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BY THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE GAME MASTERMIND GROUP

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THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First, we thank Almighty God for the formation of the Brotherhood of the Game
Mastermind Group and for blessing us with writing skills and the wisdom to assemble
the gems that make up this text. Also, we would like to express our sincere appreciation
to the United Players of America for inspiring us to undertake this task. We also like to
thank Filter from Warezvb for the graphic design, keep doing what you do.

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CONTENT

Attitude……………………………………………. ………pg 6

Leadership………………………………………………….pg 9

Money……………………………………………………… pg 13

The Approach……………………………………………... pg 16

Relationships……………………………………………… pg 20

Marriage………………………………………………….. pg 23

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INTRODUCTION
The book that you have purchased was conceived and compiled by the Invictus Mastermind
Group, a body formed by its members to harness the collective power of the “master
alliance” principle discussed in Napoleon Hill’s renowned work, Think and Grow Rich. The
group’s members became acquainted with each other on the unitedplayersofamerica.com’s
forum, an internet message board created by Tariq “King Flex” Nasheed for the readers of
his bestselling books. While posting on various topics on the message board, many members
routinely included inspirational quotations from a myriad of sources within their individual
posts. Over time, many new members to the board requested quotes and inspirational words
to aid them in efforts to “upgrade” their “game”. This text is the answer to that call.

The quotations contained within have affected many of us individually, so we decided to

compile a list of relevant quotes that relate to the “mackish” lifestyle that we live and to
which many aspire. An extensive search was conducted for quotations that relate to the
following topics: Attitude, Leadership, Money, and Relationships & Marriage. As there are
fifty-two (52) weeks in a year, each section contains a minimum of fifty-two (52) quotations.
This format offers the reader at least one quote per section for each week of the year. Some
sections contain a bit more as these areas are the foundation upon which one’s “swagger” is
built.

First, the reader is presented with quotations relating to Attitude, as a positive attitude toward
one’s endeavors is essential to being successful in those matters. Next, quotations dealing
with Leadership appear, as a true “Mack” must thoroughly understand this concept if he
expects others to follow him. Quotations regarding Money appear in the subsequent section,
as every man of means should have an intimate knowledge of how to acquire wealth and
maintain it once it is within his grasp; accordingly, the quotes contained herein are meant to
inspire and guide the reader in the pursuit of these goals. Last, as today’s urban, renaissance
man ultimately strives to find a suitable mate with whom to share his success, the
Relationships & Marriage section was included to give the reader some direction in this
regard; it contains wisdom for those who desire to marry, as well as those seeking to
maintain a marriage.

This text is not meant to be a one-time read. Instead, it is meant to be reviewed on a

continual basis, as one’s experiences will give new meaning and relevance to the quotes
found in each section. We trust that by reading and internalizing the timeless wisdom
distilled within the pages to follow, this volume will prove to be an invaluable, motivational
resource as you seek to master your fate, and make your dreams become reality.

The Brotherhood of the Game Mastermind Group

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ATTITUDE
1) Others can stop you temporarily but you’re the only one who can do it permanently. ~ John C Maxwell

2) The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.
~Peter Devries

3) Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo

4) If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one. ~Cavett Robert

5) Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you
have left. ~Hubert Humphrey

6) Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day. ~Author Unknown

7) Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount
of work is the same. ~Francesca Reigler

8) If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ~Mary Engelbreit

9) So often time it happens, we all live our life in chains, and we never even know we have the key.
~The Eagles

10) Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. ~Attributed to both Jonathan
Swift and Benjamin Franklin

11) Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it. ~Joe Clark

12) There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly. ~Publius Terentius Afer

13) I don't like that man. I must get to know him better. ~Abraham Lincoln

14) Just because you're miserable doesn't mean you can't enjoy your life. ~Annette Goodheart

15) Being in a good frame of mind helps keep one in the picture of health. ~Author Unknown

16) To everyone is given the key to heaven; the same key opens the gates of hell. ~Ancient Proverb

17) To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it. ~Confucius

18) Say you are well, or all is well with you,

And God shall hear your words and make them true. ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

19) The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his
attitudes. ~William James

20) We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them. ~Elbert Hubbard

21) We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger,
avarice, envy and doubt. ~Dorothy Day

22) I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. ~Winston Churchill

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23) [W]hat counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
~Dwight Eisenhower

24) Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune. ~Walt Whitman

25) No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it. ~Ellen Glasgow

26) Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women
know otherwise. ~Kathleen Turner

27) If you have the will to win, you have achieved half your success; if you don't, you have achieved
half your failure. ~David Ambrose

28) Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. ~Arthur Christopher
Benson

29) Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have
roses. ~Alphonse Karr

30) Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights
and see possibilities - always see them, for they're always there. ~Norman Vincent Peale

31) Physical strength is measured by what we can carry; spiritual by what we can bear. ~Author Unknown

32) We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon. ~Konrad Adenauer

33) Positive anything is better than negative thinking. ~Elbert Hubbard

34) Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out. ~Art Linkletter

35) A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world; everyone you
meet is your mirror. ~Ken Keyes, Jr.

36) Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles. ~Alex Karras

37) Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway. ~Emory Austin

38) People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

39) There are two types of people - those who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am!" and
those who come in and say, "Ah, there you are." ~Frederick L. Collins

40) You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're
perfectly safe. ~James Whistler

41) Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise. ~Alice Walker

42) You must start with a positive attitude or you will surely end without one. ~Carrie Latet

43) Nothing is interesting if you're not interested. ~Helen MacInness

44) We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
~Joseph Campbell

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45) Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude. ~Ralph Marston

46) Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun. ~Colleen C. Barrett

47) To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we
must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we
must first set our hearts right. ~ Confucius

48) The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people
who are unmotivated to change. Communication does not depend on syntax, or eloquence, or
rhetoric, or articulation but on the emotional context in which the message is being heard. People can
only hear you when they are moving toward you, and they are not likely to when your words are
pursuing them. Even the choices words lose their power when they are used to overpower. Attitudes
are the real figures of speech. ~ Edwin H. Friedman

49) The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
~ Frank Lloyd Wright

50) When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door
that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. ~ Helen Keller

51) Good fortune shies away from gloom. Keep your spirits up. Good things will come to you and
you will come to good things. ~Glorie Abelhas

52) The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important
than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than
failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than
appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The
remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.
We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We
cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is
our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so
it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes. ~ Charles R. Swindoll

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