"The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Before success comes in any man's life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"A quitter never wins-and-a winner never quits."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak, carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"More gold had been mined from the mind of men than the earth it self"
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"To win the big stakes in this changed world, you must catch the spirit of the great pioneers of the past, whose dreams have given to civilization all that it has of value, the spirit that serves as the life-blood of our own country - your opportunity and mine, to develop and market our talents."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Neglecting to broaden their view has kept some people doing one thing all their lives."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Helen Keller became deaf, dumb, and blind shortly after birth. Despite her greatest misfortune, she has written her name indelibly in the pages of the history of the great. Her entire life has served as evidence that no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Remember,too,that all who succeed in life get off to a bad start,and pass through many heartbreaking struggles before they "arrive". The turning point in the lives of those who succeed usually comes at some moment of crisis,through which they are introduced to their "other selves"."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"The only limitation is that which one sets up in one's own mind."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a "quitter." A QUITTER NEVER WINS AND A WINNER NEVER QUITS. Lift this sentence out, write it on a piece of paper in letters an inch high, and place it where you will see it every night before you go to sleep, and every morning before you go to work"
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"If you think you are beaten, you are,
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you like to win, but you think you can't,
It is almost certain you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you're lost,
For out in the world we find,
Success begins with a fellow's will -
It's all in the state of MIND.
If you think you're outclassed, you are,
You've got to think high to rise,
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.
Life's battles, don't always go
To the stronger or faster man
But soon or later the man who wins
Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN!"
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"There is no substitute for persistence. The person who makes persistence his watch-word, discovers that "Old Man Failure" finally becomes tired, and makes his departure. Failure cannot cope with persistence."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"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."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe it can achieve."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"knowledge is power." It is nothing of the sort! Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich: The Original 1937 Unedited Edition
"faith removes limitations!"
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a definite plan."
And
"A man whose mind is filled with fear not only destroys his own chances of intelligent action, but he transmits these destructive vibrations to the minds of all who come in contact with him, and destroys, also, their chances."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"both success and failure are largely the results of habit!"
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one when success is almost within reach."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"If you fill your mind with FEAR, doubt and unbelief in your ability to connect with, and use the forces of Infinite Intelligence, the law of auto-suggestion will take this spirit of unbelief and use it as a pattern by which your subconscious mind will translate it into its physical equivalent."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Every man is what he is, because of the dominating thoughts which he permits to occupy his mind."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"remember that the moment you reduce the statement of your desire, and a plan for its realization, to writing, you have actually taken the first of a series of steps, which will enable you to convert the thought into its physical counterpart."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"He had nothing to start with, except the capacity to know what he wanted, and the determination to stand by that desire until he realized it."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Fix in your mind the exact amount of money you desire. It is not sufficient merely to say, 'I want plenty of money.' Be definite as to the amount. (There is a psychological reason for definiteness which will be described in a subsequent chapter.) 2. Determine exactly what you intend to give in return for the money you desire. (There is no such reality as 'something for nothing'.) 3. Establish a definite date when you intend to possess the money you desire.
4. Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire, and begin at once, whether you are ready or not, to put this plan into action. 5. 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. 6. Read your written statement aloud, twice daily, once just before retiring at night, and once after rising in the morning. AS YOU READ, SEE AND FEEL AND BELIEVE YOURSELF ALREADY IN POSSESSION OF THE MONEY."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"FAITH and FEAR make poor bedfellows. Where one is found, the other cannot exist."
― Napoleon Hill, The Classic Napoleon Hill Masterpiece THINK AND GROW RICH [Illustrated & Annotated]
"One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"A long while ago, a great warrior faced a situation which made it necessary for him to make a decision which insured his success on the battlefield. He was about to send his armies against a powerful foe, whose men outnumbered his own. He loaded his soldiers into boats, sailed to the enemy's country, unloaded soldiers and equipment, then gave the order to burn the ships that had carried them. Addressing his men before the first battle, he said, "You see the boats going up in smoke. That means that we cannot leave these shores alive unless we win! We now have no choice—we win, or we perish! They won."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"If you must be careless with your possessions, let it be in connection with material things. Your mind is your spiritual estate! Protect and use it with the care to which Divine Royalty is entitled. You were given a WILL-POWER for this purpose."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich!
"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."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich!
"The great leaders of business, industry, finance, and the great artists, musicians, poets, and writers became great, because they developed the faculty of creative imagination."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich: The Original 1937 Unedited Edition
"The day of the "go-getter" has passed. He has been supplanted by the "go-giver."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"An educated man is not, necessarily, one who has an abundance of general or specialized knowledge. An educated man is one who has so developed the faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he wants, or its equivalent, without violating the rights of others."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on despite all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Taking an inventory of mental assets and liabilities, you will discover that your greatest weakness is lack of self-confidence. This handicap can be surmounted - and timidity translated into courage - through the aid of the principle of autosuggestion."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Remember that your real wealth can be measured not by what you have, but by what you are."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"One sound idea is all that one needs to achieve success."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich: The Original 1937 Unedited Edition
"an intangible impulse of thought can be transmuted into material rewards"
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"If you are one of those who believe that hard work and honesty, alone, will bring riches, perish the thought! It is not true! Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of hard work! Riches come, if they come at all, in response to definite demands, based upon the application of definite principles, and not by chance or luck."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"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."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Faith is the "eternal elixir" which gives life, power, and action to the impulse of thought!"
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Faith is the only known antidote for failure!"
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"All the world loves a winner, and has no time for a loser"
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Love is, without question, life's greatest experience."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea!"
