“accident or design, discovered ways and means of stimulating themselves to a high state of enthusiasm. Associate that which has been here stated with what was said concerning the law of the "Master Mind," in the Introductory Lesson, and you will have an entirely new conception of the modus operandi through which that law may be applied. You will also have a somewhat different understanding of the real purpose of "allied effort, in a spirit of perfect harmony," which constitutes the best known method of bringing”
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“Those who are afraid of new ideas are doomed before they start.”
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Napoleon Hill
“A man’s alibi is the child of his own imagination. It is human nature to defend one’s own brain-child.”
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Napoleon Hill
“First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.”
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Napoleon Hill
“What has chance ever done in the world? Has it built any cities? Has it invented any telephones, and telegraphs? Has it built any steamships, established any universities, any asylums, any hospitals? Was there any chance in Cæsar’s crossing the Rubicon? What had chance to do with Napoleon’s career, with Wellington’s, or Grant’s…? Every battle was won before it was begun. What had luck to do with Thermopylæ, Trafalgar, Gettysburg? Our successes we ascribe to ourselves; our failures to destiny.”
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“The day of the “go-getter” has passed. He has been supplanted by the “go-giver.”
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“Your subconscious mind recognizes and acts only upon thoughts which have been well-mixed with emotion or feeling.”
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Napoleon Hill
“You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Adversity relieves people of vanity and egotism. It discourages selfishness by proving that no one can succeed without the cooperation of others.”
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“there is nothing, right or wrong, which belief, plus burning desire, cannot make real. These qualities are free to everyone
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Napoleon Hill
“If the first plan you adopt does not work successfully, replace it with a new plan. If this new plan fails to work, replace it, in turn, with still another, and so on until you find a plan which does work.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Blessed is the man who has come to know that our muted thoughts are our sweetest thoughts. “Blessed is the man who, from the blackest depths, can see the luminous figure of LOVE, and seeing, sing; and singing, say: "Sweeter far than uttered lays are the thoughts I have of you.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Remember that your real wealth can be measured not by what you have, but by what you are.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Let this happy day give birth to an American Republic. Let her arise, not to devastate and to conquer, but to reestablish the reign of peace, and of law.”
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Napoleon Hill