“no one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The oak sleeps in the acorn. The bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul, a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of reality.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Man’s greatest motivating force is his desire to please woman! The hunter who excelled during prehistoric days, before the dawn of civilization, did so, because of his desire to appear great in the eyes of woman. Man’s nature has not changed in this respect. The “hunter” of today brings home no skins of wild animals, but he indicates his desire for her favor by supplying fine clothes, motor cars, and wealth. Man has the same desire to please woman that he had before the dawn of civilization. The only thing that has changed, is his method of pleasing. Men who accumulate large fortunes, and attain to great heights of power and fame, do so, mainly, to satisfy their desire to please women.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Keep your eyes and ears wide open— and your mouth closed, if you wish to acquire the habit of prompt decision.”
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Napoleon Hill
“You have a brain and mind of your own. Use it, and reach your own decisions.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Do not expect something for nothing. Be willing to give an equivalent value for all that you desire, and include in your plans a definite provision for doing so.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Antes de que el éxito aparezca en la vida de cualquier hombre, es seguro que éste se topará con muchas derrotas temporales, y quizá con algún fracaso.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Henry Ford has been repeatedly mentioned, because he is an astounding example of what a man with a mind of his own, and a will to control it, can accomplish.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organised into definite plans of action and directed to a definite end.”
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Napoleon Hill
“When a group of individual brains are coordinated and function in Harmony, the increased energy created through that alliance, becomes available to every individual brain in the group.”
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Napoleon Hill
“I am master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.”
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Napoleon Hill
“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. If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a “quitter.”
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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
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Napoleon Hill