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Napoleon Hill devoted an entire chapter to Persistence, calling it the 'sustained effort necessary to induce faith. ' He famously wrote, 'Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel. ' He analyzed thousands of successful people and found that every one of them had the habit of persistence. He teaches that failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony, often tripping one up when success is almost within reach.
"Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. p. 127"
Website: Wikiquote - Napoleon Hill (Think and Grow Rich (1938))
"Thomas A. Edison "failed" ten thousand times before he perfected the incandescent electric light bulb. That is--he met with temporary defeat ten thousand times, before his efforts were crowned with success. p. 73"
Website: Wikiquote - Napoleon Hill (Think and Grow Rich (1938))
"Most of us are good "starters" but poor "finishers" of everything we begin. Moreover, people are prone to give up at the first signs of defeat. There is no substitute for persistence. Failure cannot cope with Persistance. p. 86"
Website: Wikiquote - Napoleon Hill (Think and Grow Rich (1938))
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