When you ask anyone closely linked to the success and personal development industry what book influenced them most you’ll often hear one book’s title come up over and over again. The book is Napoleon Hill’s 1937 ground-breaking release titled, Think and Grow Rich.
Here are Ten Thought Provoking Quotes from this timeless classic that has sold over 80+ million copies.
1. “Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”
2. “Great achievement is usually born or great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.”
3. “Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”
4. “If you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance.”
5.“Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.”
6. “The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.”
7. “Action is the real measure of intelligence.”
8. “What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
9. “A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him.”
10. “Do not wait: the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.”
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( 3 / 75 )When you ask anyone closely linked to the success and personal development industry what book influenced them most you’ll often hear one book’s title come up over and over again. The book is Napoleon Hill’s 1937 ground-breaking release titled, Think and Grow Rich.
Here are Ten Thought Provoking Quotes from this timeless classic that has sold over 80+ million copies.
1. “Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”
2. “Great achievement is usually born or great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.”
3. “Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”
4. “If you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance.”
5.“Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.”
6. “The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.”
7. “Action is the real measure of intelligence.”
8. “What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
9. “A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him.”
10. “Do not wait: the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.”
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( 3 / 66 )Tony Note: In preparing for the upcoming Inaugural 75th Anniversary Think & Grow Rich International Summit I’ve been immersed in reading many of Hill’s works and talking with other top speaker’s and authors who will be presenting this October. As I dug into the last few pages of Think & Grow Rich where Hill describes ‘The Six Ghosts of Fear’ a sage recommendation of how to defend against them, jumped off the pages. Here it is. Enjoy and apply this timeless wisdom he shares in this amazing book!
You have absolute control over but one thing, and that is your thoughts. This is the most significant and inspiring of all facts known to man! It reflects man’s divine nature. This divine prerogative is the sole means by which you may control your own destiny. If you fail to control your own mind, you may be sure you will control nothing else.
If you must be careless with your possessions, let it be in connection with material things. Your mind is your spiritual estate! Protect and use it with the care to which divine royalty is entitled. You were given a will-power for this purpose.
Unfortunately, there is no legal protection against those who, who either by design or ignorance, poison the minds of others by negative suggestion. This form of destruction should be punishable by heavy legal penalties, because it may and often does destroy one’s chances of acquiring material things, which are protected by law.
Men with negative minds tried to convince Thomas A. Edison that he could not build a machine that would record and reproduce the human voice, “because,” they said, “no one else had ever produced such a machine. Edison did not believe them. He knew that the mind could produce anything the mind could conceive and believe, and that knowledge was the thing that lifted the great Edison above the common herd.
Men with negative minds told F.W. Woolworth he would go broke trying to run a store on five and ten-cent sales. He did not believe them. He knew that he could do anything, within reason, if he backed his plans with faith. Exercising his right to keep other men’s negative suggestions out of his mind, he piled up a fortune of more than a hundred million dollars.
Doubting Thomas’s scoffed scornfully when Henry Ford tried out his first crudely built automobile on the streets of Detroit. Some said the thing never would become practical. Others said no one would pay money for such a contraption. For said, “I’ll belt the earth with dependable motor cars,” and he did! For the benefit of those seeking vast riches, let it be remembered that practically the sole difference between Henry Ford and a majority of workers is this –Ford had a mind and controlled it. The others have minds that they do not try to control.
Mind control is the result of self-discipline and habit. You either control your mind or it controls you. There is no half way compromise. The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a definite plan. Study the record of any man who achieves noteworthy success, and you will observe that he has control over his own mind, moreover, that he exercises that control and directs it toward the attainment of definite objectives. Without this control, success is not possible.
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( 3 / 245 )We’ve been busy here the last several months in preparation for the Inaugural Think & Grow Rich 75th Anniversary International Summit. We’d like to again extend a special invitation to you to join us at this timely, historic and life-changing event this October 24-27th in Del Mar, California!
Many of the top speakers, authors, and other agents of positive change will converge to share ideas and specific, real-world, strategies to help everyone enjoy greater success and peace of mind with their personal life, business, and career.
The event was created to positively impact and share the timely message and valuable lessons contained in Napoleon Hill’s classic books, Think & Grow Rich, and his latest release, Outwitting the Devil.
With the economy and the free-enterprise system often portrayed in a negative light, this unique four day conference will present the other side of the story. By design, the program will inspire attendees to focus on opportunity instead of fear, negativity, and controversy.
Many of today’s brightest minds from business and personal development will share their own stories of persistence, Hill’s impact on their life, and the valuable lessons and wisdom we can all benefit from and use in our own endeavors.
FIVE KEY REASONS TO JOIN US THIS OCTOBER AT THE EVENT:
#1. To renew and reenergize your mind, spirit and business
#2. Discover key success strategies based on Hill’s teaching and message from many well known and up and coming business and personal development leaders
#3. This will be a first class experience from start to finish including many of today’s top sales and marketing minds revealing specific, street-smart ways to build your business in any economy
#4. This is, by design, a content rich, ‘pitch-free’, four-day summit with new talks and never before shared stories of success and perseverance that will astound and inspire action
#5. World class networking opportunities to meet other enlightened leaders and “Go-Givers” and be exposed to other like-minded ‘Go-Getters’ who choose to create and design their own economy and ignore the fear based media, politicians and competition
WHAT’S BEING SAID ABOUT THIS TIMELY AND UNIQUE EVENT:
“I am excited to be a part of this dynamic and timely event that is certain to help people get and stay ahead during this time of great economic change!”
-Sharon Lechter, Co-author of international bestseller Rich Dad, Poor Dad and Three Feet from Gold
“The timing of the event and level of world-class business and personal development speakers presenting at the event will make for a unique and positive experience for everyone involved.”
-Don Green, Executive Director, The Napoleon Hill Foundation
For Event Details and Registration information please visit: http://naphill75.eventbrite.com/
BIG: To receive a 50% ‘Mind Capture Nation’ only discount on tickets (limit 4) you must enter the promotional code ‘mindcapture’ by July 24th!
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( 3 / 223 )Tony Note: In the spirit of 1776 I was deeply moved on a flight after reading a full-page ad placed in the July 3rd issue of USA Today newspaper this week by businessman Morry Taylor. It’s a great reminder that great freedom always requires sacrifice and a few brave souls to start any revolution.
Our Declaration of Independence was signed by 56 men.
Five signers were captured by the British as traitors and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.
They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they?
Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants. Nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts and died in rags.
Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him and poverty was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge and Middleton.
After the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr. noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.
John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year, he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished.
So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It’s not much to ask for the price they paid.
Remember: Freedom is never free!
The American Spirit and can-do attitude will prevail. Our Nation and our ideals will emerge stronger simply because, like men and women who came before us, we will step up to the plate and do what needs to be done time after time.
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