Napoleon Hill (October 26, 1883 - November 8, 1970) was an American author who was one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal success literature

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Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul the blue prints of your ultimate accomplishments.
Every adversity, every failure and every heartache carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or a greater Benefit.
Experience is an asset of which no worker can be cheated, no matter how selfish or greedy his immediate employer may be.
Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.
If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it . . . write it in the sand near the water's edge.
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
Success in highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which comes only to the man who has found the work he likes best.
The path of least resistance makes all rivers, and some men, crooked.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, Just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, It can achieve.
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.
Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
Your mental attitude is someting you can control outright and you must use self-discipline until you create a Positive Mental Attitude -- your mental attitude attracts to you everything that makes you what you are.

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