“The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
― Napoleon Hill
“You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.”
― Napoleon Hill
“When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.”
― Napoleon Hill
“If you can’t do great things, do small things in a great way.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Do not wait: the time will never be ‘just right’. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. 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.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.”
― Napoleon Hill
“When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.”
― Napoleon Hill
“The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
― Napoleon Hill
“You may be hurt if you love too much, but you will live in misery if you love too little.”
― Napoleon Hill
“A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.”
― Napoleon Hill
“The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds”
― Napoleon Hill
“Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.”
― Napoleon Hill
“A quitter never wins-and-a winner never quits.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.”
― Napoleon Hill
“An educated man is not, necessarily, one who has an abundance of general or specialized knowledge. An educated man is one who has so developed the faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he wants, or its equivalent, without violating the rights of others.”
― Napolean Hill
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak, carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
― Napoleon Hill
“More gold had been mined from the mind of men than the earth it self”
― Napoleon Hill
“A goal is a dream with a deadline”
― Napoleon Hill
“Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth. Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to be wished upon anyone who will accept them. If you are influenced by “opinions” when you reach DECISIONS, you will not succeed in any undertaking.”
― Napoleon Hill
“We refuse to believe that which we don’t understand.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Cherish your vision and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.”
― Napoleon Hill
“I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself.”
― Napoleon Hill
“To win the big stakes in this changed world, you must catch the spirit of the great pioneers of the past, whose dreams have given to civilization all that it has of value, the spirit that serves as the life-blood of our own country – your opportunity and mine, to develop and market our talents.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind’s eye, and you will be drawn toward it.”
― Napoleon Hill
“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it . . . ”
― Napoleon Hill
“When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity – regardless of what others may do – you are destined for greatness.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Put your foot upon the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do, or say.”
― Napoleon Hill
“There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Perhaps we shall learn, as we pass through this age, that the ‘other self” is more powerful than the physical self we see when we look into a mirror.”
― Napoleon Hill
“One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely. Love is whimsical and temperamental. Its nature is ephemeral, and transitory. It comes when it pleases,and goes away without warning. Accept and enjoy it while it remains, but spend no time worrying about its departure. Worry will never bring it back.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Helen Keller became deaf, dumb, and blind shortly after birth. Despite her greatest misfortune, she has written her name indelibly in the pages of the history of the great. Her entire life has served as evidence that no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality.”
― Napoleon Hill
“There are no limitations to the mind except those that we acknowledge.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.”
― Napoleon Hill
“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.”
― Napoleon Hill
“TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO, BUT FIRST SHOW IT.This is the equivalent of saying “deeds, and not words, are what count most.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Remember,too,that all who succeed in life get off to a bad start,and pass through many heartbreaking struggles before they “arrive”. The turning point in the lives of those who succeed usually comes at some moment of crisis,through which they are introduced to their “other selves”.”
― Napoleon Hill
“You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century
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“Neglecting to broaden their view has kept some people doing one thing all their lives.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.”
― Napoleon Hill
“If you are not learning while you’re earning, you are cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation.”
― Napolean Hill
“Any ideas, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought”
― Napoleon Hill
“A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the one who best prepares his case, who wins.”
― Napoleon Hill
“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water’s edge.”
― Napoleon Hill
“Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire brings a small amount of heat.”
― Napolean Hill
“The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.”
― Napoleon Hill