“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
“success requires no apologies, failure permits no alibis.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Lack of harmony and cooperation between the railroad management and the workers has made it necessary for the railroads to increase their freight and passenger rates, and this, in turn, has increased the cost of life's necessities to almost unbearable proportions. Here, again, lack of cooperation between a few leads to hardship for millions of people.”
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Napoleon Hill
“You may as well know, also that every great leader, from the dawn of civilization down to the present, was a dreamer.
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Napoleon Hill
“This idea of starting at the bottom and working one’s way up may appear to be sound, but the major objection to it is this— too many of those who begin at the bottom never manage to lift their heads high enough to be seen by opportunity, so they remain at the bottom. It should be remembered, also, that the outlook from the bottom is not so very bright or encouraging.”
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Napoleon Hill
“money is attracted to him whose mind has been deliberately prepared to attract it,”
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Napoleon Hill
“Fortunate is the young woman who learns this great truth and keeps her lover always guessing, always on the defensive lest he may lose her
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Napoleon Hill
“Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by time. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate decisions!”
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Napoleon Hill
“If you really are smarter than others, show them with your actions.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Nature has endowed man with absolute control over but one thing, and that is thought.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat. Only by so doing can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win, essential to success.”
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Napoleon Hill
“A real student will not merely read this book, he will absorb its contents and make them his own.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Failure so often hates the very sight of success. Speaking with successful men, I have noticed they speak in complimentary terms of other men who are succeeding. Their attitude is not one of envy, but of willingness to learn from others.”
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Napoleon Hill
“CREATIVE IMAGINATION—Through the faculty of Creative Imagination, the finite human mind has direct communication with Infinite Intelligence.”
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Napoleon Hill
