Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author
The Science of Personal Achievement (Audio - Nightingale-Conant).
“The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits in the egg; and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.”
As A Man Thinketh (1902), Visions and Ideals
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