Napoleon Hill Quotes

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.

The simple act of commitment is a powerful magnet for help.

Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you; until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire; until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.

A BURNING DESIRE TO BE, AND TO DO is the starting point from which the dreamer must take off. Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition.

Riches don't respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

When riches begin to come they come so quickly, in such great abundance, that one wonders where they have been hiding during all those lean years.

When you have talked yourself into what you want, right there is the place to stop talking and begin saying it with deeds.

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.

When adversity overtakes you, it pays to be thankful it was not worse instead of worrying over your misfortune.

Those who approach their jobs and careers with enthusiasm always find plenty of opportunities, while those who complain about no one ever giving them a chance are merely observers of life. When you are determined that you will not allow others to determine your future for you, when you refuse to allow temporary setbacks to defeat you, you are destined for great success. The opportunities will always be there for you.

Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.

What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

Unlimited power may be available when two or more people coordinate their thoughts and actions in a spirit of perfect harmony for the attainment of a definite purpose.

Happiness may be found only by helping others to find it.

Faith is indispensable for success. Faith is induced and strengthened by the instructions you give your subconscious mind.

We refuse to believe that which we don't understand.

The person who sows a single beautiful thought in the mind of another, renders the world a greater service than that rendered by all the faultfinders combined.

I believe that close association with one who refuses to compromise with circumstances he does not like, is an asset that can never be measured in terms of money.

If you are sure you are right, you need not worry what the world thinks.

A fearless man thrives on far horizons.

There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown.

The mind requires regular use to remain strong.

You either ride life or it rides you. Your mental attitude determines who is 'rider' and who is 'horse.'

I am thankful for the adversities, which have crossed my pathway, for they taught me tolerance, sympathy, self-control, perseverance and some other virtues I might never have known.

You can do it if you believe you can.

When one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance.

Every well built house started in the form of a definite purpose plus a definite plan in the nature of a set of blueprints.

If you have no major purpose, you are drifting toward certain failure.

Successful people move on their own initiative but they know where they are going before they start.

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

No individual has sufficient experience, education, native ability and knowledge to ensure the accumulation of a great fortune, without the cooperation of other people.

Practice being grateful for everything that life has blessed you with.

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.

The happiest people are those who have learned to mix play with their work and to bind the two together with enthusiasm.

What is initiative? I'll tell you: It is doing the right thing without being told.

Before us lie two paths - honesty and dishonesty. The shortsighted embark on the dishonest path; the wise on the honest. For the wise know the truth; in helping others we help ourselves; and in hurting others we hurt ourselves. Character overshadows money, and trust rises above fame. Honesty is still the best policy.

Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds

Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.

MAN’S ONLY LIMITATION, within reason, LIES IN HIS DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF HIS IMAGINATION.

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

The testing process usually happens when we least expect it, thereby catching you off guard and giving you no chance to display anything by your real personality.

A mind ill with negative attitudes is more dangerous than a sick body, for its sickness is always contagious.

Life is a mirror of your consistent thoughts.

The great master key to riches is nothing more or less than the self-discipline necessary to help you take full and complete possession of your own mind.

Experience is an asset of which no worker can be cheated, no matter how selfish or greedy his immediate employer may be.

You may as well know, also, that every great leader, from the dawn of civilization down to the present, was a dreamer.

Both success and failure are largely the results of HABIT!