Napoleon Hill Quotes

The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a definite plan.

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• I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.

  

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• Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.

  

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• I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things, and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that.

  

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• There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.

  

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• The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a definite plan.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Mind
  • Purpose
  • Habit