“One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word "impossible." He knows all the rules which will NOT work. He knows all the things which CANNOT be done.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Persistence is a state of mind, therefore it can be cultivated. Like all states of mind, persistence is based upon definite causes,”
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Napoleon Hill
“The Golden Rule means we should do unto others as we would wish them to do unto us if our positions were reversed.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Strength, both physical and spiritual, is the product of struggle!”
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Napoleon Hill
“You probably know that you are not the only man who has had to sacrifice immediate monetary remuneration for the sake of gathering knowledge, for in truth your experience has been that of every philosopher from the time of Socrates down to the present.”
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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
“There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Adversity relieves people of vanity and egotism. It discourages selfishness by proving that no one can succeed without the cooperation of others.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The first and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth. Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to be wished upon anyone who will accept them. If you are influenced by "opinions" when you reach DECISIONS, you will not succeed in any undertaking.”
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Napoleon Hill
“TRULY, "thoughts are things," and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a BURNING DESIRE for their translation into riches, or other material objects.
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Napoleon Hill
“Ideas are intangible forces, but they have more power than the physical brains that give birth to them. They have the power to live on, after the brain that creates them has returned to dust.”
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Napoleon Hill
“As Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “One single idea may have greater weight than the labor of all the men, animals and engines for a century.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Mohammed had invited the Jews and Christians to join him; for he was not building a new religion. He was calling all who believed in one God to join in a single faith.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Desire backed by faith, pushed reason aside, and inspired me to carry on.”
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Napoleon Hill
