“One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.”
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Napoleon Hill
“All success begins with definiteness of purpose.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak, carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Remember, also, that every time you open your mouth in the presence of a person who has an abundance of knowledge, you display to that person, your exact stock of knowledge, or your LACK of it!”
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Napoleon Hill
“decisions is the seedling of fear! Remember this, as you read. Indecision crystalizes into doubt, the two blend and become fear! The “blending” process often is slow. This is one reason why these three enemies are so dangerous. They germinate and grow without their presence being observed.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Cherish your vision and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.”
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Napoleon Hill
“We all have negative thoughts. They are impossible to avoid. But ongoing negative thoughts...That's a choice.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Watch the one ahead of you, and you’ll learn why he is ahead. Then emulate him.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Fifth. Write out a clear, concise statement of the amount of money you intend to acquire, name the time limit for its acquisition, state what you intend to give in return for the money, and describe clearly the plan through which you intend to accumulate it.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The oak sleeps in the acorn. The bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul, a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of reality.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Success is the development of the power with which to get whatever one wants in life without interfering with the rights of others.
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Napoleon Hill
“The strongest oak 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
“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