Quick riches are more dangerous than poverty.

When Opportunity came, the person didn't realize it because it came in the form of misfortune.

It is one thing to want money-everyone wants more-but it is something entirely different to be worth more!

You may be hurt if you love too much, but you will live in misery if you love too little.

Napoleon 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.

Nothing constructive and worthy of man's efforts ever has or ever will be achieved except by that which comes from a positive mental attitude, based on a definiteness of purpose and activated by a burning desire, and acted upon until the burning desire is elevated to the level of applied faith.

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.