Napoleon Hill Quotes
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If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way. Don't wait for great opportunities. Seize common, everyday ones and make them great.
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The subconscious mind will translate into its physical equivalent a thought impulse of a negative or destructive nature, just as readily as it will act upon thought impulses of a positive or constructive nature. This accounts for the strange phenomenon which so many millions of people experience, referred to as "misfortune" or "bad luck."
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Moral courage further demands that you assume the responsibility for your own acts.
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You either control your mind or it controls you.
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Anything in life worth working for, is worth praying for.
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If the thing you wish to do is right, and YOU BELIEVE IN IT, go ahead and do it! Put your dreams across, and never mind what 'they' say if you meet with temporary defeat, for 'they' perhaps, do not know that every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.
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The seventh factor of the basic ingredients of genius, as determined from an extensive analysis of the lives of outstanding men of this nation, is *the habit of going the extra mile.* You will never be a genius unless you make it a habit to do more and better than you are paid to do, every single day of your life.
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The bottom is a monotonous, dreary, unprofitable place for any person. That is why I have taken the time to describe how lowly beginnings may be circumvented by proper planning.
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No one's ready for a thing, until they believe that they can acquire it. The state of mind must be belief and not mere hope or wish.
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It takes a habit to replace a habit.
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Put your foot upon the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do, or say.
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Somewhere in your make-up there lies sleeping, the seed of achievement which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to heights, such as you may never have hoped to attain.
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You go ahead, stand still, or go backwards in life. Your objective should be to go ahead.
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Adversity will do something too you or for you....
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Everyone faces defeat. It may be a stepping-stone or a stumbling block, depending on the mental attitude with which it is faced.
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When you have talked yourself into what you want, right there is the place to stop talking and begin saying it with deeds.
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Thomas Edison dreamed of a lamp that could be operated by electricity, began where he stood to put his dream into action, and despite more than ten thousand failures, he stood by that dream until he made it a physical reality. Practical dreamers do not quit.
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Until a man selects a DEFINITE PURPOSE IN LIFE, he dissipates his energies & spreads his thoughts over so many subjects & in so many different directions that they lead not to power, but to indecision & weakness.
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The surest way of finding peace of mind is that which helps the greatest number of others to find it.
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The imagination is literally the workshop wherein are fashioned all plans created by man.
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Your mental attitude is the most dependable key to your personality.
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The ability to negotiate with other people without friction and argument is the outstanding quality of all successful people.
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Quick riches are more dangerous than poverty.
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Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one when success is almost within reach.