“There is a difference between Wishing for a thing and being ready to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief.”
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Napoleon Hill
“A successful man continues to look for work after he has found a job.”
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Napoleon Hill
“If your mental attitude is negative, if you complain and find fault with others, it will offset whatever you do, even if you do more than you are paid to do.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Success comes to those who become SUCCESS CONSCIOUS. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become FAILURE CONSCIOUS.
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Napoleon Hill
“Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Every man is what he is, because of the DOMINATING THOUGHTS which he permits to occupy his mind.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Ships and railways do not spring up from the earth and function automatically. They come in response to the call of civilisation, through the labour and ingenuity and organising ability of people who have imagination, faith, enthusiasm, decision and persistence! These people are known as capitalists. They are motivated by the desire to build, construct, achieve, provide useful service, earn profits and accumulate riches. And, because they provide service without which there would be no civilisation, they put themselves in the way of great riches.”
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Napoleon Hill
“If you really are smarter than others, show them with your actions.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Your power of thought is the only thing that you have complete, unchallengeable control over. You do this through the power of will.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Sometimes the subconscious mind manifests a wisdom several steps or even years ahead of the conscious mind, and has its own way of leading us towards our destiny.”
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Napoleon Hill
“One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat
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Napoleon Hill
“Remember, the thoughts that you think and the statements you make regarding yourself determine your mental attitude. If you have a worthwhile objective, find the one reason why you can achieve it rather than hundreds of reasons why you can't”
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Napoleon Hill
“Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one up when success is almost within reach.”
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Napoleon Hill
“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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Napoleon Hill
“Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger of faster man,
But soon or later the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can!”
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Napoleon Hill
