Napoleon Hill Quotes

Winners never quit, quitters never win.

People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail. The fear of criticism, in such cases is stronger than the DESIRE for success.

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.

Anything you do to and for another person, you do it to and for yourself

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

There is no hope of success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal at which to aim.

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.

The turning point in the life of those who succeed usually comes at the moment of some crisis.

Within every adversity is an equal and opposite benefit.

If the mind of man can believe, the mind of man can achieve.

What remarkable strength is shown by the person who can lay aside personal prejudices and work without friction with a group of individuals with whom he or she is not in accord on many subjects.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

Successful people, in all callings, never stop acquiring specialized knowledge related to their major purpose, business, or profession.

The person who stops studying merely because he has finished school is forever hopelessly doomed to mediocrity, no matter what may be his calling. The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.

It takes a habit to replace a habit.

Your attitude towards problems, difficulties, and adversities is the most important factor in overcoming them.

The battle is all over except the 'shouting' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.

You need to recognize and sweep aside certain weaknesses which stand between you and your goals. Your persistence develops into a respected, proved, progressive power.

A positive mental attitude is the right mental attitude.

The worst of all human ailments: indecision.

The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.

Our minds become magnetized with the dominating thoughts we hold in our minds and these magnets attract to us the forces, the people, the circumstances of life which harmonize with the nature of our dominating thoughts.

Conceit is a fog that envelops a man's real character beyond his own recognition. It weakens his native ability and strengthens all his inconsistencies .

Desire is the factor that determines what your definite purpose in life shall be.

I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself.

You are the sum total of your dominating or most prominent thoughts.

By all means tell the world how good you are - but do it with actions, not words.

Your mental attitude gives your entire personality a drawing power that attracts the circumstances, things and people you think about most!

The void holds a form of energy moving at an inconceivably high rate of vibration, and that void is filled with a form of power/energy which adapts itself to the nature of the thoughts we hold in our minds; and influences us, in natural ways, to transmute our thoughts into their physical equivalent.

If you must let someone down, be sure it isn’t the friend who helped you up when you were down.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

Every time you change your orders without obvious reason, you weaken your authority.

A state of mind is something that one assumes. It cannot be purchased, it must be created.

When two or more people coordinate in a spirit of harmony, and work toward a definite objective, they place themselves in position, through that alliance, to absorb power directly from the great universal storehouse of Infinite Intelligence.

Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way.

Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life: not on what you don't want.

Capability means imagination.

No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.

A man is most efficient and will more quickly and easily succeed when engaged in work that he loves, or work that he performs in behalf of some person whom he loves.

Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.

Money without brains is always dangerous.

Your reputation is that which people think you are; your character is that which you are.

No man [or woman] is free until he learns to do his own thinking and gains the courage to act on his own personal initiative.

We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.

You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are being most unfairly tested, you are being prepared for great achievement.

Most illness begins with a negative mind.

Power grows out of Organized Knowledge, but mind you, it grows out of it, through Application and Use.