“(Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way).”
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“no one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.”
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“faith is the starting point of all accumulation of riches!”
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“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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“The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on DESPITE all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons. There may be no heroic connotation to the word persistence, but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The climb upward will be easier if you take others along with you.”
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“This idea of starting at the bottom and working one’s way up may appear to be sound, but the major objection to it is this— too many of those who begin at the bottom never manage to lift their heads high enough to be seen by opportunity, so they remain at the bottom. It should be remembered, also, that the outlook from the bottom is not so very bright or encouraging.”
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“the money which is essential for the conduct of business is as worthless as a sand dune, until it has been mixed with efficient “brains.”
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“The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.”
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“an intangible impulse of thought can be transmuted into its physical counterpart by the application of known principles.”
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“The Golden Rule means we should do unto others as we would wish them to do unto us if our positions were reversed.”
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“Know your own mind and you will be as wise as the sages.”
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“The person who uses his free time solely for personal pleasure and play will never be a success at anything.
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“the cause of the depression is traceable directly to the worldwide habit of trying to reap without sowing.”
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“Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life, not on what you don’t want.”
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