A lot of times, people send me emails, and then I forget about them, or I never respond to them, or I respond to them weeks later. James Altucher More Quotes by James Altucher More Quotes From James Altucher Sometimes it's better to just be quiet, to not think of anything at all. Out of silence comes the greatest creativity. James Altucher creativity silence thinking Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure. James Altucher honesty mistake way People build up a life, it becomes unsatisfactory, and they want to figure out how to change it like an outfit on a doll. But you can’t change life from the outside. We all know this now. James Altucher life-changing dolls people Don't Time travel into the past. You can't change it. Today it starts all over again. Every tomorrow is determined by every day. James Altucher determined today past Buying coffee on the street instead of in a Starbucks is the poor man's way to get rich. In other words, you will never get rich by scratching out ten cents from your dollar. James Altucher dollars coffee men But business is just a vehicle for transforming the ideas in your head into something real, something tangible, that actually improves the lives of others. To create something unique and beautiful and valuable is very hard. It’s very special to do. It doesn’t happen fast. James Altucher unique real beautiful Your hands are not made to type out memos. Or put paper through fax machines. Or hold a phone up while you talk to people you dislike. 100 years from now your hands will rot like dust in your grave. You have to make wonderful use of those hands now. Kiss your hands so they can make magic. James Altucher kissing dust hands Stick with the people who love you and don’t spend a single second on the rest. Life will be better that way. James Altucher love-you people way Success comes from continually expanding your frontiers in every direction-creatively, financially, spiritually, and physically. Always ask yourself, what can I improve? Who else can I talk to? Where else can I look? James Altucher frontiers expanding looks The best way I have ever found to fill that hole is not to seek external motivations to fill the emptiness, but to ignite the internal fire that will never go out. To light up my own inner sky. James Altucher motivation light fire What you need to do is build the house you will live in. You build that house by laying a solid foundation: by building physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health. James Altucher emotional spiritual house Luck is created by the prepared. James Altucher prepared luck Infinite patience gets you immediate results. James Altucher results infinite The only way to make real wealth is to get rid of your salary. In a salary, by definition, you are creating wealth for others, and you are creating a chain and handcuffs for yourself. James Altucher salary creating real The best speakers are the ones who have put 10,000 hours into listening. James Altucher speakers hours listening Do as many ideas as possible. The right idea will pick you. James Altucher right-ideas picks ideas You can't make money without selling something real. You can't make something real without first imagination manifesting itself in your head. You can't have imagination without surrendering yourself to an idea that you want to create something of value to other human beings. James Altucher real imagination ideas We all have faith in something: usually a mixture of some personal beliefs with modern science. I am not like that. Mostly I just believe in what personally has worked for me. James Altucher mixtures have-faith believe Most people are not good people. In business, in art, in almost every 'world' I've been in, most people I've meet are pretty gray to black. It takes practice to be the person who is a source of compassion and honesty. James Altucher honesty compassion art Writing a book makes you an expert in the field. At the very least, when you hand someone a book you wrote, it's more impressive than handing a business card. James Altucher writing book hands