“Persistence is a state of mind, therefore it can be cultivated. Like all states of mind, persistence is based upon definite causes,”
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Napoleon Hill
“Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
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Napoleon Hill
“Procrastination, the opposite of decision, is a common enemy which practically every man must conquer.”
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Napoleon Hill
“IF - and this is the greatest of them all - I had the courage to see myself as I reallyam, I would find out what is wrong with me, and correct it, then I might have a chance to profit by my mistakes and learn something from the experience of others,for I know that there is something WRONG with me, or I would now be where I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I had spent more time analyzing my weaknesses, and less time building alibis to cover them.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Successful men become successful only because they acquire the habit of thinking in terms of success.”
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Napoleon Hill
“If we sow the seeds of hatred and envy and discouragement in others, we, in turn, develop these qualities in ourselves.”
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“Your subconscious mind recognizes and acts upon Only thoughts which have been well-mixed with emotion or feeling.”
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Napoleon Hill
“in the pages of the history of the great. Her entire life”
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“This idea of starting at the bottom and working one’s way up may appear to be sound, but the major objection to it is this— too many of those who begin at the bottom never manage to lift their heads high enough to be seen by opportunity, so they remain at the bottom. It should be remembered, also, that the outlook from the bottom is not so very bright or encouraging. It has a tendency to kill off ambition. We call it “getting into a rut,” which means that we accept our fate because we form the habit of daily routine, a habit that finally becomes so strong we cease to try to throw it off. And that is another reason why it pays to start one or two steps above the bottom. By so doing one forms the habit of looking around, of observing how others get ahead, of seeing opportunity, and of embracing it without hesitation.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis.”
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“THE SEVEN MAJOR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS (To be avoided) The emotion of FEAR The emotion of JEALOUSY The emotion of HATRED The emotion of REVENGE The emotion of GREED The emotion of SUPERSTITION The emotion of ANGER”
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Napoleon Hill
“Opportunity...it often comes disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat.”
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Napoleon Hill
“More gold had been mined from the mind of men than the earth itself.”
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Napoleon Hill
“A real student will not merely read this book, he will absorb its contents and make them his own.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Henry Ford, poor and uneducated, dreamed of a horseless carriage, went to work with what tools he possessed, without waiting for opportunity to favor him, and now evidence of his dream belts the entire earth. He has put more wheels into operation than any man who ever lived, because he was not afraid to back his dreams. 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! Whelan dreamed of a chain of cigar stores, transformed his dream into action, and now the United Cigar Stores occupy the best corners in America. Lincoln dreamed of freedom for the black slaves, put his dream into action, and barely missed living to see a united North and South translate his dream into reality.”
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Napoleon Hill
