Ideas Quotes

• A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Inspirational, Success, Enthusiasm For Life

  Mary Kay Ash (2009). “The Mary Kay Way: Timeless Principles from America's Greatest Woman Entrepreneur”, p.67, John Wiley & Sons

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• The idea of God grew side by side with the idea of materialism.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Sides, Materialism, Grew

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.446, Manonmani Publishers

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• What is the idea of God in heaven? Materialism. The Vedantic idea is the infinite principle of God embodied in every one of us. God sitting up on a cloud! Think of the utter blasphemy of it! It is materialism - downright materialism. When babies think this way, it may be all right, but when grown - up men try to teach such things, it is downright disgusting - that is what it is. It is all matter, all body idea, the gross idea, the sense idea. Every bit of it is clay and nothing but clay. Is that religion?

  Swami Vivekananda

  Baby, Men, Thinking

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3594, Manonmani Publishers

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• I have long given up the idea of a little house on the Ganges, as I have not the money.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Long, House, Littles

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.4341, Manonmani Publishers

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• Neither idealists nor materialists are right; we must take both idea and expression.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Expression, Materialism, Idealist

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3116, Manonmani Publishers

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• What can be my highest idea of forgiveness? Nothing beyond myself. Which of you can jump out of your own bodies? Which of you can jump out of your own minds? Not one of you.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Forgiveness, Mind, Body

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1539, Manonmani Publishers

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• Hold to the idea, "I am not the mind, I see that I am thinking, I am watching my mind act," and each day the identification of yourself with thoughts and feelings will grow less, until at last you can entirely separate yourself from the mind and actually know it to be apart from yourself.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspiration, Thinking, Practice

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3525, Manonmani Publishers

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• Restraint? Why are you so concerned with saving their lives? The whole idea is to kill the bastards. At the end of the war if there are two Americans and one Russian left alive, we win.

  Thomas S. Power

  War, Winning, Two

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• You and I and everything in the universe are that Absolute, not parts, but the whole. You are the whole of that Absolute, and so are all others, because the idea of part cannot come into it.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Whole, Absolutes, Universe

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.382, Manonmani Publishers

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• Most "original" ideas aren't completely original, but instead are the result of two basic methods for generating ideas: problems in search of solutions and solutions in search of problems.

  Barry Nalebuff

  Two, Problem, Results

  Barry Nalebuff, Ian Ayres (2006). “Why Not?: How to Use Everyday Ingenuity to Solve Problems Big and Small”, p.14, Harvard Business Press

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• The ideas of control and improvements are often confused with one another. This is because quality control and quality improvement are inseparable.

  Kaoru Ishikawa

  Confused, Quality, Improvement

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• Even luxuries are arranged according to ideas and ideals, to make them reflect as much of thought-life as possible - and this is Art.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Art, Luxury, Thoughts On Life

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1683, Manonmani Publishers

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• Every artist paints his Madonna according to his own pre-conceived ideas.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Art, Artist, Paint

  Swami Vivekananda (1955). “Complete Works”

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• The difference between architecture and building is that the former expresses an idea, while the latter is merely a structure built on economical principles. The value of matter depends solely on its capacities of expressing ideas.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Art, Differences, Principles

  Swami Vivekananda “My Idea of Education”, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

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• Stress is a choice. Do you buy that? Some people have a hard time with the idea. Yes, bad things happen: The economy sours, our business struggles, the stock market tumbles, jobs are lost, people around us don't follow through, deadlines are missed, projects fail, good people leave. Life is full of these. But still, stress is a choice because whatever the 'trigger event,' we always choose our own response. We choose to react angrily. We choose to stuff our emotions and keep quiet. We choose to worry. Stress is a choice.

  John G. Miller

  Jobs, Stress, Struggle

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• Human history is, in essence, a history of ideas.

  H. G. Wells

  Essence, Historical, Humans

  H. G. Wells (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of H. G. Wells”, p.14958, Delphi Classics

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• Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Nature, Science, Scientist

  1887 A Study in Scarlet, ch.7.

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  Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

  Marie Curie

  Thoughtful, Gossip, People

  "Living Adventures in Science‎". Book by Henry Thomas and Dana Lee Thomas, 1954.

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• I am aware that success is more than a good idea. It is timing too.

  Anita Roddick

  Success, Time, Business

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• Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.

  Albert Einstein

  Creativity, Contagious

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  The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.

  John Maynard Keynes

  Inspirational, Change, Lying

  "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money". Book by John Maynard Keynes (Preface), 1936.

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• To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.

  W. Clement Stone

  Inspirational, Motivational, Clear Goals

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• Keep your mind open to change all the time. Welcome it. Court it. It is only by examining and reexamining your opinions and ideas that you can progress.

  Dale Carnegie

  Thinking, Mind, Progress

  Dale Carnegie (2012). “The Leader In You”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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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.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.141, Vivekananda Kendra

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• Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Change, Greatness

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 18, 2015

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