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The Art of War Quotes


The Art of War


The Art of War (Chinese: ๅญซๅญๅ…ตๆณ•; lit. ‘Sun Tzu’s Military Method’, pinyin: Sลซnzi bฤซngfวŽ) is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Late Spring and Autumn Period (roughly 5th century BC).

The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu (“Master Sun”), is composed of 13 chapters. Each one is devoted to a different set of skills or art related to warfare and how it applies to military strategy and tactics.

For almost 1,500 years it was the lead text in an anthology that was formalized as the Seven Military Classics by Emperor Shenzong of Song in 1080.

The Art of War remains the most influential strategy text in East Asian warfare and has influenced both East Asian and Western military theory and thinking and has found a variety of applications in a myriad of competitive non-military endeavors across the modern world including espionage, culture, politics, business, and sports.

When you start to read Sun Tzuโ€™s words, you may realize that they have very real applications to modern life, especially if you are in a position of leadership or if you deal regularly with strategic questions.

These musings can be applied to practical problems you may be trying to solve, and they can also be good starting points for more theoretical reflection.

Topics that span from philosophy and wisdom to strategy and leadership, here are the most notable quotes from The Art of War.


Quotes on the Philosophy of War


  • โ€œThe art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin.โ€
  • โ€œAll warfare is based on deception.โ€
  • โ€œIt is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of war that can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.โ€
  • โ€œThe skillful soldier does not raise a second levy, neither are his supply-wagons loaded more than twice.โ€
  • โ€œTo fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.โ€
  • โ€œHe will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.โ€
  • โ€œIf you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.โ€
  • โ€œWhat the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.โ€
  • โ€œMaking no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated.โ€
  • โ€œWater shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.โ€
  • โ€œSuccess in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.โ€
  • โ€œEnergy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of the trigger.โ€
  • โ€œAnger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.โ€
  • โ€œIf your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.โ€
  • โ€œIn war, practice dissimulation, and you will succeed.โ€
  • โ€œIf the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in.โ€
  • โ€œWe cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors.โ€
  • โ€œThe experienced soldier, once in motion, is never bewildered; once he has broken camp, he is never at a loss.โ€
  • โ€œIf you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt.โ€

Quotes on War and Leadership


It is clear throughout The Art of War that victory is explicitly related to the strength of an armyโ€™s leader. Sun Tzuโ€™s advice for generals and commanders applies to many kinds of leaders.

  • โ€œThe general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand.โ€
  • โ€œThe general who is skilled in defense hides in the most secret recesses of the earth; he who is skilled in attack flashes forth from the topmost heights of heaven.โ€
  • โ€œThe consummate leader cultivates the moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline; thus it is in his power to control success.โ€
  • โ€œSimulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.โ€
  • โ€œWhoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted.โ€
  • โ€œThe quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.โ€
  • โ€œAll men can see the tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.โ€
  • โ€œDo not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances.โ€
  • โ€œHe who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent and thereby succeed in winning, may be called a heaven-born captain.โ€
  • โ€œThe difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain.โ€
  • โ€œManeuvering with an army is advantageous; with an undisciplined multitude, most dangerous.โ€
  • โ€œWe are not fit to lead an army on the march unless we are familiar with the face of the countryโ€”its mountains and forests, its pitfalls and precipices, its marshes and swamps.โ€
  • โ€œMove not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical.โ€
  • โ€œNo ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique.โ€
  • โ€œWhat enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men, is foreknowledge.โ€
  • โ€œWhen the general is weak and without authority; when his orders are not clear and distinct; when there are no fixed duties assigned to officers and men, and the ranks are formed in a slovenly haphazard manner, the result is utter disorganization.โ€
  • โ€œIf fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler’s bidding.โ€
  • โ€œRegard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.โ€
  • โ€œThe general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.โ€
  • โ€œA leader leads by example not by force.โ€

Quotes on War and Strategy


Sun Tzuโ€™s strategic counsel can still be used in the 21st century. Whether you are creating a business strategy or devising steps to pursue a personal goal, these quotes from The Art of War may offer some valuable insights and guidance.

