“Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its application toward some worthy end.”
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Napoleon Hill
“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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Napoleon Hill
“There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it.
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Napoleon Hill
“Examine the first hundred people you meet, ask them what they want most in life, and ninety eight of them will not be able to tell you. If you press them for an answer, some will say— security, many will say— money, a few will say— happiness, others will say— fame and power, and still others will say— social recognition, ease in living, ability to sing, dance, or write, but none of them will be able to define these terms, or give the slightest indication of a plan by which they hope to attain these vaguely expressed wishes. Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.”
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Napoleon Hill
“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
“Watch the one ahead of you, and you’ll learn why he is ahead. Then emulate him.”
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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
“The best method of protecting oneself against the inflow of negative thoughts being released by other people is that of keeping the broadcasting station so busy sending out positive thoughts that no time will be available for receiving negative thoughts. This formula is unbeatable.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The only “break” anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made “break.”
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Napoleon Hill
“There comes with every experience of temporary defeat, and every failure and every form of adversity, the seed of an equivalent benefit”
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Napoleon Hill
“A mind ill with negative attitudes is more dangerous than a sick body, for its sickness is always contagious”
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Napoleon Hill
“Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.”
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Napoleon Hill
“One comes to believe whatever one repeats to one’s self, whether the statement be true or false.
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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
“Faith is the “eternal elixir” which gives life, power, and action to the impulse of thought!”
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Napoleon Hill
