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Sex energy is the most powerful of all the stimuli which move people into action. Because it is the most powerful of the emotions, it must be controlled, through transmutation, and converted into other channels. (Napoleon Hill)
Success comes through the application of power, and power is attained through the cooperative efforts of other people. A negative personality will not induce cooperation. View quote
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Most of us are good "starters" but poor "finishers" of everything we begin. Moreover, people are prone to give up at the first signs of defeat. There is no substitute for persistence. Failure cannot cope with Persistance. View quote
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Temporary defeat should mean only one thing, the certain knowledge that there is something wrong with your plan. Millions of men go through life in misery and poverty, because they lack a sound plan through which to accumulate a fortune. View quote
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The earth on which you live, you, yourself, and every other material thing are the result of evolutionary change, through which microscopic bits of matter have been organized and arranged in an orderly fashion. View quote
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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. View quote
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Poverty needs no plan. It needs no one to aid it, because it is bold and ruthless. View quote
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Money is shy and elusive. It must be wooed and won by methods not unlike those used by a determined lover, in pursuit of the girl of his choice. View quote
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The "Master Mind" may be defined as: "Coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit of harmony, between two or more people, for the attainment of a definite purpose." View quote
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No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind. View quote
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Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together. (Napoleon Hill)
Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession. View quote
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Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited. View quote
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We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted. View quote
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It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served. View quote
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The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job. View quote
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The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face. View quote
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Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire. View quote
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Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge. View quote
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Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. View quote
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It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed. (Napoleon Hill)
Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting. View quote
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Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought. View quote
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There is no such thing as Something for nothing. View quote
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You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for. View quote
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