“most people never learn the art of transmuting their strongest emotions into dreams of a constructive nature.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.”
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Napoleon Hill
“There is no substitute for persistence. The person who makes persistence his watch-word, discovers that “Old Man Failure” finally becomes tired, and makes his departure. Failure cannot cope with persistence.”
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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
“Procrastination, the opposite of decision, is a common enemy which practically everyone 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
“Another weakness found in altogether too many people, is the habit of measuring everything, and everyone, by their own impressions and beliefs.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Thoughts which are mixed with any of the feelings of emotions, constitute a "magnetic" force which attracts other similar, or related thoughts.”
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Napoleon Hill
“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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Napoleon Hill
“If you know your own mind, you know enough to keep it always positive.”
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Napoleon Hill
“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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Napoleon Hill
“Sexual overindulgence may not only destroy reason and willpower, but it may also lead to either temporary or permanent mental dysfunction.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Only those who become “money conscious” ever accumulate great riches. “Money consciousness” means that the mind has become so thoroughly saturated with the DESIRE for money, that one can see one’s self already in possession of it.”
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Napoleon Hill