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"If you think you are beaten, you are, If you think you dare not, you don't If you like to win, but you think you can't, It is almost certain you won't. . "If you think you'll lose, you're lost For out of the world we find, Success begins with a fellow's will— It's all in the state of mind. . "If you think you are outclassed, you are, You've got to think high to rise, You've got to be sure of yourself before You can ever win a prize. . "Life's battles don't always go To the stronger or faster man, But soon or late the man who wins Is the man who thinks he can!"
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
1. I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life. Therefore I demand of myself persistent, continuous action towards its attainment, and I here and now promise to take such action.
2. I realise the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves in outward, physical action and gradually transform themselves into physical reality. Therefore I will concentrate my thoughts for 30 minutes daily upon the task of thinking of the person I intend to become, thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture of that person.
3. I know through the principle of autosuggestion that any desire I persistently hold in my mind will eventually seek expression through some practical means of attaining the object. Therefore I will devote 10 minutes daily to demanding of myself the development of self-confidence .
4. I have clearly written down a description of my Definite Chief Aim in life. I will never stop trying until I have developed sufficient self-confidence for its attainment.
5. I fully realise that no wealth or position can long endure unless built upon truth and justice. Therefore I will engage in no transaction that does not benefit all whom it affects. I will succeed by attracting to myself the forces I wish to use, and the cooperation of other people. I will induce others to serve me because of my willingness to serve others. I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness and cynicism by developing love for all humanity because I know that a negative attitude towards others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself. I will sign my name to this formula, commit it to memory and repeat it aloud once a day, with full faith that it will gradually influence my thoughts and actions so that I will become a self-reliant and successful person."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"affliction was not a liability, but an asset of great value."
― Napoleon Hill, The Classic Napoleon Hill Masterpiece THINK AND GROW RICH [Illustrated & Annotated]
"Fear of poverty is a state of mind, nothing else! But it is sufficient to destroy one's chances of achievement in any undertaking, a truth which became painfully evident during the depression."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"THERE ARE NO LIMITATIONS TO THE MIND EXCEPT THOSE WE ACKNOWLEDGE. BOTH POVERTY AND RICHES ARE THE OFFSPRING OF THOUGHT."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"If the first plan you adopt does not work successfully, replace it with a new plan. If this new plan fails to work, replace it, in turn, with still another, and so on until you find a plan which does work."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"He had no money to begin with. He had but little education. He had no influence. But he did have initiative, faith and the will to win."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"An efficient leader may, through his knowledge of his job and the magnetism of his personality, greatly increase the efficiency of others, and induce them to render more service and better service than they could render without his aid."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"the famous Emil Coué formula, 'Day by day, in every way, I am getting better and better',"
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"missing link" in all systems of education known to civilization today, may be found in the failure of educational institutions to teach their students HOW TO ORGANIZE AND USE KNOWLEDGE AFTER THEY ACQUIRE IT."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of LACK OF AMBITION!"
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"IDEAS CAN BE TRANSMUTED INTO CASH THROUGH THE POWER OF DEFINITE PURPOSE, PLUS DEFINITE PLANS."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"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."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"You may as well know, also that every great leader, from the dawn of civilization down to the present, was a dreamer."
― Napoleon Hill, The Classic Napoleon Hill Masterpiece THINK AND GROW RICH [Illustrated & Annotated]
"SUCCESS REQUIRES NO APOLOGIES, FAILURE PERMITS NO ALIBIS." 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."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"FAITH is the head chemist of the mind. When FAITH is blended with the vibration of thought, the subconscious mind instantly picks up the vibration, translates it into its spiritual equivalent, and transmits it to Infinite Intelligence, as in the case of prayer."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich: The Original 1937 Unedited Edition
"I had learned, from years of experience with men, that when a man really desires a thing so deeply that he is willing to stake his entire future on a single turn of the wheel in order to get it, he is sure to win."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Success come to those who become success conscious."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"The author discovered, through personally analyzing hundreds of successful men, that all of them followed the habit of exchanging ideas, through what is commonly called conferences. When they had problems to be solved they sat down together and talked freely until they discovered, from their joint contribution of ideas, a plan that would serve their purpose."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Analysis of several hundred people who had accumulated fortunes well beyond the million dollar mark, disclosed the fact that every one of them had the habit of REACHING DECISIONS PROMPTLY, and of changing these decisions SLOWLY, if, and when they were changed. People who fail to accumulate money, without exception have the habit of reaching decisions, IF AT ALL, very slowly, and of changing these decisions quickly and often."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich: The Original 1937 Unedited Edition
"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."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich: The Original 1937 Unedited Edition
"the work and achievements of hundreds of men of outstanding accomplishment, that there was the influence of a woman's love behind nearly every one of them."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"La indecisión se cristaliza en la duda, ¡los dos se mezclan y se convierten en miedo!"
― Napoleon Hill, Piense y Hágase Rico
"accumulation of money cannot be left to chance, good fortune and luck. One must realise that all who have accumulated great fortunes first did a certain amount of dreaming, hoping, wishing, desiring and planning before they acquired money."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"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?"
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich: The Original 1937 Unedited Edition
"Finally, he lifted his head slowly, got up and walked to the door. Then he turned around, came back, laid his hand on my shoulder and said, 'My boy, you will need much courage if you remain steadfast in carrying out your purpose in life. But remember, when difficulties overtake you, the common people have common sense. Adversity will develop it."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"PROCRASTINATION. The habit of putting off until tomorrow that which should have been done last year."
― Napoleon Hill, The Classic Napoleon Hill Masterpiece THINK AND GROW RICH [Illustrated & Annotated]
"their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them. Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one up when success is almost within reach."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
"Fear of competition from followers. The leader who fears that one of his followers may take his position is practically sure to realize that fear sooner or later."
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
