"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."

Hill, Napoleon on Perseverance
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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."

Hill, Napoleon on Desire
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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."

Hill, Napoleon on Environment
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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."

Hill, Napoleon on Excellence
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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."

Hill, Napoleon on Excellence
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"It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project."

Hill, Napoleon on Experience
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"The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does."

Hill, Napoleon on Extra Mile
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"No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind."

Hill, Napoleon on Failure
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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."

Hill, Napoleon on Failure
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"Our minds become magnetized with the dominating thoughts we hold in our minds and these magnets attract to us the forces, the people, the circumstances of life which harmonize with the nature of our dominating thoughts."

Hill, Napoleon on Imagination
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"No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure."

Hill, Napoleon on Mistakes
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"Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not."

Fielding, Henry on Honesty
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"There is no twilight zone of honesty in business. A thing is right or it's wrong. It's black or it's white."

Dodge, John F. on Honesty
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"Your talent is God's gift to you; what you do with it is your gift to God."

Buscaglia, Leo on Talent
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"Many of the things you can count, don't count. Many of the things you can't count, really count."

Einstein, Albert on Money
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"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."

Einstein, Albert on Miracles
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"The reason political party platforms are so long is that when you straddle anything it takes a long time to explain it."

Rogers, Will on Politicians and Politics
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"My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others. That is nice but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success."

Hayes, Helen on Achievement
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"Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said."

Carnegie, Dale on Speakers and Speaking
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"Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still."

Carnegie, Dale on Will and Will Power
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"Character is the sum and total of a person's choices."

Fitzwater, P. B. on Character
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"People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide."

Rogers, Will on Law Suits
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"Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for."

Rogers, Will on Government
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"Every time a woman leaves off something she looks better, but every time a man leaves off something he looks worse."

Rogers, Will on Dress
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"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals."

Ziglar, Zig on Goals
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