Napoleon Hill Quotes

If it isn't your job to do it, perhaps it is your opportunity

We all have the right to take possession of our own mind and direct it towards all we desire

Fear is faith in reverse gear.

The best compensation for doing things is the ability to do more.

No two minds ever come together without, thereby, creating a third, invisible, intangible force which may be likened to a third mind.

You are engaged in an undertaking of major importance to you. To be sure of success, you must have plans which are faultless.

FORD SAID, "I'LL BELT THE EARTH WITH DEPENDABLE MOTOR CARS," AND HE DID! His decision to trust his own judgment has already piled up a fortune far greater than the next five generations of his descendents can squander. For the benefit of those seeking vast riches, let it be remembered that practically the sole difference between Henry Ford and a majority of the more than one hundred thousand men who work for him, is this
FORD HAS A MIND AND CONTROLS IT, THE OTHERS HAVE MINDS WHICH THEY DO NOT TRY TO CONTROL.

You can do it if you believe you can.

Money without brains is always dangerous.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.

If you do not believe in co-operation, look what happens to a wagon that loses a wheel.

The mind requires regular use to remain strong.

Bravery is fearlessness-the absence of fear. The merest dolt may be brave because he lacks the mentality to appreciate his danger.

More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.

The surest way of finding peace of mind is that which helps the greatest number of others to find it

Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.

MAN'S ONLY LIMITATION, within reason, LIES IN HIS DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF HIS IMAGINATION.

Failure brings a climax in which one has the privilege of clearing his mind of fear and making a new start in another direction.

IDEAS CAN BE TRANSMUTED INTO CASH THROUGH THE POWER OF DEFINITE PURPOSE, PLUS DEFINITE PLANS.

The majority of people who acquire wisdom do so after they have passed the age of forty. Prior to that time the majority of people are too busy gathering knowledge and organizing it into plans to spend any effort seeking wisdom.

Render more service than you are paid for and eventually you will be paid more for less services rendered.

A mind ill with negative attitudes is more dangerous than a sick body, for its sickness is always contagious.

The habit of expressing loosely organized opinions is one of the most destructive of habits.

The only limitation is that which one sets up in one's own mind.

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.

You can think your way into or out of almost any circumstance, good or bad.

Successful men and women become successful because they acquire the habit of thinking in terms of success. Get the success habit in the small circumstances you control, and soon you'll be controlling the bigger ones.

Practical dreamers do not quit.

Psychologists have correctly said that when one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance.

Money is as shy and elusive as the "old time" maiden.

Here is an old Oriental proverb: *A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.* It is difficult to anticipate just how a situation will develop in every detail until you take a step forward and try out your present equipment. Then, if weaknesses appear, you will have clues as to how to strengthen your resources. No scheme or plan is perfect. Perfection is a process, not an end.

those whom you praise will see in you the qualities that you see in them. Your success in the application of this formula will be in exact proportion to your faith in its soundness.

A man is most efficient and will more quickly and easily succeed when engaged in work that he loves, or work that he performs in behalf of some person whom he loves.

Greatest sin of man kind: neglect to use his greatest asset.

People who do not succeed have one distinguishing trait in common. They know all the reasons for failure, and have what they believe to be air-tight alibis to explain away their own lack of achievement.

There are twelve good reasons for failure. The first one is the avowed intention of doing no more than one is paid to do, and the person who makes this avowal may see the other eleven by stepping before a looking glass.

Only the highway of useful service leads to the city of happiness.

The one and only thing over which you have complete and total control is how you focus your own mind. Luckily, this determines everything else.

The successful leader must be willing
to assume responsibility for the mistakes
and the shortcomings of his followers.

Find at least one person each day, and more if possible, in whom you see some good quality that is worthy of praise, and praise it. Remember, however, that this praise must not be in the nature of cheap, insincere flattery; it must be genuine. Speak your words of praise with such earnestness that they will impress those to whom you speak. Then watch what happens. You will have rendered those whom you praise a decided benefit of great value to them,

Our success depends very largely upon how well we negotiate our way through our daily contacts with other people without friction or opposition.

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.

Both success and failure are largely the results of habit!

Neglecting to broaden their view has kept some people doing one thing all their lives.

It is well worth remembering that the customer is the most important factor in any business. If you don't think so, try getting along without him for a while.

Do not look for a miracle, because you will not find it. You will find only the eternal laws of nature. These laws are available to every person who has the faith and the courage to use them.

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

When you lose your sense of humor, get a job running an elevator, because your life will be a series of Ups and Downs anyway.

The testing process usually happens when we least expect it, thereby catching you off guard and giving you no chance to display anything by your real personality.

