“LACK OF SELF-DISCIPLINE. Discipline comes through self-control. This means that you must control all negative qualities. Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself. Self-mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. You may see at one and the same time both your best friend and your greatest enemy, by stepping in front of a mirror.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The turning point in the lives of those who succeed usually comes at the moment of some crisis, through which they are introduced to their “other selves.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The chances are that your job likes you precisely as much as you like it, but no more.”
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Napoleon Hill
“If we sow the seeds of hatred and envy and discouragement in others, we, in turn, develop these qualities in ourselves.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Keep your eyes and ears wide open— and your mouth closed, if you wish to acquire the habit of prompt decision.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Las batallas de la vida no siempre favorecen al hombre más fuerte o más rápido, Pero tarde o temprano, el hombre que gana ¡Es el hombre que piensa que puede hacerlo!”
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Napoleon Hill
“Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its application towards some worthy end.”
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Napoleon Hill
“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.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Love may come and go, times without number, but there are no two love experiences which affect one in just the same way.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Remember, too, that all who succeed in life get off to a bad start, and pass through many heartbreaking struggles before they "arrive." The turning point in the lives of those who succeed, usually comes at the moment of some crisis, through which they are introduced to their "other selves.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Why? Personalities! Ninety-nine people out of every hundred who purchase life insurance policies do not know what is in their policies and, what seems more startling, do not seem to care. What they really purchase is the pleasing personality of some man or woman who knows the value of cultivating such a personality.
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Napoleon Hill
“We call it “getting into a rut,” which means that we accept our fate because we form the habit of daily routine, a habit that finally becomes so strong we cease to try to throw it off.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The strongest oak tree of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.”
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Napoleon Hill
