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Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill

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• Substrat: riches begin with a state of mind
  • at the beginning are a constantly intensifying, all-consuming, persistent BURNING DESIRE and a definite MAJOR PURPOSE; such equipped, you're destined to mow down all opposition because you CONVINCE yourself you'll achieve success and have FAITH
  • FAITH is the starting point of all accumulation of riches!
  • Every man is what he is, because of the DOMINATING THOUGHTS which he permits to occupy his mind (auto-suggestion)
  • clearly write down your DEFINITE CHIEF AIM in life
  • maintain PERFECT HARMONY between yourself and every member of your "Master Mind" group
  • competent leaders don't require titles
  • if you're sure of your qualifications, a trial is all you need
  • decide exactly what kind of job you want; if it doesn't already exist, perhaps you can create it
  • most common cause of failure: quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat
  • many sales are made after people say no
  • it pays to know how to purchase knowledge
  • weak desires bring weak results
• a college degree represents nothing more but miscellaneous knowledge
• men create ideas, men put ideas into operation, and some do both
• ask 100 people what they want most in life, 98 won't be able to tell you
• Henry Ford never reached high school, Thomas Edison had "schooling" for total of 3 months, Abraham Lincoln was a failure at everything he tried until he was well past forty
• "Thus, through some strange turn of the Wheel of Fate, my son, Blair, and I have been destined to aid in correcting deaf mutism for those as yet unborn, because we are the only living human beings, as far as I know, who have established definitely the fact that deaf mutism can be corrected to the extent of restoring to normal life those who suffer with this affliction. It has been done for one; it will be done for others."
  • "There is no doubt in my mind that Blair would have been a deaf mute all his life, if his mother and I had not managed to shape his mind as we did."
• "I followed the habit of reshaping my own character, by trying to imitate the nine men whose lives and life-works had been most impressive to me. These nine men were, Emerson, Paine, Edison, Darwin, Lincoln, Burbank, Napoleon, Ford, and Carnegie. Every night, over a long period of years, I held an imaginary Council meeting with this group whom I called my 'Invisible Counselors.'"
• Whom do you believe to be the greatest person living? In what respect is this person superior to yourself?