Daily class discussions and reflections on quotes by author Napoleon Hill, based on the book Think and Grow Rich.

 

1. Monday, August 12, 2019: "Wealth is the product of man's ability to think."

 

2. Tuesday, August 13, 2019: "A goal is a dream with a deadline."

 

3. Wednesday, August 14, 2019: A quitter never wins and a winner never quits."

 

4. Thursday, August 15, 2019: "If life hands you a problem, it also hands you the ability to overcome the problem."

 

5. Friday, August 16, 2019: "Your thoughts are the only thing you control."

 

6. Monday, August 19, 2019: "The enemy is the man who not only believes in his own helplessness but actually worships it."  

 

7. Tuesday, August 20, 2019: "Perhaps the biggest break anyone could ever receive is to decide exactly what it is he or she wants and then become obsessed with obtaining it."

 

8. Wednesday, August 21, 2019: "You are free to strike off in a new, personally chosen direction, unencumbered by the prejudices and opinions of others."

 

9. Thursday, August 22, 2019: "You will be next year or even five years from now what you think about from this point onward."

 

10. Friday, August 23, 2019: "Every time you master failure, your faith becomes stronger and you are better prepared to meet your next obstacle."

 

11. Monday, August 26, 2019: "Predictably, we place little or no value on that which is given to us for nothing. On the other hand, things that we pay money for, we value."

 

12. Tuesday, August 27, 2019: "The Ladder of Success is never crowded at the top."

 

13. Wednesday, August 28, 2019: "When you determine what a man shall think, you do not have to concern yourself about what he will do."

 

14. Thursday, August 29, 2019: "People like doing business with people they like."

 

15. Friday, August 30, 2019: "Life requires thorough preparation. We must rid ourselves of the idea that theres a short-cut to achievement."

 

16. Tuesday, September 3, 2019:" The impact your personality makes on those around you determines the way other people will view and react to you as a person."

 

17. Wednesday, September 4, 2019: "Self-discipline is the ability to do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you want to or not."

 

18. Friday, September 6, 2019: "The deepest craving of human beings is to be needed, to feel important, to be appreciated."

 

19. Monday, September 9, 2019: "The people who really succeed are those who dare to risk and push themselves beyond their normal limits."

 

20. Tuesday, September 10, 2019: "Failing can present life's most valuable lessons."

 

21. Thursday, September 12, 2019: "Success is something which is achieved by the minority of men and is unnatural, unable to be achieved by following natural likes and dislikes."

 

22. Friday, September 13, 2019: "The market doesn't pay for efforts. It pays for results. You must produce."

 

23. Monday, September 16, 2019: "Personal initiative is a trait much admired, and if carried out with logic, it can quickly place you ahead of the crowd."

 

24. Tuesday, September 17, 2019: "Education is a paramount perspective for improving the lot of the individual and the group the he belongs to."

 

25. Wednesday, September 18, 2019: "Do not allow anyone to do your thinking for you or influence your thinking in any manner except for success."

 

26. Friday, September 20, 2019: "Every maket has a key. If you turn that key, you'll capture that market. With proper planning, you can sell to anybody."

 

27. Monday, September 23, 2019: "You are never seeing poverty, but the representation of an idea of lack. Both poverty and prosperity are states of mind."

 

28. Tuesday, September 24, 2019: "The majority of people who fail to accumulate riches sufficient to meet their needs are easily influenced by the opinions of others."

 

29. Wednesday, September 25, 2019: "The three most stubborn enemies to success are ignorance, illiteracy, and poverty."

 

30. Thursday, September 26, 2019: "Happy and satisfied people control their mental attitude. They take a positive view of the world."

 

31. Friday, September 27, 2019: "The grandest fortunes ever accumulated on Earth were and remain the fruit of endeavor that had no capital to begin with, save energy, intellect, and will."

 

32. Tuesday, October 1, 2019: "Enthusiasm isn't for sale- you can't buy it. But you can create it. And once created, it is your grandest single source of productivity."

 

34. Monday, October 7, 2019: "One of man's greatest faults is to blame his family for his laziness and failures, when his own inability to coordinate his activites lies within himself."

 

35. Tuesday, October 8, 2019: "There are four reasons why people don't set goals: 1. Goals are not important, 2. An Inability to set them, 3. A fear of rejection, 4. A fear of failure."

 

36. Wednesday, October 9, 2019: "Nothing is impossible if you program yourself with the right mental attitude. You must eliminate the word "impossible" from your vocabulary."

 

37. Monday, October 21, 2019: "People who are unwilling to do more than they're paid for will seldom be paid for more than they're doing."

 

38. Tuesday, October 22, 2019: "Without knowledge there is no genuine or lasting belief, only superstition. And without belief, we never develop interest."

 

39. Wednesday, October 23, 2019: "Wealth and creativity go hand in hand. The black man must possess dreams and visions if he really desires to do anything in a big way."

 

40. Thursday, October 24, 2019: "Other people are not keeping you down. They are not keeping you from jobs or education. We have the power to make it in this society and so we can't blame the system for everything."

 

41. Friday, October 25, 2019: "There can never be success without happiness, and no man can be happy without transmitting happiness to others."

 

42. Tuesday, October 29, 2019: "The best way for you to develop the security that lasts a lifetime is to become outstanding at one particular line of work. The man or woman who becomes outstanding at what he or she does will always be in demand."

 

43. Monday, November 4, 2019: "The man who complains he never had a chance probably hasn't the courage to take a chance."

 

44. Tuesday, November 5, 2019: "No matter where you go or what you do, you will find in other people just what you are looking for. Always look for the best in others."

 

45. Wednesday, November 6, 2019: "The great majority of people seldom enjoy the best of anything- clothing, cars, cuisine, or lifestyle. The best is never the most popular."

 

46. Thursday, November 7, 2019: "Ultimately what shapes our self-image is not so much what happens to us as what happens in us. Garbage in-garbage out."

 

47. Tuesday, November 12, 2019: "The greatest evil lies within the minds of those who believe that the world owes them something, or that somebody must help them before they ever start."

 

48. Monday, November 18, 2019: "You must become mentally that which you wish to achieve. You must act, look, and feel successful before the success you seek will come."

 

49. Wednesday, November 20, 2019: "Money: If you have enough of it, you hardly think about it. But if you lack it, you'll think of nothing else."

 

50. Tuesday, December 3, 2019: "Don't wait: the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand and work whatever tools you may have at your command."

 

51. Thursday, December 5, 2019: "There are no limitations to the mind except those that we acknowledge."

 

52. Monday, December 9, 2019: "Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass."

 

53. Tuesday, December 10, 2019: "More gold has been mined from the mind of men than the earth itself."