“Money, without brains, always is dangerous. Properly used, it is the most important essential of civilization. The simple breakfast here described could not have been delivered to the New York family at a dime each, or at any other price, if organized capital had not provided the machinery, the ships, the railroads, and the huge armies of trained men to operate them.
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Napoleon Hill
“The best recommendation is the one you give yourself by rendering superior service – with the right mental attitude.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Disappointment over love affairs generally has the effect of driving men to drink, and women to ruin; and this, because most people never learn the art of transmuting their strongest emotions into dreams of a constructive nature.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Successful men become successful only because they acquire the habit of thinking in terms of success.”
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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.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Nature has endowed man with absolute control over but one thing, and that is thought.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Riches are shy and timid. They have to be "attracted.”
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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
“Before success comes in any man's life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to QUIT. That is exactly what the majority of men do.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The first and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.”
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Napoleon Hill
“the starting point of all achievement is desire”
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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
“Every man is what he is, because of the dominating thoughts which he permits to occupy his mind.”
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Napoleon Hill
