Napoleon Hill Quotes

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

The only thing over which you have complete right of control at all times is your mental attitude.

What a different story men would have to tell if only they would adopt a DEFINITE PURPOSE, and stand by that purpose until it had time to become an all-consuming obsession!

Faith is a state of mind which may be induced, or created, by affirmation or repeated instructions to the subconscious mind, through the principle of auto-suggestion .

Experience is a teacher that knows no favorites.

Have faith in yourself; faith in the infinite

One of the most essential yet the hardest truths that I have had to learn is that every person should be his own hardest task-master.

You have a brain and mind of your own. Use it, and reach your own decisions

the starting point of all achievement is desire

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.

Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

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

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

Goals are dreams with a deadline.

Any ideas, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought

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

You’ve got to be sure of yourself beforeYou can ever win a prize.

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire, and begin at once, whether you’re ready or not, to put it into action.

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

Tell the world what you intend to do but first show it.

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.

If you are ready for the secret, you already possess one half of it, therefore, you will readily recognize the other half the moment it reaches your mind.

You have a brain and mind of your own. Use it, and reach your own decisions.

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

Meet struggle and master it, says nature, and you shall have strength and wisdom sufficient for all your needs.

Face the facts squarely. Ask yourself definite questions and demand direct replies.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement.

Adversity relieves people of vanity and egotism. It discourages selfishness by proving that no one can succeed without the cooperation of others.

A philosophy a system of principles that will guide your thoughts and actions.

If you can not do great things, Do small things in a great way.

Memory is the 'filling cabinet' of the brain wherein is stored all thought impulses, all conscious experiences, and all sensations which reach the brain through the five physical senses.

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.

Thoughts which are mixed with any of the feelings of emotions, constitute a "magnetic" force which attracts other similar, or related thoughts.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge. Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.

Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.

Riches begin in the form of thought! The amount is limited only by the person in whose mind the thought is put into motion. Faith removes limitations!

You may as well know, right here, that you can never have riches in great quantities, unless you can work yourself into a white heat of desire for money, and actually believe you will possess it.

Fortune definitely frowns upon all ill-gotten wealth, and often causes it to mysteriously evaporate.

Success in life depends upon happiness, and happiness is found in no other way than through SERVICE that is rendered in a spirit of love." Napoleon Hill

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

Building alibis is a deeply rooted habit.

The capacity to surmount failure without being discouraged is the chief asset of every person who attains outstanding success in any calling.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind

Whatever your mind can conceive and can believe, it can achieve

Your big opportunity may be right where you are.

Opportunity...it often comes disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat.

To be successful, you must find peace of mind, acquire the material needs of life, and above all, attain happiness. All of these evidences of success begin in the form of thought impulses.

The capitalists are the brains of civilization, because they supply the entire fabric of which all education, enlightenment and human progress consists.

During times of disaster sorrow brings people together in a spirit of friendship, and influences man to recognize the blessings of becoming his brother's keeper.

We rise to high positions or remain at the bottom because of conditions we can control if we desire to control them.