Napoleon Hill Quotes

Self-sacrifice is essential to leadership. You will give, give all the time.

Until a man selects a DEFINITE PURPOSE IN LIFE, he dissipates his energies & spreads his thoughts over so many subjects & in so many different directions that they lead not to power, but to indecision & weakness.

Render more service than you are paid for and eventually you will be paid more for less services rendered.

Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time.

You can't change where you started, but you can change the direction you are going. It's not what you are going to do, but it's what you are doing now that counts.

An educated person is not necessarily the one who has the knowledge, but the one who knows where to get it when needed.

Dreams are the seedlings of reality.

Control your own mind, and you may never be controlled by the mind of another.

You become what you think about

I realize the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves in outward, physical action and gradually transform themselves into physical reality, therefore, I will concentrate my thoughts for thirty minutes daily, upon the task of thinking of the person I intend to become, thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture of that person.

You wouldn't desire something if you didn't have the talent to carry it out.

Every problem comes with an equal or greater opportunity

Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.

No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful or greedy. Unless you let him.

One bad habit often spoils a dozen good ones.

If you can't forgive, don't ask to be forgiven.

It takes more than a college degree to make one a person of education. Any person who is educated is one who has learned to get whatever he wants in life without violating the rights of others.

Men are paid, not merely for what they know, but more particularly for WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT WHICH THEY KNOW.

Nature yields her most profound secrets to the person who is determined to uncover them.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

Hard labor and good intentions are not sufficient to carry a man through to success.

I pray daily, not for more riches, but for more wisdom with which to recognize, embrace and enjoy what I already possess.

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

They [the people under you] may desire help, but more than anything else they desire sympathy. Don't make the mistake of turning such men down with the statement that you have troubles of your own.

If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a "quitter." A QUITTER NEVER WINS AND A WINNER NEVER QUITS. Lift this sentence out, write it on a piece of paper in letters an inch high, and place it where you will see it every night before you go to sleep, and every morning before you go to work

ALL THOUGHTS WHICH HAVE BEEN EMOTIONALIZED, (given feeling) AND MIXED WITH FAITH, begin immediately to translate themselves into their physical equivalent or counterpart.

From Christ on down to Edison, the men who have achieved most have been those who met with the most stubborn forms of temporary defeat. This would seem to justify the conclusion that Infinite Intelligence has a plan, or a law, by which it hurdles men over many obstacles before giving them the privilege of leadership or the opportunity to render useful service in a noteworthy fashion.

A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can't be done.

Every man's own character is written so all who will may read it, in the expression of his eyes, the tone of his voice, the posture of his body, the style of his clothes, and the nature of his deeds!

All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood; if they are not, they are not great truths.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.

Your deliberate Chief Aim in life should be selected with deliberate care

Do not EXPECT troubles as they have a tendency not to disappoint.

Friendship freely given and gratefully received is one of life's greatest gifts.

Only the highway of useful service leads to the city of happiness.

The bottom is a monotonous, dreary, unprofitable place for any person. That is why I have taken the time to describe how lowly beginnings may be circumvented by proper planning.

The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.

Every negative event contains within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

Constancy of purpose is the first principle of success.

Thomas Edison dreamed of a lamp that could be operated by electricity, began where he stood to put his dream into action, and despite more than ten thousand failures, he stood by that dream until he made it a physical reality. Practical dreamers do not quit.

Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat. When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

IDEAS CAN BE TRANSMUTED INTO CASH THROUGH THE POWER OF DEFINITE PURPOSE, PLUS DEFINITE PLANS.

You are fortunate if you have learned the difference between temporary defeat and failure, more fortunate still if you have learned the truth that the very seed of success is dormant in every defeat that you experience.

Neglecting to broaden their view has kept some people doing one thing all their lives.

That man is rich indeed who has more friends than enemies, fears no one, and is so busy building that he has no time to devote to tearing down another's hopes and plans.

Persons, especially salaried people who schedule their spare time, to provide for home study (or attend specialized short courses, seminars or training) seldom remain at the bottom very long. Their action opens the way for the upward climb, removes many obstacles from their path, and gains the friendly interest of those who have the power to put them in the way of opportunity

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

Burn the boats as you enter the island and you will take the island.