“If you must slander someone, don't speak it - but write it - write it in the sand, near the water's edge!”
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Napoleon Hill
“Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement, and its lack is the stumbling block for ninety-eight out of every hundred people simply because they never really define their goals and start toward them.
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Napoleon Hill
“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The whole course of things goes to teach us faith. We need only obey. There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening, we shall hear the right word.” The right word? desire!”
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Napoleon Hill
“Never ask anyone to do anything for you that you wouldn’t do for him or her if the circumstances were reversed.
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Napoleon Hill
“SERVICE, Sacrifice and Self-Control are three words which must be well understood by the person who succeeds in doing something that is of help to the world.”
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Napoleon Hill
“One of Henry Ford’s most outstanding qualities is his habit of reaching decisions quickly and definitely, and changing them slowly. This quality is so pronounced in Mr. Ford, that it has given him the reputation of being obstinate.”
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Napoleon Hill
“In the world of physical matter, whether one is looking at the largest star that floats through the heavens or the smallest grain of sand to be found on earth, the object under observation is but an organized collection of molecules, atoms and electrons revolving around one another at inconceivable speed. Every particle of physical matter is in a continuous state of highly agitated motion. Nothing is ever still, although nearly all physical matter may appear, to the physical eye, to be motionless. There is no "solid" physical matter.”
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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
“The best recommendation is the one you give yourself by rendering superior service – with the right mental attitude.”
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Napoleon Hill
“We rise to high positions or remain at the bottom because of conditions we can control if we desire to control them.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Accurate analysis of over 25,000 men and women who had experienced failure, disclosed the fact that lack of decision was near the head of the list of the 30 major causes of failure. This is no mere statement of a theory— it is a fact
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Napoleon Hill
“Before you can achieve success in the higher and broader sense you must gain such thorough control over yourself that you will be a person of poise.”
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Napoleon Hill
