“Fear of poverty is a state of mind, nothing else! But it is sufficient to destroy one’s chances of achievement in any undertaking, a truth which became painfully evident during the depression.”
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Napoleon Hill
“It is always better to imitate a successful man than to envy him.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Mind control is the result of self-discipline and habit. You either control your mind or it controls you. There is no hall-way compromise.”
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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
“He recalled, too, his mistake in having stopped only three feet from gold. “But,” he said, “that experience was a blessing in disguise. It taught me to keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be, a lesson I needed to learn before I could succeed in anything.”
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Napoleon Hill
“A negative mind never attracts happiness or material success, but it will attract their opposites.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Before we can master an enemy, we must know its name, its habits, and its place of abode.”
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Napoleon Hill
“It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Truly, “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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Napoleon Hill