Napoleon Hill Quotes
You have a tremendous advantage over the man who does you an injury: You have it within your power to forgive him, while he has no such advantage over you.
You either ride life or it rides you. Your mental attitude determines who is 'rider' and who is 'horse.'
Success is very largely a matter of adjusting one's self to the ever-varying and changing environments of life, in a spirit of harmony and poise.
If you compromise with your own conscience, you will weaken your conscience. Soon your conscience will fail to guide you and you never will have real wealth based on peace of mind.
Unlimited power may be available when two or more people coordinate their thoughts and actions in a spirit of perfect harmony for the attainment of a definite purpose.
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
Practical dreamers have always been and always will be the pattern-makers of civilization.
No man can afford to express, through words or acts, that which is not in harmony with his own beliefs, and if he does so, he must pay by the loss of his ability to influence others.
When you lose your sense of humor, get a job running an elevator, because your life will be a series of Ups and Downs anyway.
Nature yields her most profound secrets to the person who is determined to uncover them.
When adversity overtakes you, it pays to be thankful it was not worse instead of worrying over your misfortune.
Bravery is fearlessness-the absence of fear. The merest dolt may be brave because he lacks the mentality to appreciate his danger.
One way to avoid criticism is to do nothing and to be a nobody. The world will then not bother you.
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.
Positive mental attitude is the right mental attitude in all circumstances. Success attracts more success while failure attracts more failure.
Your world will change whether or not you choose to change, but you have the power to choose it's direction.
IDEAS CAN BE TRANSMUTED INTO CASH THROUGH THE POWER OF DEFINITE PURPOSE, PLUS DEFINITE PLANS.
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.
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.
It is a curious quirk of human nature that some people can see opportunities, while others only see problems.
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.
Napoleon Hill saw this law of transmutation as the seed of equivalent benefit: With every disappointment, heartbreak, or failure, there exists an equal (usually greater) positive benefit.
Render more service than you are paid for and eventually you will be paid more for less services rendered.
You may as well know, also, that every great leader, from the dawn of civilization down to the present, was a dreamer.
There can never be success without happiness, and no man can be happy without dispensing happiness to others.
A positive mental attitude is an irresistible force that knows no such thing as an immovable body.
You owe it to yourself not to permit your emotions to place your happiness in the keeping of another person.
All personal achievement starts within the mind of the individual-knowing your problem is the first step in finding the solution.
Any habit may be discontinued by building in its place some other and more desirable habit.
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.
