Napoleon Hill - Think and Grow Rich (1937)

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The subconscious mind makes no distinction between constructive and destructive thought impulses. It works with the material we feed it, through our thought impulses. The subconscious mind will translate into reality a thought driven by fear, just as readily as it will translate into reality a thought driven by courage or faith.

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Persistence is the direct result of habit. The mind absorbs and becomes a part of the daily experiences upon which it feeds. Fear, the worst of all enemies, can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage.

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There can never be success without happiness, and no man can be happy without dispensing happiness to others.

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The great leaders of business, industry and finance, and the great artists, poets, musicians and writers all became great because they developed the power of self-motivation.

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Truly, there is something to the idea that hero-worship is helpful, provided one worships a winner.

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The space that every man occupies in the world is measured by the faith he expresses in connection with his aims and purposes.

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I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice, therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.

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We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment.
Resolve to throw off the influences of any unfortunate environment, and to build your own life to ORDER.

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If you find yourself lacking in persistence, this weakness may be remedied by building a stronger fire under your desires.

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Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.

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Somewhere in your make-up there lies sleeping, the seed of achievement which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to heights, such as you may never have hoped to attain.

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Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.

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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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Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

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Like the wind that carries one ship east and another west, the law of autosuggestion will lift you up or pull you down according to the way that you set your sails of thought.

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The jack-of-all-trades seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one definite chief aim.

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Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.

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Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.

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More gold has been mined from the brains of men than has ever been taken from the earth.

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Truly, thoughts are things, and their scope of operation is the world, itself.

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All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea!

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When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

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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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The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

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