Napoleon Hill Quotes
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Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.
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No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
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Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
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Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
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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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No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.
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A goal is a dream with a deadline.
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The starting point of all achievement is desire.
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You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.
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Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
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What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
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Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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You give before you get.
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Do not wait; 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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Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.
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The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
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Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
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No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.
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Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.
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Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
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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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All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood; if they are not, they are not great truths.
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You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.