“Before you can achieve success in the higher and broader sense you must gain such thorough control over yourself that you will be a person of poise.”
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Napoleon Hill
“First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.”
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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
“Money is as shy and elusive as the “old time” maiden.”
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Napoleon Hill
“What has chance ever done in the world? Has it built any cities? Has it invented any telephones, and telegraphs? Has it built any steamships, established any universities, any asylums, any hospitals? Was there any chance in Cæsar’s crossing the Rubicon? What had chance to do with Napoleon’s career, with Wellington’s, or Grant’s…? Every battle was won before it was begun. What had luck to do with Thermopylæ, Trafalgar, Gettysburg? Our successes we ascribe to ourselves; our failures to destiny.”
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Napoleon Hill
“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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Napoleon Hill
“When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a “quitter.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The time will never be “just right.” Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.”
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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
“To win the big stakes in this changed world, you must catch the spirit of the great pioneers of the past, whose dreams have given to civilization all that it has of value, the spirit that serves as the life-blood of our own country – your opportunity and mine, to develop and market our talents.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Do not wait. The time will never be “just right.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”
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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
“The climb upward will be easier if you take others along with you.”
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Napoleon Hill
