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“Remember that your dominating thoughts attract,
through a definite law of nature, by the shortest and most
convenient route, their physical counterpart. Be careful what
your thoughts dwell upon.”
― Napoleon Hill, Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success

“The capacity to surmount failure without being discouraged is the chief asset of every person who attains outstanding success in any calling.”
― Napoleon Hill, Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success

“You are entitled to know that two entities occupy your body. One of these entities is motivated by and responds to the impulse of fear. The other is motivated by and responds to the impulse of faith. Will you be guided by faith or will you allow fear to overtake you?”
― Napoleon Hill, Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success

“I saw in their eyes something I was to see over and over in every part of the nation- a burning desire to go, to move, to get under way, anyplace, away from any Here. They spoke quietly of how they wanted to go someday, to move about, free and unanchored, not toward something but away from something. I saw this look and heard this yearning everywhere in every states I visited. Nearly every American hungers to move.”
― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson

“Nature is cruel, but we don't have to be.”
― Temple Grandin

“Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.”
― Margaret Mead

“Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!”
― C. J. Cherryh

“We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.”
― Ray Bradbury

“Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel, stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself.”
― Sara Henderson

“If you don't like the hand that fate's dealt you, fight for a new one.”
― Masashi Kishimoto

“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
― Voltaire

“If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don't have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.”
― Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't