Napoleon Hill Quotes

Find out what you really love to do, and then find a way to make a good living doing it.

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.

the starting point of all achievement is desire

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

Tell the world what you intend to do but first show it.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

Success in life depends upon happiness, and happiness is found in no other way than through SERVICE that is rendered in a spirit of love." 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.

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".

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind

Riches begin in the form of thought! The amount is limited only by the person in whose mind the thought is put into motion. Faith removes limitations!

It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind.

Remember, the thoughts that you think and the statements you make regarding yourself determine your mental attitude. If you have a worthwhile objective, find the one reason why you can achieve it rather than hundreds of reasons why you can’t.

Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.

Strength, both physical and spiritual, is the product of struggle!

If you are ready for the secret, you already possess one half of it,therefore, you will readily recognize the other half the moment it reaches your mind.

Thoughts which are mixed with any of the feelings of emotions, constitute a "magnetic" force which attracts other similar, or related thoughts.

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.

Face the facts squarely. Ask yourself definite questions and demand direct replies.

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

Disappointment over love affairs generally has the effect of driving men to drink, and women to ruin; and this, because most people never learn the art of transmuting their strongest emotions into dreams of a constructive nature.

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.

The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.

Building alibis is a deeply rooted habit.

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.

You’ve got to be sure of yourself beforeYou can ever win a prize.

Whatever your mind can conceive and can believe, it can achieve

Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one when success is almost within reach

There are no limitations to the mind except those that we acknowledge.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement.

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.

You become what you think about

The capacity to surmount failure without being discouraged is the chief asset of every person who attains outstanding success in any calling.

We rise to high positions or remain at the bottom because of conditions we can control if we desire to control them.

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.

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.

If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way.

There is no such thing as something for nothing.

Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

The Creator never singles out an individual for an important service to mankind without first testing him, through struggle, in proportion to the nature of the service he is to render.

The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a definite plan."And"A man whose mind is filled with fear not only destroys his own chances of intelligent action, but he transmits these destructive vibrations to the minds of all who come in contact with him, and destroys, also, their chances.

Meet struggle and master it, says nature, and you shall have strength and wisdom sufficient for all your needs.

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.

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.

Remember that your dominating thoughts attract, through a definite law of nature, by the shortest and most convenient route, their physical counterpart. Be careful what your thoughts dwell upon.

If you can not do great things, Do small things in a great way.

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.

The capitalists are the brains of civilization, because they supply the entire fabric of which all education, enlightenment and human progress consists.

The mind has a definite way of clothing one's thoughts in appropriate physical equivalents. Think in terms of poverty and you will live in poverty. Think in terms of opulence and you will attract opulence. Through the eternal law of harmonious attraction, one's thoughts always clothe themselves in material things appropriate unto their nature.

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.

You are entitled to know that two entities occupy your body. One of these entities is motivated by and responds to the impulse of fear. The other is motivated by and responds to the impulse of faith. Will you be guided by faith or will you allow fear to overtake you?

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.

A philosophy a system of principles that will guide your thoughts and actions.

IF - and this is the greatest of them all - I had the courage to see myself as I reallyam, I would find out what is wrong with me, and correct it, then I might have a chance to profit by my mistakes and learn something from the experience of others,for I know that there is something WRONG with me, or I would now be where I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I had spent more time analyzing my weaknesses, and less time building alibis to cover them.

The only limitation is that which one sets up in one's own mind.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

During times of disaster sorrow brings people together in a spirit of friendship, and influences man to recognize the blessings of becoming his brother's keeper.

Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its application toward some worthy end.