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1 " 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. "
― Napoleon Hill , Think and Grow Rich
2 " A quitter never wins-and-a winner never quits. "
3 " The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat. "
4 " Helen Keller became deaf, dumb, and blind shortly after birth. Despite her greatest misfortune, she has written her name indelibly in the pages of the history of the great. Her entire life has served as evidence that no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality. "
5 " One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely. Love is whimsical and temperamental. Its nature is ephemeral, and transitory. It comes when it pleases,and goes away without warning. Accept and enjoy it while it remains, but spend no time worrying about its departure. Worry will never bring it back. "
6 " Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing. "
7 " You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be. "
8 " The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge. "
9 " There are no limitations to the mind except those that we acknowledge. "
10 " Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them. "
11 " You’ve got to be sure of yourself beforeYou can ever win a prize. "
12 " I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself. "
13 " The only limitation is that which one sets up in one's own mind. "
14 " Find out what you really love to do, and then find a way to make a good living doing it. "
15 " One of the strange things about human beings is that they value only that which has a price. "
16 " To win the big stakes in this changed world, you must catch the spirit of the great pioneers of the past, whose dreams have given to civilization all that it has of value, the spirit that serves as the life-blood of our own country – your opportunity and mine, to develop and market our talents. "
17 " Tell the world what you intend to do but first show it. "
18 " There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. "
19 " If you are ready for the secret, you already possess one half of it,therefore, you will readily recognize the other half the moment it reaches your mind. "
20 " You have a brain and mind of your own. Use it, and reach your own decisions. "