The practical dreamers have always been, and always will be, the pattern-makers of civilisation.

Success comes through the application of power, and power is attained through the cooperative efforts of other people. A negative personality will not induce cooperation.

Think and grow rich.

You are searching for the magic key that will unlock the door to the source of power; and yet you have the key in your own hands, and you may use it the moment you learn to control your thoughts.

Do not EXPECT troubles as they have a tendency not to disappoint.

If the thing you wish to do is right, and you believe in it, go ahead and do it!

If you are really great, you will let others discover this fact from your actions.

That man is rich indeed who has more friends than enemies, fears no one, and is so busy building that he has no time to devote to tearing down another's hopes and plans.

You cannot become a power in your community nor achieve enduring success in any worthy undertaking until you become big enough to blame yourself for your own mistakes and reverses.

No matter where you are now, whatever you can conceive and believe, you can achieve.

Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis.

The emotion of DESIRE The emotion of FAITH The emotion of LOVE The emotion of SEX The emotion of ENTHUSIASM The emotion of ROMANCE The emotion of HOPE

Money is either a good or bad influence, according to the character of the person who possesses it.

Man can create nothing which he does not first conceive in THOUGHT.

The day of the "go-getter" has passed. He has been supplanted by the "go-giver.

Somehow the Creator seems to favor those who know precisely what they want and what they do not want.

If you truly desire money so keenly that your desire is an obsession, you will have no difficulty in convincing yourself that you will acquire it. The object is to want money, and to be so determined to have it that you convince yourself that you will have it.

Every successful person finds that great success lies just beyond the point when they're convinced their idea is not going to work.

He should have told us, too, that our brains become magnetised with the dominating thoughts we hold in our minds. By means with which no one is familiar, these 'magnets' attract to us the forces, the people, the circumstances of life which harmonise with the nature of our dominating thoughts.

Mind control is the result of self-discipline and habit. You either control your mind or it controls you. There is no hall-way compromise.

Self-confidence Formula

Seek the counsel of men who will tell you the truth about yourself, even if it hurts you to hear it. Mere commendation will not bring the improvement you need.

The mind grows only through use, and it atrophies through idleness.

Your subconscious mind recognizes and acts upon Only thoughts which have been well-mixed with emotion or feeling.

The man of decision cannot be stopped! The man of indecision cannot be started! Take your own choice.

Don't ever admit that the world has not given you an opportunity

General or specialized knowledge. An educated man

Your mental attitude gives your entire personality a drawing power that attracts the circumstances, things and people you think about most!

Yesterday is gone forever. Make the most of today and tomorrow if you wish to make up for lost time.

Every brain is both a broadcasting station and a receiving station for the vibrations of thought.

Grove encourages his people to work in small, autonomous work units in which everyone understands the system and their role in it. Each person contributes their knowledge, expertise and creativity. Team members are trained and motivated to produce to the best of their capacity. When crises arise, the team willingly puts in the extra time, energy and brain power to meet and beat the problems faced.

A great many years ago I purchased a fine dictionary. The first thing I did with it was to turn to the word "impossible," and neatly clip it out of the book. That would not be an unwise thing for you to do.

Fear is a habit, so is self pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves: I can and I will.

One must realize that all who have accumulated great fortunes first did a certain amount of dreaming, hoping, wishing, desiring, and planning before they acquired money.

Nature yields her most profound secrets to the person who is determined to uncover them.

The subconscious mind is more susceptible to influence by impulses of thought mixed with 'feeling' or emotion, than by those originating solely in the reasoning portion of the mind.

Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire brings a small amount of heat.

Perhaps we shall learn, as we pass through this age, that the 'other self is more powerful than the physical self we see when we look into a mirror.

Nothing is more tragic - or more common - than mental inertia.

DESIRE - knowing what you want.

First you get a habit, then it gets you.

An intangible impulse of thought can be transmuted into material rewards

The capacity to surmount failure without being discouraged is the chief asset of every person who attains outstanding success in any calling.

The reason man may become the master of his own destiny is because he has the power to influence his own subconscious mind.

I had the happy privilege of analyzing both Mr. Edison and Mr. Ford, year by year, over a long period of years, and therefore, the opportunity to study them at close range, so I speak from actual knowledge when I say that I found no quality save persistence, in either of them, that even remotely suggested the major source of their stupendous achievements.

Self-respect is the best means of getting the respect of others.

Remember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure.

Visualization Of, and Belief in Attainment of Desire: The Second Step toward Riches

Whatever mind can concieved and believe can be achieves

everything you touch will begin to transmute itself into an asset for your benefit.

Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.