(11 quotes found)
“There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow.”
Dorothea Brande
“All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success.”
“By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.”
“Old habits are strong and jealous.”
“All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is to -- act as if it were impossible to fail.”
“To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail.”
“Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.”
“A problem clearly stated is a problem half solved.”
“Fiction supplies the only philosophy that may readers know; it establishes their ethical, social, and material standards; it confirms them in their prejudices or opens their minds to a wider world.”
“The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.”