Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in read more

Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is read more

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've
only ever had one.

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've
only ever had one.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

To have a great idea, have a lot of them.

To have a great idea, have a lot of them.

A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.

A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that read more

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the read more

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.