“Poverty needs no plan. It needs no one to aid it, because it is bold and ruthless. Riches are shy and timid. They have to be “attracted.”
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Napoleon Hill
“We call it “getting into a rut,” which means that we accept our fate because we form the habit of daily routine, a habit that finally becomes so strong we cease to try to throw it off.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Drifting, without aim or purpose, is the first cause of failure.”
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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
“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
“missing link" in all systems of education known to civilization today, may be found in the failure of educational institutions to teach their students HOW TO ORGANIZE AND USE KNOWLEDGE AFTER THEY ACQUIRE IT.”
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Napoleon Hill
“nadie está derrotado mientras la derrota NO SEA ACEPTADA como una realidad.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Opinions” are the cheapest commodities on earth.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Before success comes in any man's life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to QUIT. That is exactly what the majority of men do.”
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Napoleon Hill
“A long while ago, a great warrior faced a situation which made it necessary for him to make a decision which insured his success on the battlefield. He was about to send his armies against a powerful foe, whose men outnumbered his own. He loaded his soldiers into boats, sailed to the enemy’s country, unloaded soldiers and equipment, then gave the order to burn the ships that had carried them. Addressing his men before the first battle, he said, “You see the boats going up in smoke. That means that we cannot leave these shores alive unless we win! We now have no choice—we win, or we perish! They won.”
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Napoleon Hill
“the spell of fear in the minds of the people gradually fade away and become faith.”
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Napoleon Hill
“no one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.”
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Napoleon Hill
“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.”
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Napoleon Hill
