Famous Napoleon Hill Quotations

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"The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail."
by Napoleon Hill
"The jack-of-all-trades seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one definite chief aim."
by Napoleon Hill
"You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself."
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"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit."
by Napoleon Hill
"If your imagination leads you to understand how quickly people grant your requests when those requests appeal to their self-interest, you can have practically anything you go after."
by Napoleon Hill
"No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him."
by Napoleon Hill
"Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited."
by Napoleon Hill
"Don't wait. The time will never be just right."
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"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit."
by Napoleon Hill
"Any ideas, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought."
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"Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together."
by Napoleon Hill
"Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action."
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"Do it now! can affect every phase of your life. It can help you do the things you should do but don't feel like doing. It can keep you from procrastinating when an unpleasant duty faces you. But it can also help you do those things that you want to do. It helps you seize those precious moments that, if lost, may never be retrieved."
by Napoleon Hill
"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."
by Napoleon Hill
"Ideas... they have the powerâ?¦"
by Napoleon Hill
"If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge''"
by Napoleon Hill
"Indecision is the seedling of fear"
by Napoleon Hill
"No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it."
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"Success in highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which comes only to the man who has found the work he likes best."
by Napoleon Hill
"The battle is all over except the ''shouting'' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be."
by Napoleon Hill
"Through some strange and powerful principle of ''mental chemistry'' which she has never divulged, nature wraps up in the impulse of strong desire, ''that something'' which recognizes no such word as ''impossible',' and accepts no such reality as failure."
by Napoleon Hill
"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."
by Napoleon Hill
"Within every adversity is an equal or greater opportunity."
by Napoleon Hill
"What ever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."
by Napoleon Hill
"Character is to man what carbon is to steel."
by Napoleon Hill
"You give before you get."
by Napoleon Hill
"There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown."
by Napoleon Hill
"It is always your next move."
by Napoleon Hill
"Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward."
by Napoleon Hill
"If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge"
by Napoleon Hill
"Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything."
by Napoleon Hill
"Through some strange and powerful principle of mental chemistry which she has never divulged, nature wraps up in the impulse of strong desire, that something which recognizes no such word as impossible, and accepts no such reality as failure."
by Napoleon Hill
"The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat."
by Napoleon Hill
"The battle is all over except the shouting when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be."
by Napoleon Hill
"When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve."
by Napoleon Hill
"Cherish your vision and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements."
by Napoleon Hill
"Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true."
by Napoleon Hill
"Set your target and keep trying until you reach it."
by Napoleon Hill
"No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like."
by Napoleon Hill
"We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted."
by Napoleon Hill
"It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served."
by Napoleon Hill
"If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way."
by Napoleon Hill
"You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for."
by Napoleon Hill
"Fears are nothing more than states of mind."
by Napoleon Hill
"The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty."
by Napoleon Hill
"Ideas... they have the power"
by Napoleon Hill
"Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought."
by Napoleon Hill
"All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea."
by Napoleon Hill
"All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth."
by Napoleon Hill
"No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person's enemies say about him."
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"No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure."
by Napoleon Hill
"More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth."
by Napoleon Hill
"Money without brains is always dangerous."
by Napoleon Hill
"Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes."
by Napoleon Hill
"The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does."
by Napoleon Hill
"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."
by Napoleon Hill
"What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement."
by Napoleon Hill
"Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting."
by Napoleon Hill
"The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job."
by Napoleon Hill
"Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel."
by Napoleon Hill
"Thoughts mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire are powerful things."
by Napoleon Hill
"Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday."
by Napoleon Hill
"No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility."
by Napoleon Hill
"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."
by Napoleon Hill
"The ladder of success is never crowded at the top."
by Napoleon Hill
"Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure."
by Napoleon Hill
"The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses."
by Napoleon Hill
"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."
by Napoleon Hill
"It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed."
by Napoleon Hill
"Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another."
by Napoleon Hill
"All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood; if they are not, they are not great truths."
by Napoleon Hill
"Your real boss is the one who walks around under your hat."
by Napoleon Hill
"Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price."
by Napoleon Hill
"A quitter never wins, and a winner never quits."
by Napoleon Hill


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