  • โ€œHold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.โ€
  • โ€œIf equally matched, we can offer battle; if slightly inferior in numbers, we can avoid the enemy; if quite unequal in every way, we can flee from him.โ€
  • โ€œThus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.โ€
  • โ€œThe control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers.โ€
  • โ€œThe clever combatant looks to the effect of combined energy, and does not require too much from individuals.โ€
  • โ€œYou can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.โ€
  • โ€œO divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible; and hence we can hold the enemy’s fate in our hands.โ€
  • โ€œNumerical weakness comes from having to prepare against possible attacks; numerical strength, from compelling our adversary to make these preparations against us.โ€
  • โ€œKnowing the place and the time of the coming battle, we may concentrate from the greatest distances in order to fight.โ€
  • โ€œIn making tactical dispositions, the highest pitch you can attain is to conceal them.โ€
  • โ€œCarefully compare the opposing army with your own, so that you may know where strength is superabundant and where it is deficient.โ€
  • โ€œTo take a long and circuitous route, after enticing the enemy out of the way, and though starting after him, to contrive to reach the goal before him, shows knowledge of the artifice of deviation.โ€
  • โ€œLet your rapidity be that of the wind, your compactness that of the forest.โ€
  • โ€œIn raiding and plundering be like fire, in immovability like a mountain.โ€
  • โ€œPlace your army in deadly peril, and it will survive; plunge it into desperate straits, and it will come off in safety.โ€
  • โ€œForestall your opponent by seizing what he holds dear, and subtly contrive to time his arrival on the ground.โ€
  • โ€œWalk in the path defined by rule, and accommodate yourself to the enemy until you can fight a decisive battle.โ€
  • โ€œAt first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a running hare, and it will be too late for the enemy to oppose you.โ€
  • โ€œIf it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are.โ€
  • โ€œIf you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete.โ€
  • โ€œLet your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.โ€




Napoleon Hill Quotes



To my Dearest Emily

A drop of Wisdom in an ocean of Ignorance, Stupidity, Mediocrity and Madness, that this world has become lately copฤƒcel… Sad…

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Napoleon Hill


Napoleon Hill was an American author in the area of the new thought movement who was one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal-success literature.

He is widely considered to be one of the great writers on success.

His most famous work, Think and Grow Rich (1937), is one of the best-selling books of all time (at the time of Hill’s death in 1970, Think and Grow Rich had sold 20 million copies).

Hill’s works examined the power of personal beliefs, and the role they play in personal success.

He became an advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1936. “What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve” is one of Hill’s hallmark expressions.

How achievement actually occurs, and a formula for it that puts success in reach of the average person, were the focal points of Hill’s books.



” The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE.

Keep this constantly in mind.

Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Desire

Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

The Mind

” You are the master of your destiny.

You can influence, direct and control your own environment.

You can make your life what you want it to be. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

The Master of your destiny

” When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Defeat

” Do not wait: the time will never be ‘just right’.

Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along. “

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Time will never be just right’

” When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve. “

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Desires and superhuman powers

” A quitter never wins and a winner never quits. “

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Quitter vs. Winner

” The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does. “

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More than you’re paid

” Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds. “

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Limitations

” Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Happiness

” An educated man is not, necessarily, one who has an abundance of general or specialized knowledge.

An educated man is one who has so developed the faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he wants, or its equivalent, without violating the rights of others. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

An educated man

” Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak, carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

The Seed

” More gold had been mined from the mind of men than the earth it self. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Mind gold

” A goal is a dream with a deadline. “

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Goal

” Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth.

Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to be wished upon anyone who will accept them.

If you are influenced by “opinions” when you reach DECISIONS, you will not succeed in any undertaking. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Opinions…cheapest commodities on earth !

” We refuse to believe that which we don’t understand. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Refuse to believe…

” You are entitled to know that two entities occupy your body.

One of these entities is motivated by and responds to the impulse of fear.

The other is motivated by and responds to the impulse of faith.

Will you be guided by faith or will you allow fear to overtake you? “

Napoleon Hill – “Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success”

Fear

” Remember that your dominating thoughts attract, through a definite law of nature, by the shortest and most convenient route, their physical counterpart.

