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Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.
Approximate author period: c. 1926 AD · modern
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- Napoleon Hill
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- Approximate author period: c. 1926 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1883 to 1970; Wikidata Q311644, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311644 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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