Napoleon Hill excerpts and paraphrases

"When one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance."

Yes. Every moment of my life I see this in action.

Determine to remain ready until you get that which you are seeking. Never change your mind. Stick to your resolve.

An intangible impulse of thought can be transmuted into its physical counterpart. KNOW WHAT YOU WANT, BE DETERMINED TO STAND BY THAT DESIRE UNTIL YOU REALIZE IT.

Done.

"One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat. Every person is guilty of this mistake at one time or another."

HAHAAAA. Not applicable to me. (Though I'm sure that some would appreciate it if I faltered.)

"Maybe young Barnes did not know it at the time, but his bulldog determination, his persistence in standing back of a single DESIRE, was destined to mow down all opposition, and bring him the opportunity he was seeking. When the opportunity came, it appeared in a different form, and from a different direction than Barnes had expected. That is one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity."

I don't like the sound of that back-door slippage.