Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

But how shall I get ideas? ''Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind - Act!

Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.

I'll stop when I run out of ideas.

Never listen to music when you're trying go come up with a Big Idea.

Whenever an answer, a solution, or a creative idea is needed, stop thinking for a moment by focusing attention on your inner energy field. ... When you resume thinking, it will be fresh and creative.

If there's an original thought out there, I could use one right now.

I daydream a lot - that's how I get my ideas. If I'm sitting in a café, I'm not on my phone because I want to hear my mind. I think that those periods of small solitude that we are really losing are so important.

We know that dreams fuel innovation.

I love thinking, I love coming up with great ideas. I just get excited. Sometimes if I get a big idea, I'm just like a kid, like I've found a new toy.

People seem to think that they can't come up with ideas, and they're wrong. They can and they do, but they just think of it as daydreaming, or wasting time. Kids get told not to make things up, and in my case, nobody told me long enough, or it just didn't stick.

You're bound to get idears if you go thinkin' about stuff

One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.

Most people have their best ideas when they take their minds away from problems they're trying to solve.

Recent studies have shown that our creativity is increased by 60% when we're walking. I encourage my workshop participants to write at their desks but think on their feet.

Lights get low and that's when I have my brightest ideas.

Give your mind as long as possible to come up with something original.

I can't really say - if I've run out of ideas until I've had my next set of ideas.

I think it's better to have ideas.

I always have my best thoughts on the toilet.

Rain on my head, call that brainstorming.

Every idea occurs while you are working. If you are sitting around waiting for inspiration, you could sit there forever.

I'm always working on something. I wish I had more time for free-thinking and brainstorming new ideas. That's not to say my mind doesn't wander, but I find myself wishing for more of that kind of time.

Over the years I have discovered that ideas come through an intense desire for them; continually desiring, the mind becomes a watchtower on the lookout for incidents that may excite the imagination.

My ideas and creativity are the sources of inspiration for me.

You don't have a really good idea until you combine two little ideas.