The Napoleon Hill Foundation

February 14, 2025 / ISSUE 945
The Napoleon Hill Foundation
Making the world a better place in which to live.

Dear Readers,

We are not just the results of fate; we are our own fate. As Proverbs says, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” We are simply our past thoughts and the sum total of the things that these thoughts have attracted to us.

Successful people have little time to think of failure, while people who are failures let their time be filled with ideas of failure. Shakespeare left us a lot to think about when he said, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” Understanding Shakespeare’s words will enable you to control every law of nature.

Each of us makes his own world—and he makes it through his mind. It is a fact of life that no two people see the same thing in the same way. Thoughts are the causes. Existing conditions are merely effects. Each of us molds himself and his surroundings by directing his thoughts toward his desired goals.

All thoughts should be tempered not only by your mind but by your heart as well. In honor of Valentine’s Day, we have singled out the “heart” of the matter in You Can Make Your Own Miracles by Napoleon Hill. We selected paragraphs that contain the word “heart.” Going through these “heart” gems you can see the way Napoleon Hill viewed the matters of the heart. I think you will appreciate these as we will celebrate Valentine’s Day!

I wish you the best,

Don Green
Executive Director
Napoleon Hill Foundation

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The following are excerpts from You Can Make Your Own Miracles, by Napoleon Hill

* As I slowly turned the pages of this astounding record in the Book of Time, I was shocked to discover that everything, every circumstance known to man, every mistake and every failure and every heartache, may become highly beneficial when one relates himself to them in a spirit of harmony and understanding of their nature and purpose.

* Take heart from the promise that these corrective instructions will impose upon you no hardships nor actions beyond your ability to control. They have a price attached to them, but it is a price well within the means of all normal people. We are where we are and what we are because of our daily habits!

* Discouraging? Heartbreaking? Not at all, for I recognized from the beginning that out of my struggle would come triumph and victory in proportion to the labors invested in my task. In this hope I have not been disappointed, but I have been overwhelmed with the bountiful manner in which the world has responded and paid me tribute for the long years of struggle that went into my work.

* Poverty may become either a stumbling-block or a stepping-stone on which he may rise to whatever heights of achievement he may set his heart upon, depending entirely on his attitude toward it and his reactions to it.’

* He who has not learned the blessed art of sharing his blessings with others has not found the true path to enduring happiness, for happiness comes mainly from sharing of one’s self and one’s blessings. Let it be remembered that the space one occupies in the hearts of others is determined precisely by the service he renders through some form of sharing. Let it also be remembered that all riches may be embellished and multiplied by the simple process of sharing them where they may serve others. Neglect or refusal to share one’s blessing is a sure way to cut the line of communication between a man and his soul. A great teacher said, “The greatest among you is he who becomes the servant of all.” Another philosopher said, “Help thy brother’s boat across, and lo! thine own hath reached the shore.” And still another great philosopher said, “Whatsoever you do to or for another, you do to or for yourself.”

* The person who is not the master of himself may never become the master of anything outside of himself. He who is the master of self may become the master of his own earthly destiny, and the “Master of his Fate, the Captain of his Soul.” The highest form of self-discipline consists in the expression of humility of the heart when one has attained great riches, or has been blessed with widespread recognition for services rendered.

* (one of the causes of failure…) Lack of control over the emotions of the heart.

* From this brief analysis of the Law of Balance we are heartened and encouraged by the observation that this law keeps everything throughout the universe in line with nature’s established pattern and plan, except man—the only living creature with the power to deviate from the influence of this,
and all other natural laws, if and when he chooses, and is willing to pay the price for his deviation.

* If you are searching for the supreme secret of success in all human endeavors, here is a very suitable point at which to stop, ponder, meditate and think, with the hope that the small still voice which speaks from within may bless you with the knowledge you seek.

* TIME transmutes the wound of the heart and the frustrations of our daily lives into courage, endurance and understanding. Without this kindly and beneficent service most individuals would be lost in the early days of their youth.

* Go back into your past experiences and take count of the occasions when your troubled heart found no surcease from its aches save only by the merciful hand of Doctor Time.

* The individual who has the full support of his Conscience in connection with all his desires, aims and purposes, has direct access to the necessary Faith to enable him to accomplish whatever he may set his heart and mind upon.

* Finally, when my allotment of Time shall have expired, I hope I may leave behind me a monument to my name—not a monument in stone, but in the hearts of my fellowmen—a monument whose marking will testify that the world was made a little better because of my having passed this way.

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A Red Red Rose
by Robert Burns

O my Luve’s like a red, red rose,
That’s newly sprung in June;
O my Luve’s like the melodie
That’s sweetly play’d in tune.

As fair are thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my Dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry.

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my Dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun:
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only Luve!
And fare thee weel, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho’ it were ten thousand mile!

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Do you have a poem, song, or story that goes well with one of the Principles of Success?
Do you have a list of books that go well with each Principle of Success? Send your suggested selections to Uriel at um17pma@gmail.com

Uriel Martinez
Director of Distance Learning
The Napoleon Hill Foundation
um17pma@gmail.com

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