“Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.”
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Napoleon Hill
“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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Napoleon Hill
“time to nurse an idea is at the time of its birth.
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Napoleon Hill
“Have you noticed that the most effective worker is generally the busiest?”
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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
“The great leaders of business, industry, finance, and the great artists, musicians, poets, and writers became great, because they developed the faculty of creative imagination.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Man’s greatest motivating force is his desire to please woman! The hunter who excelled during prehistoric days, before the dawn of civilization, did so, because of his desire to appear great in the eyes of woman. Man’s nature has not changed in this respect. The “hunter” of today brings home no skins of wild animals, but he indicates his desire for her favor by supplying fine clothes, motor cars, and wealth. Man has the same desire to please woman that he had before the dawn of civilization. The only thing that has changed, is his method of pleasing. Men who accumulate large fortunes, and attain to great heights of power and fame, do so, mainly, to satisfy their desire to please women.”
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Napoleon Hill
“If you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The Henry Ford of the late 20th century was Bill Gates. Just as Ford revolutionised the transportation industry by creating a car that almost anyone could afford and drive, Bill Gates transformed the computer industry by designing software that enabled everybody - not just the specialised technocrats - to be able to use computers, and later making the personal computer a virtual necessity in every office, school and home. This resulted in Bill Gates accruing billions of dollars and becoming the richest man in America.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Success is the development of the power with which to get whatever one wants in life without interfering with the rights of others.
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Napoleon Hill
“Sound character is our greatest asset because it provides the power with which we may ride the emergencies of life instead of going down under them.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Every great leader of the past, whose record I have examined, was beset by difficulties and met with temporary defeat before 'arriving”
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Napoleon Hill
“There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants and a burning desire to achieve it.”
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Napoleon Hill
