“The mind grows only through use, and it atrophies through idleness.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The Creator never singles out an individual for an important service to mankind without first testing him, through struggle, in proportion to the nature of the service he is to render.”
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Napoleon Hill
“No two minds ever come together without, thereby, creating a third, invisible, intangible force which may be likened to a third mind.”
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Napoleon Hill
“thoughts are things," and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a BURNING DESIRE for their translation into riches, or other material objects.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Awake,arise,and assert yourself,you dreamers of the world. Your star is now in ascendancy.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The Koran, the revealed word of God, was the closest thing to a miracle in Mohammed’s life. He had not been a poet; he had no gift of words. Yet the verses of the Koran, as he received them and recited them to the faithful, were better than any verses which the professional poets of the tribes could produce. This, to the Arabs, was a miracle. To them the gift of words was the greatest gift, the poet was all-powerful.
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Napoleon Hill
“My complaint is not against the work that the churches have done, but the work that they could have done through leadership that was based upon the principle of co-ordinated, co-operative effort which would have carried civilization at least a thousand years ahead of where it is today. It is not yet too late for such leadership.”
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Napoleon Hill
“A quitter never wins—and— a winner never quits.”
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Napoleon Hill
“5. Lack of self-discipline. Discipline comes through self-control. This means that one 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. You may see at one and the same time both your best friend and your greatest enemy, by stepping in front of a mirror.”
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Napoleon Hill
“When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.”
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Napoleon Hill
“A long while ago, a great warrior had to make a decision which ensured his success on the battlefield. He was about to send his armies against a powerful foe, whose men outnumbered his own. He loaded his soldiers into boats, sailed to the enemy’s country, unloaded soldiers and equipment, then gave the order to burn the ships that had carried them. Addressing his men before the first battle, he said, ‘You see the boats going up in smoke. That means that we cannot leave these shores alive unless we win! We now have no choice - we win or we perish!’They won. Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat. Only by so doing can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win, essential to success.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.”
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Napoleon Hill
