All Things Are Possible

Napoleon Hill was an amazing individual. He authored a book about the secrets to success, how to think and grow rich.

His book is based on interviews and stories of over 20 millionaires in his time. They include such names as Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Woodrow Wilson, Elbert Hubbard, and John Rockefeller.

It details his rules and laws of success as determined through his 20+ millionaire subjects. A method that, when applied, will result in the success of any individual. It does not extend to just monetary gain, but any desire you have you wish to achieve. A truly remarkable book and one this Lensmaster has NOT finished, but is able to write this up now with the experience that he WAS right.

Opportunities knock, doors open, and circumstances fall the right way to give you the chances you need to accomplish what you want.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

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

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

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

Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.

Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.

Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.

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.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.

Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

It is always your next move.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

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

No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

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.

No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.

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

Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.

Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.

The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

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

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

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.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

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.

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

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

You give before you get.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing."
Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)"

"To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success."
Anna Pavlova (1885 - 1931)

"Man is what he believes."
Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904)

"In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true."
John Lilly

"Some things have to be believed to be seen."
Ralph Hodgson, on ESP

"They can conquer who believe they can."
Virgil (70 BC - 19 BC)

"The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want."
Ben Stein

Obvious right?

How many of us actually live by that thought though? How many of us APPLY what that thought says?

If you've accomplished something outsiders would deem "impossible", but felt like it came to you like magic, with opportunities falling into your lap, you're on the right track to completely realizing what that simple statement means.