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: Failure, Success, Success & Failure
By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.
—Dorothea Brande
Topics: Imagination
Man’s mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled.
—Dorothea Brande
Topics: Mind, The Mind
Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.
—Dorothea Brande
Topics: Mind, The Mind
There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow.
—Dorothea Brande
Topics: Unhappiness, Sadness
Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion.
—Dorothea Brande
Topics: Vision, Prophecy
So long as new ideas are created, sales will continue to reach new highs.
—Dorothea Brande
Topics: Ideas
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