Napoleon Hill Quotes
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Criticism will plant FEAR in the human heart, or resentment, but it will not build love or affection.
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Desire is making people build ships and cities, has made men conquer nations... and it can defeat that nicotine.
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Enthusiasm, if fueled by inspiration and perseverance, travels with passion and its destination is excellence.
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The mind becomes withered, stagnant, narrow and closed unless it searches for new ideas.
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Discipline comes through self control. This means that you must control all negative qualities. Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself. Self-mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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Those who approach their jobs and careers with enthusiasm always find plenty of opportunities, while those who complain about no one ever giving them a chance are merely observers of life. When you are determined that you will not allow others to determine your future for you, when you refuse to allow temporary setbacks to defeat you, you are destined for great success. The opportunities will always be there for you.
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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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You become what you think about.
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Concentration, itself, is nothing but a matter of control of the attention! Learn to fix your attention on a given subject, at will, for whatever length of time you choose, and you will have learned the secret passage-way to power and plenty! This is concentration!
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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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Persons, especially salaried people who schedule their spare time, to provide for home study (or attend specialized short courses, seminars or training) seldom remain at the bottom very long. Their action opens the way for the upward climb, removes many obstacles from their path, and gains the friendly interest of those who have the power to put them in the way of opportunity.
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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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The average person would have quit at the first failure. That’s why there have been many average men and only one Edison.
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Success is good at any age, but the sooner you find it, the longer you will enjoy it.
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Thought is the most highly organized form of energy known to man.
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All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination.
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Drifting, without aim or purpose, is the first cause of failure.
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The successful leader must be willing to assume responsibility for the mistakes and the shortcomings of his followers.
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Your reputation is that which people think you are; your character is that which you are.
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Perhaps we shall learn, as we pass through this age, that the 'other self" is more powerful than the physical self we see when we look into a mirror.
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A closed mind stumbles over the blessings of life without recognizing them.
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Any man is educated who knows where to get knowledge when he needs it, and how to organize that knowledge into definite plans of action.
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Positive mental attitude is the right mental attitude in all circumstances. Success attracts more success while failure attracts more failure.
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Buying cheap to save money is like stopping the clock to save time. Neither works.