Men take on the nature and the habits and the power of thought of those with whom they associate in a spirit of sympathy and harmony.
Napoleon HillRead
Whatever your mind feeds upon your mind attracts to you.
Interpretation
Your thoughts shape your reality and attract similar experiences into your life.
Napoleon Hill's quote emphasizes the powerful influence of our thoughts and mindset on the world we attract. It suggests that whatever we focus on and nourish in our minds, whether positive or negative, has the potential to manifest in our lives, highlighting the importance of cultivating a positive mental environment to achieve desired outcomes.
In practice
During a motivational speech to encourage positive thinking.
Men take on the nature and the habits and the power of thought of those with whom they associate in a spirit of sympathy and harmony.
Nature yields her most profound secrets to the person who is determined to uncover them.
Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.
One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.
Let nobody bribe you away from being yourself.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.
If you have the ball, you must make the field as big as possible, and if you don't have the ball, you must make it as small as possible.
All is not gold that glitters, as we have often been told; and the adage is verified in your place and my favour; but if what happens does not make us richer, we must bid it welcome, if it makes us wiser.
He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.
My thinking is first and last and always for the sake of my doing, and I can only do one thing at a time.
Who does his task from day to day and meets whatever comes his way, Believing God has willed it so, has found real greatness here below. Who guards his post, no matter where, believing God must need him there, Although but lowly toil it be, has risen to nobility. For great and low there's just one test, 'tis that each man shall do his best, Who works with all the strength he can, shall never die in debt to man.
To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.
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