Thinking of you is like a single beam of light in the darkness, it guides me through the night and brings me hope for tomorrow.” ― Haruki Murakami

130. “Thinking of you is like a soothing balm to my soul, it brings comfort and peace in the midst of turmoil.” ― Maya Angelou

Expressing Love Through Thinking of You Quotes

131. “You are always on my mind, and I carry your heart in my thoughts.” — E.E. Cummings

132. “I was standing on the edge of town I was doing my best to flag a taxi down I was thinking of you I was looking at your photograph Couldn’t help myself, I just had to laugh I was drinking to you.” — Harlequin

133. “The storm is coming My thoughts are running in my mind Taking up the time I should be Thinking of you You’ve got a hold of me and I’m Thinking of you Something is pulling me and I’m Thinking of you.” — Greg Holden

134. “I’ll be thinking of you I’ll be thinking of you And I tell myself not to But I’ll be thinking of you Taking out winter clothes I grip the hands of time as they froze.” — Jars of Clay

135. “Something inside of me is Taking it hard each day Something inside of me is Making me feel this way Whenever you’re near me You’ve got me thinking of you.” — Loggins & Messina

136. You are never far from my thoughts, and I hope you feel my love wherever you are.” — Princess Diana

137. “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness – Kindness in giving creates love.” — Lao Tzu

138. “I was staring on my cell phone and wondering what are the best words to express how I feel, but I couldn’t find one because you have occupied my mind all the time, all that I know is, I’m thinking of you.” — Sunita

139. “I hope that at this moment you are thinking of yourself as a human being rather than as an American, Asian, European, African, or member of any particular country. These loyalties are secondary.” — Dalai Lama

140. Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.” — Napoleon Bonaparte

Inspiring Thinking of You Quotes that Warm the Soul

141. “The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.” — Robert H. Schuller

142. “Those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.” — Bernard Baruch

143. “Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” — Zig Ziglar

144. “A Man consumes the Time you make him Wait In thinking of your Faults-so don’t be late!” — Arthur Guiterman

145. “You’re not asleep, and you’re not dead. I’m here, and I love you. I have always loved you, and I will always love you. I was thinking of you, seeing your face in my mind, every second that I was away. When I told you that I didn’t want you, it was the very blackest kind of blasphemy.” — Stephenie Meyer

146. “Actors, it’s very hard for them to make value judgments when they play characters. It’s very dangerous if you start thinking of yourself as a bad guy.” — Stacy Keach

147. “Dear Sweetheart, do you ever think of me? Just the other day I was thinking of you. I’m pretty sure it was you.” — Charles M. Schulz

148. “My love for you won’t stop with my leaving. Come an evening over the years, when you step outside your door and hear the wind blowing through the cottonwoods, that’ll be me, thinking of you, whispering your name, and loving you.” — Penelope Williamson

149. “Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.” — Voltaire

150. “A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.” — Yoko Ono

151. “Your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color.” ― W.S. Merwin

152. “No matter where you are, you will always be in my thoughts.” ― Anthony T. Hincks

153. “You’re like a song that I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew until I heard it again.” ― Maggie Stiefvater

154. “I am thinking of you in my sleepless solitude tonight. If it’s wrong to love you, then my heart just won’t let me be right.” ― Mariah Carey

155. “Sometimes I think that I love you and other times I think that I hate you. But there is not a single day that goes by where I don’t miss you.” ― David Green

156. “In the silent hours of the night, I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.” ― Judy Garland

157. “Share ownership of your ideas. The more people who lie awake in bed thinking about your idea, the better.” ― Scott Belsky

158. “You’ll find people less threatening if you hear what they’re needing rather than what they’re thinking about you.” ― Marshall B. Rosenberg

159. “It’s the craziest thing, but I can’t stop thinking about you.” ― Anna Godbersen