Chapter ; 1 Thoughts are Things

1. TRULY, Thoughts are Things, and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire for their translation into riches, or other material objects.

2. I had learned, from years of experience with men, that when a man really desires a thing so deeply that he is willing to stake his entire future on a single turn of the wheel in order to get it, he is sure to win. = Edison

3. Secret of Barnes success ” To know what he wanted, and the determination to stand by that desire until he realized it.”

4. One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.

5. Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failures.

6. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known, told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them.

7. Keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going be. = Darby success formula

8. one sound idea is all that one needs to achieve success.

9. Riches begin with a state of mind, with definiteness of purpose.