One of the most essential yet the hardest truths that I have had to learn is that every person should be his own hardest task-master.
Napoleon HillWeak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire brings a small amount of heat.
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill saw this law of transmutation as the seed of equivalent benefit: With every disappointment, heartbreak, or failure, there exists an equal (usually greater) positive benefit.
Napoleon HillWise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
Napoleon HillStrong, deeply rooted desire is the starting point of all achievement. Just as the electron is the last unit of matter discernible to the scientist. DESIRE is the seed of all achievement; the starting place, back of which there is nothing, or at least there is nothing of which we have any knowledge.
Napoleon Hill