Napoleon Hill Quotes
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The Ability to influence people without irritating them is the most profitable art known to man.
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Self-confidence may be mistaken for egotism if it is not accompanied by humility of the heart.
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What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
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There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of LACK OF AMBITION!
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People who do not succeed have one distinguishing trait in common. They know all the reasons for failure, and have what they believe to be air-tight alibis to explain away their own lack of achievement.
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Handicaps can be converted into stepping stones on which one may climb toward some worthy goal, unless they are accepted as obstacles, and used as alibis.
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You will never be greater than the thoughts that dominate your mind.
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Happiness may be found only by helping others to find it.
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When Opportunity came, the person didn't realize it because it came in the form of misfortune.
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If the first plan which you adopt does not work successfully, replace it with a new plan; if this new plan fails to work, replace it in turn with still another, and so on, until you find a plan which does work. Right here is the point at which the majority of men meet with failure, because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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Your own mental attitude is your real boss.
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Faith is indispensable for success. Faith is induced and strengthened by the instructions you give your subconscious mind.
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It is well worth remembering that the customer is the most important factor in any business. If you don't think so, try getting along without him for a while.
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The successful man or woman always looks for the advantage or benefit in every situation and lo and behold, they always find it.
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The mind attracts the thing it dwells upon.
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The world is filled with unfortunate souls who didn't hear opportunity knock at the door, because they were down at the convenience stor buying lottery tickets.
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Here is a most significant fact-the subconscious mind takes any orders given it in a spirit of absolute FAITH, and acts upon those orders, although the orders often have to be presented over and over again, through repetition, before they are interpreted by the subconscious mind.
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Here is an old Oriental proverb: *A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.* It is difficult to anticipate just how a situation will develop in every detail until you take a step forward and try out your present equipment. Then, if weaknesses appear, you will have clues as to how to strengthen your resources. No scheme or plan is perfect. Perfection is a process, not an end.
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Thought, backed by strong desire, has a tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent.
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Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve regardless of how many times you may have failed in the past or how lofty your aims and hopes may be.
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Control your own mind, and you may never be controlled by the mind of another.
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I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice, therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.
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The subconscious mind is more susceptible to influence by impulses of thought mixed with 'feeling' or emotion, than by those originating solely in the reasoning portion of the mind.
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A master salesman is one who takes the offensive and never the defensive sale of an argument, if argument arises.