Quotes by Dorothea Brande

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Writer and editor · American

American writer and editor

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Popular Quotes

“Old habits are strong and jealous.”

“Act as if it were impossible to fail.”

“Act as though it is impossible to fail”

“A problem clearly stated is a problem half solved.”

“Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.”

“Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion.”

Common Themes

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“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 ...”
— Dorothea Brande
Success Impossible

“Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.”
— Dorothea Brande
courage

“Old habits are strong and jealous.”
— Dorothea Brande
creating positive change

“A problem clearly stated is a problem half solved.”
— Dorothea Brande
decisions

“Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled.”
— Dorothea Brande
hope

“By going over your day in imagination before you begin it you can begin acting successfully at any moment.”
— Dorothea Brande
hope

“The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.”
— Dorothea Brande
ignorance

“There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappi-ness if allowed to grow.”
— Dorothea Brande
positive

“Act as if it were impossible to fail.”
— Dorothea Brande
positive

“Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion.”
— Dorothea Brande
visualization

“By going over your day in imagination before you begin it you can begin acting successfully at any moment.”
— Dorothea Brande
hope

“Act as though it is impossible to fail”
— Dorothea Brande