“Kill the habit of worry, in all its forms, by reaching a general, blanket decision that nothing which life has to offer is worth the price of worry.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Thoughts are things," and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire...
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Napoleon Hill
“Life is strange, and often imponderable! Both the successes and the failures have their roots in simple experiences.
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Napoleon Hill
“Candler—mixed with the secret formula was. . . IMAGINATION!”
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Napoleon Hill
“Finally, he lifted his head slowly, got up and walked to the door. Then he turned around, came back, laid his hand on my shoulder and said, ‘My boy, you will need much courage if you remain steadfast in carrying out your purpose in life. But remember, when difficulties overtake you, the common people have common sense. Adversity will develop it.”
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Napoleon Hill
“I had learned, from years of experience with men, that when a man really desires a thing so deeply that he is willing to stake his entire future on a single turn of the wheel in order to get it, he is sure to win.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Remember, it is not necessary for others to fail in order that you may succeed. The richest persons are those who give most in service to others.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Failure is man-made circumstance. It is never real until accepted by man as permanent.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Every brain is both a broadcasting station and a receiving station for the vibrations of thought.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its application toward some worthy end.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Sex, alone, is a mighty urge to action, but its forces are like a cyclone—they are often uncontrollable. When the emotion of love begins to mix itself with the emotion of sex, the result is calmness of purpose, poise, accuracy of judgment, and balance
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Napoleon Hill
“their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them. Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one up when success is almost within reach.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.”
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Napoleon Hill
