Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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If you fall in love with an idea, you won't see the merits of alternative approaches-and will probably miss an opportunity or two. One of life's great pleasures is letting go of a previously cherished idea. Then you're free to look for new ones. What part of your idea are you in love with? What would happen if you kissed it goodbye?

Roger Von Oech's Popular Quotes

New ideas are not born in a conforming environment.

- Roger Von Oech

Life is like a maze in which you try to avoid the exit.

- Roger Von Oech

Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process.

- Roger Von Oech

Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be.

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What excuses stand in your way? How can you eliminate them?

- Roger Von Oech

Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind and ask what's funny about what you're doing.

- Roger Von Oech

Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a …

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Most brilliance arises from ordinary people working together in extraordinary ways.

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Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day.

- Roger Von Oech