“this power makes no attempt to discriminate between destructive thoughts and constructive thoughts, that it will urge us to translate into physical reality thoughts of poverty, just as quickly as it will influence us to act upon thoughts of riches.”
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Napoleon Hill
“A definite purpose, backed by absolute faith, is a form of wisdom and wisdom in action produces positive results.”
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Napoleon Hill
“When the opportunity came, it appeared in a different form, and from a different direction than Barnes had expected. That is one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat. Only by so doing can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as”
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Napoleon Hill
“WHY I should clutter up my mind with general knowledge, for the purpose of being able to answer questions, when I have men around me who can supply any knowledge I require?”
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Napoleon Hill
“If the thing you wish to do is right, and you believe in it, go ahead and do it! Put your dream across, and never mind what ‘they’ say if you meet with temporary defeat, for ‘they’, perhaps, do not know that every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.”
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Napoleon Hill
“What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve”
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Napoleon Hill
“an intangible impulse of thought can be transmuted into its physical counterpart by the application of known principles.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Fear, the worst of all enemies, can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage.”
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Napoleon Hill
“most people never learn the art of transmuting their strongest emotions into dreams of a constructive nature.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Do not wait. The time will never be ‘just right’. Start where you stand, work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.”
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Napoleon Hill
“That is one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Your subconscious mind recognizes and acts upon Only thoughts which have been well-mixed with emotion or feeling.”
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Napoleon Hill
“One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat. Every person is guilty of this mistake at one time or another.”
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Napoleon Hill