“There is no substitute for persistence. The person who makes persistence his watch-word, discovers that “Old Man Failure” finally becomes tired, and makes his departure. Failure cannot cope with persistence.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Will-power and desire, when properly combined, make an irresistible pair.”
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Napoleon Hill
“He had nothing to start with, except the capacity to know what he wanted, and the determination to stand by that desire until he realized it.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Fear, the worst of all enemies, can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage.”
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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
“There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it.
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Napoleon Hill
“Most people go through life by the line of least resistance in every circumstance where they can make a choice. They do not recognize that following the lines of least resistance makes all rivers, and some men, crooked!”
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Napoleon Hill
“most people never learn the art of transmuting their strongest emotions into dreams of a constructive nature.”
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Napoleon Hill
“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.”
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Napoleon Hill
“When you get yourself under complete control, you can be your own boss.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Adversity relieves people of vanity and egotism. It discourages selfishness by proving that no one can succeed without the cooperation of others.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The object of this book is to help all who seek it, to learn the art of changing their minds from failure consciousness to success consciousness.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Love, alone, will not bring happiness in marriage, nor will sex alone. When these two beautiful emotions are blended, marriage may bring about a state of mind, closest to the spiritual that one may ever know on this earthly plane.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Impossible,” said he, “is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.”
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Napoleon Hill
