Napoleon Hill on defeat
Napoleon Hill99 quotes“What if you have failed in the past? So, at one time did every man we recognize as a towering success. They called it temporary defeat.”
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Desire backed by faith knows no such word as impossible.
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill Are you waiting for success to arrive, or are you going out to find where it is hiding?
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water’s edge.
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill Self-confidence results, first, from exact knowledge; second, the ability to impart that knowledge.
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill Set your target and keep trying until you reach it.
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill Every negative event contains within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill The greatest failure in life is to stop trying.
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill If you learn to budget your time correctly, you will have time for all your needs.
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end.
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill Enthusiasm is the steam that drives the engine.
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill Keep your mind focused on what you want and act accordingly. You will achieve success!
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill When you close the door of your mind to negative thoughts, the door of opportunity opens to you.
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We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.
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Ernest HemingwayErnest Hemingway I never thought of losing, but now that it’s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.
Muhammad AliMuhammad Ali Conceal your dispositions, and your condition will remain secret, which leads to victory; show your dispositions, and your condition will become patent, which leads to defeat.
Sun TzuSun Tzu If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
EpictetusEpictetus Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?
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Sun TzuSun Tzu You defeat defeatism with confidence.
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