Quotes About Dedication

Napoleon Hill

WRONG SELECTION OF A VOCATION. No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like. The most essential step in the marketing of personal services is that of selecting an occupation into which you can throw yourself wholeheartedly.

when a man really desires a thing so deeply that he is willing to stake his entire future on a single turn of the wheel in order to get it, he is sure to win.

El fracaso no resiste la perseverancia.

The person who stops studying merely because he has finished school is forever hopelessly doomed to mediocrity, no matter what may be his calling.

28 qualities that any salesperson must work to develop. The first five qualities are absolutely necessary if you want to be a master salesperson:

Hard work is the only thing that will turn sales training and ability into money. No

Therefore I will devote 10 minutes daily to demanding of myself the development of self-confidence .

What a different story men would have to tell if only they would adopt a DEFINITE PURPOSE, and stand by that purpose until it had time to become an all-consuming obsession!

but the urge to continue was stronger than the desire to quit.

Practical dreamers DO NOT QUIT!

In return for this money I will give the most efficient service of which I am capable, rendering the fullest possible quantity, and the best possible quality of service in the capacity of salesman of ……………. (describe the service or merchandise you intend to sell).

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How much you truly "believe" in something can be manifested only through what you are willing to risk for it.

Authors, artists, and even philosophers are much better off having a very small number of fanatics behind them than a large number of people who appreciate their work. The number of persons who dislike the work don't count—there is no such thing as the opposite of buying your book

Having an assistant (except for the strictly necessary) removes your soul from the game.

If you can't put your soul into something, give it up and leave that stuff to someone else.

Of course chance favors the prepared! Hard work, showing up on time, wearing a clean (preferably white) shirt, using deodorant, and some such conventional things contribute to success—they are certainly necessary but may be insufficient as they do not cause success.

Simply: if you can't put your soul into something, give it up and leave that stuff to someone else.

that he felt proud of his sticking to his strategy for so long

others paid by the hour are not there yet.

The strength of a creed did not rest on "evidence" of the powers of its gods, but evidence of the skin in the game on the part of its worshippers.

We remember the martyrs who died for a cause that we knew about, never those no less effective in their contribution but whose cause we were never aware of—precisely because they were successful.

That all millionaires were persistent, hardworking people does not make persistent hard workers become millionaires: