Dorothea Brande
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 (later merged with Armour Institute of Technology to become Illinois Institute of Technology), 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.
12 Quotes
Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.
— Dorothea Brande
So long as new ideas are created, sales will continue to reach new highs.
— Dorothea Brande
By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.
— Dorothea Brande
The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.
— Dorothea Brande
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
Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.
— Dorothea Brande
Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled.
— Dorothea Brande
A problem clearly stated is a problem half solved.
— Dorothea Brande
The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.
— Dorothea Brande
To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail.
— Dorothea Brande
There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow.
— Dorothea Brande
Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion.
— Dorothea Brande