Napoleon Hill Quotes

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The one who tries to get something for nothing generally winds up getting nothing for something.

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Any habit may be discontinued by building in its place some other and more desirable habit.

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You are fortunate if you have learned the difference between temporary defeat and failure, more fortunate still if you have learned the truth that the very seed of success is dormant in every defeat that you experience.

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Count that day lost whose descending sun finds you with no good deeds done.

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If you have no major purpose, you are drifting toward certain failure.

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If you neglect to exercise self-control, you are not only likely to injure others, but you are sure to injure yourself!

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The man who actually knows just what he wants in life has already gone a long way toward attaining it.

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If the thing you wish to do is right, and you believe in it, go ahead and do it!

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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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If you have a strong belief in yourself, in what you are doing and what you want to do, no adversity is too difficult to overcome.

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There is a vast difference between failure and temporary defeat.

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If you don't want your life to be 'messed up', don't fool around with those who have messed up theirs.

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Willpower and desire, when properly combined, make an irresistible pair.

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I pray daily, not for more riches, but for more wisdom with which to recognize, embrace and enjoy what I already possess.

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Hard labor and good intentions are not sufficient to carry a man through to success.

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Don't ever admit that the world has not given you an opportunity

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The surest way of finding peace of mind is that which helps the greatest number of others to find it

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Opportunity never sneaks up on those who straddle the fence of indecision.

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We are creatures of imitation. We find it hard to resist the temptation to do that which we see others doing.

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Indecision, doubt and fear. The members of this unholy trio are closely related; where one is found, the other two are close at hand.

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Only the highway of useful service leads to the city of happiness.

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Most ideas are stillborn and need the breath of life injected into them through definite plans of immediate action. The time to nurse an idea is at the time of its birth. Every minute it lives gives it a better chance of surviving.

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Fortunate is the person who has learned that the most certain way to 'get' is to first 'give' through some sort of useful service.

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Most failures could have been converted into successes if someone had held on another minute or made more effort.

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Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life: not on what you don't want.

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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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Understand that the only way to get happiness is by giving it away to others.

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The mind becomes withered, stagnant, narrow and closed unless it searches for new ideas.

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I realize the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves in outward, physical action and gradually transform themselves into physical reality, therefore, I will concentrate my thoughts for thirty minutes daily, upon the task of thinking of the person I intend to become, thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture of that person.

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Your world will change whether or not you choose to change, but you have the power to choose it's direction.

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