Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Dorothea Brande (American Writer)

Dorothea Brande (1893–1948) was a well-respected writer and editor in New York. She was born in Chicago and attended the University of Chicago, the Lewis Institute in Chicago, and the University of Michigan. Her book Becoming a Writer, published in 1934, is still in print and offers advice for beginning and sustaining any writing enterprise. She also wrote Wake Up and Live, published in 1936, which sold over two million copies. It was made into a musical by Twentieth Century Fox in 1937.

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Man’s mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled.
—Dorothea Brande
Topics: The Mind, Mind

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 towards success.
—Dorothea Brande
Topics: Success & Failure, Failure, Success

There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow.
—Dorothea Brande
Topics: Sadness, Unhappiness

Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion.
—Dorothea Brande
Topics: Vision, Prophecy

Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.
—Dorothea Brande
Topics: The Mind, Mind

By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.
—Dorothea Brande
Topics: Imagination

So long as new ideas are created, sales will continue to reach new highs.
—Dorothea Brande
Topics: Ideas

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