Napoleon Hill Quotes

The subconscious acts first on the dominating desires.

[E]very job is composed of many small details, any one of which, if overlooked, can create big problems later.

Let nobody bribe you away from being yourself.

Wisdom consists in knowing what not to want as well as what to want.

Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.

One of the blessings of maturity is that it sometimes brings one greater courage to be truthful, regardless of what those who do not understand may think or say

FAITH is the element, the “chemical” which, when mixed with prayer, gives one direct communication with Infinite Intelligence.

The person who works harder when the boss isn’t around is headed straight for a better job.

Every man is what he is, because of the DOMINATING THOUGHTS which he permits to occupy his mind.

No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes.

The only 'break' anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made 'break'.

Through some strange and powerful principle of mental chemistry which she has never divulged, nature wraps up in the impulse of strong desire, that something which recognizes no such word as impossible, and accepts no such reality as failure.

Most failures could have been converted into successes if someone had held on another minute or made more effort.

Failure seems to be nature's plan for preparing us for great responsibilities.

The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.

It is now a documented principle of psychology that human beings subconsciously move in the direction of their most dominant thought.

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.

Your mental attitude attracts to you everything that makes you what you are.

No form of human exchange is more profitable than the exchange of ideas. If I give you a thought in return for one of your thoughts, each of us will have gained a 100 percent dividend.

Poverty is no disgrace. But it is certainly not a recommendation.

If the thing you wish to do is right, and YOU BELIEVE IN IT, go ahead and do it! Put your dreams across, and never mind what 'they' say if you meet with temporary defeat, for 'they' perhaps, do not know that every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.

The Ability to influence people without irritating them is the most profitable art known to man.

If you were your own employer, would you be entirely satisfied with the day’s work you have done today?

Every successful person finds that great success lies just beyond the point when they're convinced their idea is not going to work.

Love is, without question life's greatest experience.

Life gives no one immunity against adversity, but life gives to everyone the power of positive thought which is sufficient to master all circumstances of adversity and convert them into benefits.

If you can conceive something in your mind and believe it to be true, then you can achieve it.

More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.

There is no such thing as Something for nothing.

Definiteness of purpose with positive mental attitude is the starting point of all worthwhile achievement.

We are the masters of our fate, the captains of our souls, because we have the power to control our thoughts.

Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.

Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of HARD work!

Trying to get without first giving is as fruitless as trying to reap without having sown.

One of the most valuable things any person can learn is the art of using the knowledge and experience of others.

If you truly desire money so keenly that your desire is an obsession, you will have no difficulty in convincing yourself that you will acquire it. The object is to want money, and to be so determined to have it that you convince yourself that you will have it.

The imagination is both interpretative and creative in nature.

One sound idea is all that you need to achieve success.

Good intentions are useless until they are expressed in appropriate action!

The subconscious mind makes no distinction between constructive and destructive thought impulses. It works with the material we feed it, through our thought impulses. The subconscious mind will translate into reality a thought driven by fear, just as readily as it will translate into reality a thought driven by courage or faith.

When you close the door of your mind to negative thoughts, the door of opportunity opens to you.

You have to understand you cannot have faith and fear at the same time; you can only have one or the other.

Every failure, every adversity, every heartache may be a blessing in disguise providing it softens the animal portion of our nature.

First you fuel the desire, then the desire will fuel you.

Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price.

NOTHING which life has to offer is worth the price of worry

Remember that your dominating focus attracts, through a definite law of nature, by the shortest and most convenient route, their physical counterpart. Be careful of what you focus on.

Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit.