“When the opportunity came, it appeared in a different form, and from a different direction than Barnes had expected. That is one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity
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“thoughts are things,” and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire for their translation into riches, or other material objects.”
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“If you fail to control your own mind, you may be sure you will control nothing else.”
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“First. I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I demand of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action.”
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“Impossible,” said he, “is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.”
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“Visualization Of, and Belief in Attainment of Desire: The Second Step toward Riches”
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“Opportunity...it often comes disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat.”
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“The first and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile.”
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“Some individuals appear to be “allergic” to honest work, but opportunity is equally allergic to them.”
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“One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word "impossible.”
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Lack of concentration of effort. The “jack-of-all-trades” seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one definite chief aim.”
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“The ability to say ‘woe is me’ shows an abundance of inactivity.” If I have time to think about how crappy things are, then I simply am not in action. I am not doing enough.”
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“Money, without brains, always is dangerous. Properly used, it is the most important essential of civilization. The simple breakfast here described could not have been delivered to the New York family at a dime each, or at any other price, if organized capital had not provided the machinery, the ships, the railroads, and the huge armies of trained men to operate them.
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“(Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way).”
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“Repetition or affirmation of orders to your subconscious mind is the only method of voluntary development of the emotion of faith.”
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