Napoleon Hill Quotes

Who said it could not be done? And tell me what great victories does he have to his credit which qualifies him to judge what can and can't be accomplished.

If you pray for a thing, but have fear as you pray, that you may not receive it, or that your prayer will not be acted upon by Infinite Intelligence, your prayer will have been in vain.

The richest persons are those who give most in service to others.

A fearless man thrives on far horizons.

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

The subconscious mind is more susceptible to influence by impulses of thought mixed with 'feeling' or emotion, than by those originating solely in the reasoning portion of the mind.

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

Every mind needs friendly contact with other minds, for food of expansion and growth.

Every time a man rises from defeat, he becomes mentally and emotionally stronger. Thus, in time, one may actually find his self - his true, inner self - through temporary defeat.

Truly, there is something to the idea that hero-worship is helpful, provided one worships a winner.

Success is the development of the power with which to get whatever one wants in life without interfering with the rights of others.

The Creator gave us the complete, unchallengable right of prerogative over the one thing, and only thing we own, our mind.

The average person would have quit at the first failure. That’s why there have been many average men and only one Edison.

The space that every man occupies in the world is measured by the faith he expresses in connection with his aims and purposes.

Today's worries may become tomorrow's priceless experiences.

Quick riches are more dangerous than poverty.

Most real failures are due to limitations which men set up in their own minds.

The story of practically every great fortune starts with the day when a creator of ideas and a seller of ideas got together and worked in harmony.

It is well worth remembering that the customer is the most important factor in any business. If you don't think so, try getting along without him for a while.

You go ahead, stand still, or go backwards in life. Your objective should be to go ahead.

Someday America will have its very own commercial-free TV and radio station devoted to only one thing: to teach people, in their homes, all the essentials of personal achievement.

You are engaged in an undertaking of major importance to you. To be sure of success, you must have plans which are faultless.

Ideas are intangible forces, but they have more power than the physical brains that give birth to them. They have the power to live on, after the brain that creates them has returned to dust.

Plan you work and work your plan.

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.

The successful man or woman always looks for the advantage or benefit in every situation and lo and behold, they always find it.

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

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

If the thing you wish to do is right, and you believe in it, go ahead and do it!

Failure is not a disgrace if you have sincerely done your best.

If you fail to plan,you can plan to fail.

Every company has room for the man who has a definite plan of action which is to the advantage of that company.

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.

Success attracts success and failure attracts failure because of the law of harmonious attraction.

It's a sure thing that you'll not finish if you don't start.

Greatest sin of man kind: neglect to use his greatest asset.

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

Imagination is the most marvelous, miraculous, inconceivably powerful force the world has ever known.

Riches begin in the form of thought.

You cannot become a power in your community nor achieve enduring success in any worthy undertaking until you become big enough to blame yourself for your own mistakes and reverses.

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

The persistent man with a poor plan stands a better chance of winning than the man with a perfect plan who hesitates and waivers in carrying it out.

The mind requires regular use to remain strong.

One bad habit often spoils a dozen good ones.

Our success depends very largely upon how well we negotiate our way through our daily contacts with other people without friction or opposition.

If a person has built a sound character, it makes but little difference what people say about him, because he will win in the end.

The major weakness of all educational systems is that they neither teach nor encourage the habit of definite decision.

If you have been wise and successful I congratulate you. Unless you are unable to forget how successful you have been, then I pity you.

No man can become a permanent success without taking others along with him.

No one could become an efficient leader or take the initiative in any great undertaking without belief in himself.