Napoleon Hill Quotes
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People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
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The universal practice of closing the eyes of the dead may be thought to have originated in the desire that he might be prevented from seeing his way.
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At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe.
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I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious.
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The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.
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War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
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Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
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Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
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I aim to direct as much as I act at some point in time.
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We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.
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When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'
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There isn't much room for an outsider point of view in print any more.
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Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
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I had a strong desire to become an archer from the very first time I tried it. I forgot my other ambitions. I just wanted to compete in the Olympics.
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If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
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I'm almost numb to misogyny at this point. It's just everywhere.
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I don't see the point in working just to be working.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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I definitely want to make it very clear to everybody that the educational institution that we have, the school that Will and I have, is not a Scientology school. And that, you know, I know there's been, you know, a lot of buzz around that idea and that it is not my desire to, you know, teach Scientology at all.
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Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valour As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,' Like the poor cat i' the adage?
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Be a function of your values rather than a function of the impulse or desire of any given moment.
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I don't want to produce a work of art that the public can sit and suck aesthetically…. I want to give them a blow in the small of the back, to scorch their indifference, to startle them out of their complacency.
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As a cartoonist, I'm a caricaturist. First you find out what somebody really looks like, and then you find out what they 'really' look like.
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The starting point of all achievement is desire. Weak desire brings weak results.
