You are fortunate if you have learned the difference between temporary defeat and failure, more fortunate still if … - Napoleon Hill

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Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.

Napoleon Hill

You are fortunate if you have learned the difference between temporary defeat and failure, more fortunate still if you have learned the truth that the very seed of success is dormant in every defeat that you experience.

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You will attract to yourself people who harmonize with your own philosophy of life, whether you wish it or not.

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You will never be greater than the thoughts that dominate your mind

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Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

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The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.

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The starting point of all achievement is desire.

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But then the wine came, one glass and then a second glass. And somewhere during that second drink, the switch was flipped. The wine gave me a melting feeling, a warm light sensation in my head, and I felt like safety itself had arrived in that glass, poured out from the bottle and allowed to spill out between us.

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Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.

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