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Quotes by Napoleon Hill
Quotes by 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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“Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”
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“Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.”
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“Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.”
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“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.”
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“Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.”
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“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.”
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“Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.”
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“Action is the real measure of intelligence.”
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“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”
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“Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.”
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“Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.”
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“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”
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“Think and grow rich.”
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“Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.”
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“Don't wait. The time will never be just right.”
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“Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.”
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“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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“Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.”
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“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”
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“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.”
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“Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.”
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“Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.”
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“There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.”
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“First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.”
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“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.”
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“Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.”
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“The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.”
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“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.”
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“It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.”
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