If you’ve ever had an idea to elude you, join the club. The most common problem for serial idea generators is either not writing down the idea or not acting on a written idea. Which person are you?
I used to vacillate between the two, but consistently write down ideas now. I also recognize that it’s never to late to get into the habit of jotting down your ideas for future recall, so to help inspire you, following are 25 quotes extolling the”Power of Ideas.” Feel free to share which one is your favorites or pass along a favorite “Idea” quote in the comments below.
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“If you are possessed by an idea, you find it expressed everywhere, you even smell it.” – Thomas Mann
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“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” – Robin Williams
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“A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.” – Mary Kay Ash
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“If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.” – Rollo May
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“An idea is salvation by imagination.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
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“An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.” – Buddha
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“All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.” – Napoleon Hill
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“The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out.” – Dee Hock
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“You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” – Lee Iacocca
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“Every really new idea looks crazy at first.” – Alfred North Whitehead
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“One’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
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“Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle.” – Ken Hakuta
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“You can kill a man, but you can’t kill an idea.” – Medgar Evers
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“The air is full of ideas. They are knocking you in the head all the time. You only have to know what you want, then forget it, and go about your business. Suddenly, the idea will come through. It was there all the time.” – Henry Ford
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“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.” – Swami Vivekananda
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“The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away.” – Linus Pauling
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“My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.” – Anais Nin
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“I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.” – Pablo Picasso
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“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
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“A half-baked idea is okay as long as it’s in the oven.” – Author Unknown
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“If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.” – Alfred Noble
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“My mind contains many good ideas, but it’s not always easy to squeeze one out.” – Ashleigh Brilliant
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“A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.” – Marilyn vos Savant
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“It is the essence of genius to make use of the simplest ideas.” – Charles Peguy
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“Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.” – Barbara Januskiewicz