Quotes Added in February 2008

It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.Francois de La Rochefoucauld

• excuses
• possibility

The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.Napoleon Hill

• friends
• criticism
• family
• associates

Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way.Napoleon Hill

• dreams
• duty

People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail.Napoleon Hill

• criticism
• risk
• chance

The fear of criticism is at the bottom of the destruction of most ideas which never reach the planning and action stage.Napoleon Hill

• fear
• criticism

The only "break" anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made "break".Napoleon Hill

• luck
• fortune

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.Napoleon Hill

• wealth
• money
• persistence
• planning
• plans

One who has loved truly can never lose entirely.Napoleon Hill

• love

You cannot entirely control your subconscious mind, but you can voluntarily hand over to it any plan, desire, or purpose which you wish transformed into concrete form.Napoleon Hill

• subconscious