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Napoleon Hill Quotes: 37

  • Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

  • It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

  • The starting point of all achievement is desire.

  • Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

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

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

  • The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

  • Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

  • Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.

  • 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.

    Think and Grow Rich
  • Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

    Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice
  • You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.

    Think and Grow Rich
  • 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.

    Think and Grow Rich
  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.

    Think and Grow Rich
  • A quitter never wins-and-a winner never quits.

    Think and Grow Rich
  • Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.

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

  • To win the big stakes in this changed world, you must catch the spirit of the great pioneers of the past, whose dreams have given to civilization all that it has of value, the spirit that serves as the life-blood of our own country – your opportunity and mine, to develop and market our talents.

    Think and Grow Rich
  • 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.

    Think and Grow Rich
  • Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

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

    Think and Grow Rich
  • 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.

  • 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 might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

  • You become what you think about

    Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude
  • The only limitation is that which one sets up in one's own mind.

    Think and Grow Rich
  • Goals are dreams with a deadline.

  • 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.

    Think and Grow Rich
  • You are entitled to know that two entities occupy your body. One of these entities is motivated by and responds to the impulse of fear. The other is motivated by and responds to the impulse of faith. Will you be guided by faith or will you allow fear to overtake you?

    Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success
  • Tidak ada seorang pun yang bisa dikalahkan, sampai dia menyerah--DI DALAM PIKIRANNYA SENDIRI!

    Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice
  • It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

  • We all have the right to take possession of our own mind and direct it towards all we desire