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.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when a man has only one
idea.

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when a man has only one
idea.

This is my answer to the gap between ideas and action - I will write it out.

This is my answer to the gap between ideas and action - I will write it out.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

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.

Good ideas are common - what's uncommon are people who'll work hard enough to bring them about

Good ideas are common - what's uncommon are people who'll work hard enough to bring them about