You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth.
In plain words
Good ideas need patience. They grow instead of appearing all at once.
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Interview, "How They Succeeded" by Orison Swett Marden (1901), Bell Telephone Talk chapter.
- How They Succeeded (Orison Swett Marden)
- 1901
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