“It is always better to imitate a successful man than to envy him.”
―
Napoleon Hill
“Money, without brains, always is dangerous. Properly used, it is the most important essential of civilization. The simple breakfast here described could not have been delivered to the New York family at a dime each, or at any other price, if organized capital had not provided the machinery, the ships, the railroads, and the huge armies of trained men to operate them.
―
Napoleon Hill
“Your subconscious mind recognizes and acts only upon thoughts which have been well-mixed with emotion or feeling.”
―
Napoleon Hill
“A man’s best recommendation is that which he gives himself . . . by rendering superior service in the right mental attitude.”
―
Napoleon Hill
“Do your job precisely as if you were your own boss, and sooner or later you will be.”
―
Napoleon Hill
“Power grows out of ORGANIZED KNOWLEDGE, but, mind you, it “grows out of it” through application and use!”
―
Napoleon Hill
“THE SEVEN MAJOR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS (To be avoided) The emotion of FEAR The emotion of JEALOUSY The emotion of HATRED The emotion of REVENGE The emotion of GREED The emotion of SUPERSTITION The emotion of ANGER”
―
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.”
―
Napoleon Hill
“Thomas Edison dreamed of a lamp that could be operated by electricity, began where he stood to put his dream into action, and despite more than ten thousand failures, he stood by that dream until he made it a physical reality. Practical dreamers do not quit!”
―
Napoleon Hill
“TO do much clear thinking a man must arrange for regular periods of solitude when he can concentrate and indulge his imagination without distraction. -Thomas A. Edison.”
―
Napoleon Hill
“Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.”
―
Napoleon Hill
“Somewhere in your make-up (perhaps in the cells of your brain) there lies sleeping, the seed of achievement which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to heights, such as you may never have hoped to attain.”
―
Napoleon Hill
“time to nurse an idea is at the time of its birth.
―
Napoleon Hill
“Put your foot upon the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do, or say.”
―
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.”
―
Napoleon Hill
