Lack of concentration of effort. The jack-of-all-trades seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one definite chief aim. Napoleon Hill
The object of this book is to help all who seek it, to learn the art of changing their minds from failure consciousness to success consciousness. Napoleon Hill
One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life. Napoleon Hill
Back of all this demand for new and better things, there is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it. Napoleon Hill
Every man who has accumulated a great fortune, has recognized the existence of this stream of life. It consists of one's thinking process. The positive emotions of thought form the side of the stream which carries one to fortune. The negative emotions form the side which carries one down to poverty. Napoleon Hill
I am also trying to emphasize another point, namely, that both success and failure are largely the results of HABIT! Napoleon Hill
A man's best recommendation is that which he gives himself . . . by rendering superior service in the right mental attitude. Napoleon Hill