Napoleon Hill Quotes
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Success is the development of the power with which to get whatever one wants in life without interfering with the rights of others.
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Ideas are intangible forces, but they have more power than the physical brains that give birth to them. They have the power to live on, after the brain that creates them has returned to dust.
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When you do not know what to do or which way to turn, smile. This will relax your mind and let the sunshine of happiness into your soul.
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Self-sacrifice is essential to leadership. You will give, give all the time.
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Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
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Faith and Fear make poor bedfellows. Where one is found, the other cannot exist.
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Persistence is nothing more than Concentrated Effort mixed with Determination and Faith.
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Successful people are decisive people. When opportunities come their way, they evaluate them carefully, make a decision, and take appropriate action. They know that indecision wastes time that could be spent on more productive tasks.
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The mind becomes withered, stagnant, narrow and closed unless it searches for new ideas.
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Don't be afraid of a little opposition. Remember that the 'Kite' of success generally rises AGAINST the wind of Adversity, not with it.
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Remember, the thoughts that you think and the statements you make regarding yourself determine your mental attitude. If you have a worthwhile objective, find the one reason why you can achieve it rather than hundreds of reasons why you can't.
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One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely. Love is whimsical and temperamental. Its nature is ephemeral, and transitory. It comes when it pleases,and goes away without warning. Accept and enjoy it while it remains, but spend no time worrying about its departure. Worry will never bring it back.
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It is a well known fact that a man learns best that which he endeavors to teach others.
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Set your target and keep trying until you reach it.
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Your real courage shows best in the hour of adversity.
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The primary reason for failure is that people do not develop new plans to replace those plans that didn't work.
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Nothing is more tragic - or more common - than mental inertia.
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Work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.
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Charles Chaplin makes a million dollars a year out of a funny, shuffling walk and a pair of baggy trousers, because he does "something different." Take the hint and "individualize" yourself with some distinctive idea.
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The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
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The power to think as you wish to think is the only power over which you have absolute control.
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The great leaders of business, industry and finance, and the great artists, poets, musicians and writers all became great because they developed the power of self-motivation.
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Remember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure.
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The one and only thing over which you have complete and total control is how you focus your own mind. Luckily, this determines everything else.