"Hold a picture of yourself long and..." - Quote by Napoleon Hill
Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.
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“One of the most valuable things any person can learn is the art of using the knowledge and experience of others.”
“Opportunity ... It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity.”
“No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.”
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“Frequently, visualization is the key to lose weight. Imagine yourself with your desired body, and work for it. At some point in the future, this wish will come true.”
“If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.”
“Take a few minutes of every day to fantasize about how you would wander, travel, or explore if you could.”
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“Build, therefore, your own world. As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold it's great proportions.”
“Always, when you know what you don't want, that's when the rocket of desire is born of what you do want. That is the fruit of your experience. Now pluck it and savor it and enjoy it. Visualize it, and find the feeling place of it. And live happily ever after, once you get the hang of this.”
“I have found that people who have a passion or a strong will for what they want to achieve, and who do not allow others to smear or sully their inner pictures of what they want to manifest, always seem to get what they desire in their lives.”