Quotes from Napoleon Hill

2. I realise 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 30 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.

create in your own mind a clear, well-defined picture of the environment in which you believe you could best attain your definite chief aim.

Repetition or affirmation of orders to your subconscious mind is the only method of voluntary development of the emotion of faith.

Keep your eyes and ears wide open—and your mouth closed, if you wish to acquire the habit of prompt decision. Those who talk too much do little else. If you talk more than you listen, you not only deprive yourself of many opportunities to accumulate useful knowledge, but you also disclose your plans and purposes to people who will take great delight in defeating you, because they envy you.

Fortunate is the young woman who learns this great truth and keeps her lover always guessing, always on the defensive lest he may lose her. Our

1.   A definite purpose backed by burning desire for its fulfillment.       2.   A

Candler—mixed with the secret formula was. . . IMAGINATION!

Ela tem esse efeito para todas aquelas pessoas cuja força de vontade é fraca, devido a longos hábitos estabelecidos de alienação. Ela tem o efeito oposto em todos aqueles que não foram enfraquecidos pela alienação. O não alienado esbarra com o fracasso ou com a derrota temporária, mas a sua reação para todas as formas de adversidade é positiva. Ele luta em vez de desistir. E acaba ganhando.

Remember, too, that all who succeed in life get off to a bad start, and pass through many heartbreaking struggles before they "arrive.

Dreams are the seedlings of reality. Awake, arise and assert yourself you dreamers of the world. Your star is now in the ascendancy.

The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge. Let

Education consist, not so much of knowledge, but knowledge effectively and persistently applied. Men are paid, not merely for what they know, but more particularly for what they do with that which they know.

If a man preach the Golden Rule as a sound rule of conduct his words will fall upon deaf ears if he does not practice that which he preaches. The most effective sermon that any man can preach on the soundness of the Golden Rule is that which he preaches, by suggestion, when he applies this rule in his relationships with his fellow men.

THE MAJOR ATTRIBUTES OF LEADERSHIP

If your environment is not to your liking, change it.

Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition.

You cannot enjoy outstanding success in life without power, and you can never enjoy power without sufficient personality to influence other people to cooperate with you in a spirit of harmony.

It is essential for you to encourage the positive emotions as dominating forces of your mind, and discourage—and eliminate negative emotions.

He created a plan by which to attain that purpose. But he BURNED ALL BRIDGES BEHIND HIM. He stood by his DESIRE until it became the dominating obsession of his life—and—finally, a fact.

If your thoughts and your actions and your words harmonize, you are bound to influence those with whom you come in contact, more or less toward your way of thinking.

If you want riches, you must refuse to accept any circumstance that leads toward poverty.

The first and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile.

associate with people whose mental attitudes inspire you with enthusiasm, self-confidence, determination, and ambition.

for no one who lacks faith in himself is really educated in the proper sense of the term.