327 Quotes by James Altucher

If you don’t live in the world of choosing, you live in the world of excusing.

The best ideas come from collisions between newer and older ideas.

I don’t blame them. I never blame anyone but myself. Every second I am manipulated and coerced and beaten down it’s because I’ve allowed it.

Speak to breathe spirit into an idea, to be enthusiastic, to convey emotion, to influence. This is the only way to have impact with your unique creativity.

Life is a series of failures punctuated by brief successes.

Reinvention is never over. Today is the first day.

Reading is the best return on investment. You have to live your entire life in order to know one life. But with reading you can know 1000s of people’s lives for almost no cost. What a great return!

We can no longer afford to rely on others and repeat the same mistakes from our pasts.

If someone insists they need to be in prison even though the door is unlocked, then I am not going to argue. They are free to stay in prison.