Be careful what your thoughts

dwell upon. “

Napoleon Hill – “Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success”

Law of Nature

” IF – and this is the greatest of them all – I had the courage to see myself as I really am, I would find out what is wrong with me, and correct it, then I might have a chance to profit by my mistakes and learn something from the experience of others,for I know that there is something WRONG with me, or I would now be where I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I had spent more time analyzing my weaknesses, and less time building alibis to cover them. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Courage to see thyself

” First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality.

The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination. “

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Imagination

” The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun.

Itโ€™s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun. “

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Strongest oak

” Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire brings a small amount of heat. “

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Weak desires

” In parting, I would remind you that โ€œLife is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time.

If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by time.

You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate decisions! “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Life is a checkboard

” Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel. “

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Persistance

” A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him. “

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Genius

” Neglecting to broaden their view has kept some people doing one thing all their

lives.”

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Broaden your view

” If you are not learning while youโ€™re earning, you are cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation. “

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Learning while you’re earning

” Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. “

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Silence

” One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely.

Love is whimsical and temperamental. Its nature is ephemeral, and transitory.

It comes when it pleases,and goes away without warning.

Accept and enjoy it while it remains, but spend no time worrying about its departure.

Worry will never bring it back. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Love

” TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO, BUT FIRST SHOW IT.

This is the equivalent of saying “deeds, and not words, are what count most. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

” Remember,too,that all who succeed in life get off to a bad start,and pass through many heartbreaking struggles before they “arrive”.

The turning point in the lives of those who succeed usually comes at some moment of crisis,through which they are introduced to their “other selves”. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

The turning point

“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”

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One step beyond your greatest failure

” Awake, arise,and assert yourself,

you dreamers of the world.

Your star is now in ascendancy. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Dreamers of the world

” Most so called FAILURES are only temporary defeats. “

Napoleon Hill – “Law of Success”

Temporary defeats

” Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. “

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Effort and reward

” Fears are nothing more than

a state of mind. “

Napoleon Hill – “Law of Success”

Fears

” Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve regardless of how many times you may have failed in the past or how lofty your aims and hopes may be. “

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The mind

” You are entitled to know that two entities occupy your body.

One of these entities is motivated by and responds to the impulse of fear.

The other is motivated by and responds to the impulse of faith.

Will you be guided by faith or will you allow fear to overtake you? “

Napoleon Hill – “Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success”

Faith vs Fear

” The only limitation is that which one sets up in one’s own mind. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Limitation

” Every man is what he is, because of the dominating thoughts which he permits to occupy his mind. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Dominating thoughts

” There is no substitute for persistence.

The person who makes persistence his watch-word, discovers that โ€œOld Man Failureโ€ finally becomes tired, and makes his departure.

Failure cannot cope with persistence. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Persistance

” The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a definite plan.”

And

“A man whose mind is filled with fear not only destroys his own chances of intelligent action, but he transmits these destructive vibrations to the minds of all who come in contact with him, and destroys, also, their chances.”

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Mind busy with definite purpose

” Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. “

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3 P’s

“Success requires no explanations.

Failure permits no alibis.”

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Success

” He had nothing to start with, except the capacity to know what he wanted, and the determination to stand by that desire until he realized it. “

Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

Determination and Desire

” Nature will not tolerate idleness or vacuums of any sort.

All space must be and is filled with something . . .

When the individual does not use the brain for the expression of positive, creative thoughts, nature fills the vacuum by forcing the brain to act upon negative thoughts.

Napoleon Hill – “Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success”

Nature

” Close friends and relatives, while not meaning to do so, often handicap one through โ€œopinionsโ€ and sometimes through ridicule, which is meant to be humorous.

Thousands of men and women carry inferiority complexes with them all through life, because some well-meaning, but ignorant person destroyed their confidence through โ€œopinionsโ€ or ridicule. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Opinions

” If you must be careless with your possessions, let it be in connection with material things.

Your mind is your spiritual estate!

Protect and use it with the care to which Divine Royalty is entitled.

