“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.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The quality and quantity of the service you render, plus the attitude with which you render it, determine the amount of pay you get and the sort of job you hold.”
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Napoleon Hill
“First. I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I demand of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action.”
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Napoleon Hill
“All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination. Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Never ask anyone to do anything for you that you wouldn’t do for him or her if the circumstances were reversed.
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Napoleon Hill
“group of brains coordinated (or connected) in a spirit of harmony, will provide more thought-energy than a single brain,”
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Napoleon Hill
“Every failure carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater reward’
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Napoleon Hill
“There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief.”
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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
“Meet struggle and master it, says nature, and you shall have strength and wisdom sufficient for all your needs.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Resolve is what makes a man manifest. Not puny resolve; not crude determinations; not errant”
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Napoleon Hill
“faith is the starting point of all accumulation of riches!”
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Napoleon Hill
“When the opportunity came, it appeared in a different form, and from a different direction than Barnes had expected. That is one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity
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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
“The turning point in the lives of those who succeed, usually comes at the moment of some crisis, through which they are introduced to their "other selves.”
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