“Remember, also, that every time you open your mouth in the presence of a person who has an abundance of knowledge, you display to that person, your exact stock of knowledge, or your LACK of it!”
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Napoleon Hill
“Finally, he lifted his head slowly, got up and walked to the door. Then he turned around, came back, laid his hand on my shoulder and said, ‘My boy, you will need much courage if you remain steadfast in carrying out your purpose in life. But remember, when difficulties overtake you, the common people have common sense. Adversity will develop it.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Fear of competition from followers. The leader who fears that one of his followers may take his position is practically sure to realize that fear sooner or later.”
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Napoleon Hill
“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a definite plan."
And
"A man whose mind is filled with fear not only destroys his own chances of intelligent action, but he transmits these destructive vibrations to the minds of all who come in contact with him, and destroys, also, their chances.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Most of us go through life as failures, because we are waiting for the "time to be right" to start doing something worthwhile. Do not wait. The time will never be "just right.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Desire backed by faith, pushed reason aside, and inspired me to carry on.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Employers who understand human nature, get the best there is in men, not by criticism, but by constructive suggestion.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The turning point in the lives of those who succeed usually comes at the moment of some crisis, through which they are introduced to their “other selves.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Remember that no one is ever rewarded or promoted because of a bad disposition and negative mental attitude”
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Napoleon Hill
“As Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “One single idea may have greater weight than the labor of all the men, animals and engines for a century.”
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Napoleon Hill
“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self”
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Napoleon Hill