You were given a WILL-POWER for this purpose. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Your mind is your spiritual estate

” Deliberately seek the company of people who influence you to think and act for yourself. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Company of people who influence you

” Remember, the thoughts that you think and the statements you make regarding yourself determine your mental attitude.

If you have a worthwhile objective, find the one reason why you can achieve it rather than hundreds of reasons why you canโ€™t. “

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Worthwhile objective

” Failure always is a blessing when it forces one to acquire knowledge or to build habits that lead to the achievement of oneโ€™s major purpose in life. “

Napoleon Hill – “Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success”

Failure

” All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination.

Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth. “

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Imagination – the workshop of your mind

“Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its application towards some worthy end.”

Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

Knowledge

” The ladder of success is never crowded at the top. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Ladder of success

” There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy.

It is the universal weakness of LACK OF AMBITION! “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Lack of Ambition

“One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.”

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Temporary defeat

” Love is essential for happiness, but the person who loves so deeply that his or her happiness is placed entirely in the hands of another, resembles the little lamb who crept into the den of the nice, gentle little wolf and begged to be permitted to lie down and go to sleep, or the canary. “

Napoleon Hill – “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons”

Love

” The leaders in every walk of life decide quickly, and firmly.

That is the major reason why they are leaders.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Know where you’re going

” ASK any wise man what he most desires and he will, more than likely, say “more wisdom. “

Napoleon Hill – “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons”

More Wisdom

” You have a brain and mind of your own.

Use it, and reach your own decisions. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

You have a brain…Use it!

Thoughts are things,” and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire…

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Thoughts are things

” Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat.”

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

No retreat

” The mind has a definite way of clothing one’s thoughts in appropriate physical equivalents.

Think in terms of poverty and you will live in poverty.

Think in terms of opulence and you will attract opulence.

Through the eternal law of harmonious attraction, one’s thoughts always clothe themselves in material things appropriate unto their nature. “

Napoleon Hill – “You Can Work Your Own Miracles”

The Mind

” No man is your enemy, no man is your friend, every man is your teacher. “

Napoleon Hill – “The Prosperity Bible: The Greatest Writings of All Time on the Secrets to Wealth and Prosperity”

Every man is your teacher

” INSUFFICIENT EDUCATION.

This is a handicap that may be overcome with comparative ease.

Experience has proven that the best-educated people are often those who are known as โ€˜self-madeโ€™ or self-educated.

It takes more than a university degree to make one a person of education.

Any person who is educated has learned to get whatever they want in life without violating the rights of others.

Education consists not so much of knowledge, but of knowledge effectively and persistently applied.

People are paid not merely for what they know, but more particularly for what they do with what they know. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Self-Education

” Then accumulated knowledge is not wisdom?

A Great heavens, no!

If knowledge were wisdom, the achievements of science would not have been converted into implements of destruction. “

Napoleon Hill – “Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success”

Knowledge vs Wisdom

” The entire world is made up of only two things, energy and matter.

In elementary physics we learn that neither matter nor energy (the only two realities known to man) can be created nor destroyed.

Both matter and energy can be transformed, but neither can be destroyed.

Life is energy, if it is anything.

If neither energy nor matter can be destroyed, of course life cannot be destroyed.

Life, like other forms of energy, may be passed through various processes of transition, or change, but it cannot be destroyed.

Death is mere transition.

If death is not mere change, or transition, then nothing comes after death except a long, eternal, peaceful sleep, and sleep is nothing to be feared.

Thus you may wipe out, forever, the fear of Death. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Fear of Death

” ‘Master Mind’, meaning a mind that is developed through the harmonious co-operation of two or more people who ally themselves for the purpose of accomplishing any given task. “

Napoleon Hill – “The Law of Success”

“Master Mind”

” KNOWLEDGE will not attract money, unless it is organized, and intelligently directed, through practical PLANS OF ACTION, to the DEFINITE END of accumulation of money.

Lack of understanding of this fact has been the source of confusion to millions of people who falsely believe that “knowledge is power.”

It is nothing of the sort!

Knowledge is only potential power.

It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end. “

Napoleon Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”

Knowledge is potential power

Sources :

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Hill

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/399.Napoleon_Hill




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