Napoleon Hill Quotes

“Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.”

“The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.”

“You can do it if you believe you can!”

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

“If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way.”

“Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.”

“Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.”

“A quitter never wins-and-a winner never quits.”

“Strong, deeply rooted desire is the starting point of all achievement.”

“Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.”

“If you must be careless with your possessions, let it be in connection with material things. Your mind is your spiritual estate! Protect and use it with the care to which Divine Royalty is entitled. You were given a will-power for this purpose.”

“There are no limitations to the mind except those that we acknowledge.”

“If you believe yourself unfortunate because you have loved and lost, perish the thought. One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely.”

“When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.”

“We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment.”

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

“When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.”

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

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

“Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.”

“Action is the real measure of intelligence.”

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak, carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“More gold had been mined from the mind of men than the earth it self”

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

“Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.”

“When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity - regardless of what others may do - you are destined for greatness.”

“Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.”

“Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth. Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to be wished upon anyone who will accept them. If you are influenced by "opinions" when you reach DECISIONS, you will not succeed in any undertaking.”

“Put your foot upon the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do, or say.”

“Perhaps we shall learn, as we pass through this age, that the 'other self" is more powerful than the physical self we see when we look into a mirror.”

“Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.”

“There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief.”

“You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.”

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

“Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.”

“TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO, BUT FIRST SHOW IT. This is the equivalent of saying "deeds, and not words, are what count most.”

“If you are not learning while you’re earning, you are cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation.”

“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.”

“Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire brings a small amount of heat.”

“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.”

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

“A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him.”

“The strongest oak tree 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.”

“Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the one who best prepares his case, who wins.”

“First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.”

“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”

“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”

“Most so called FAILURES are only temporary defeats”

“You become what you think about”

“Adversity will do something too you or for you…….”

“Awake, arise, and assert yourself, you dreamers of the world. Your star is now in ascendancy.”

“Desire backed by faith knows no such word as impossible.”

“Remember that your dominating thoughts attract,
through a definite law of nature, by the shortest and most
convenient route, their physical counterpart. Be careful what
your thoughts dwell upon.”

“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve regardless of how many times you may have failed in the past or how lofty your aims and hopes may be.”

“success requires no apologies, failure permits no alibis.” If”

“Truly, thoughts are things, and their scope of operation is the world, itself.”

“I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice, therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.”

“Every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.”

“Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.”