Napoleon Hill Quotes

The habit of taking the line of least resistance makes all rivers and some men crooked.

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• Great men marry great women.

  

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• Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.

  

  Lactantius
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• Men are dogs. Men are dogs. We got to stop it. Men are not dogs. Uh-uh. Dogs are loyal.

  

  Wanda Sykes
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• A mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship - and you know what, a father does, too. It's time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a 'Mad Men' episode.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Time
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• In a country where women regard themselves as equal, they are not prepared to see men running the show themselves.

  

  Harriet Harman
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• One thing that we learned that we published on our blog post is that uniformly, men lie about their height by almost exactly two inches. So if you look at a plot of census bureau data on the distribution of men's heights in the U.S. and you plot men's heights on OKCupid, it is exactly shifted two inches to the left.

  

  Sam Yagan
  • Men
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• Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

  

  Vince Lombardi
  • Learning
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• I've always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land.

  

  Eartha Kitt
  • Men
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  • Care

• It's successful, middle-class Arab men and women, professionals with seemingly happy family lives, who are prepared to go to paradise for a greater cause. That's terrifying.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Men
  • Women
  • Family

• The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another.

  

  Adam Clarke
  • God
  • Men
  • Happy

• I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.

  

  Ira Hayes
  • Men
  • Honor
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• Young women and men who joined the far-left groups did so for the best of reasons. They wanted to change the world. Many fought against the stifling atmosphere in many groups.

  

  Tariq Ali
  • World
  • Men
  • Women

• There is freedom in forgiveness, and it's not that hard to do once you get into the habit.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Freedom
  • Habit
  • Forgiveness

• I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.

  

  Yousuf Karsh
  • Great
  • Men
  • High

• Men have never been good, they are not good and they never will be good.

  

  Karl Barth
  • Good
  • Men
  • Never

• To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Men
  • Art
  • Small

• The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Strong
  • Broken
  • Habit

• Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing.

  

  Patricia Heaton
  • Men
  • Women
  • Kids

• How wonderful are the women and men in the world who feed us. Especially those who feed us with no salary. The mothers—I thought. The wives.

  

  Katharine Hepburn
  • World
  • Men
  • Women

• Any man can be kind when he is comfortable. I'd always thought kindness a trivial virtue, therefore. But when we were hungry, thirsty, sick, frightened, with our deaths shouting at us, in the heart of horror, you were still as unfailingly courteous as a gentleman at ease before his own hearth.

  

  Lois McMaster
  • Men
  • Heart
  • Kind

• I think my favorite thing is songwriting.

  

  Carlos Ponce
  • Think
  • Favorite
  • Songwriting

• I always thought, 'Will I go into the business, or will I not go into the business?' But when my father got arrested, I really didn't have a choice. I was the oldest son, and it was something that had to be done.

  

  Jared Kushner
  • Done
  • Business
  • Father

• That's the beauty of backbends. Emotionally we can never be disturbed, for the emotional centre becomes an extrovert. When you do Viparita Dandasana, your head looks backwards, but your conscious mind stretches everywhere. Study by observing how the mind gets regulated. You not only know the freedom in the spine, but also the freedom in the spirit.

  

  Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
  • Mind
  • Freedom
  • Study

• The habit of taking the line of least resistance makes all rivers and some men crooked.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Men
  • Habit
  • Resistance