“Failure is man-made circumstance. It is never real until accepted by man as permanent.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Will-power and desire, when properly combined, make an irresistible pair.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence.”
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Napoleon Hill
“If Europe had been blessed with more rulers with the human heart and the traits of honesty of ex-king Edward, for the past century, that unfortunate hemisphere now seething with greed, hate, lust, political connivance, and threats of war, would have a different and a better story to tell. A story in which Love and not Hate would rule.
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Napoleon Hill
“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”
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Napoleon Hill
“DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning DESIRE to possess it.”
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Napoleon Hill
“If you don’t believe in yourself, how can you ask others to do so?”
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Napoleon Hill
“He recalled, too, his mistake in having stopped only three feet from gold, "but," he said, "that experience was a blessing in disguise. It taught me to keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be, a lesson I needed to learn before I could succeed in anything.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The future leader in industry, to endure, must regard himself as a quasi-public official whose duty it is to manage his trust in such a way that it will work hardship on no individual, or group of individuals.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Remember, the thoughts that you think and the statements you make regarding yourself determine your mental attitude. If you have a worthwhile objective, find the one reason why you can achieve it rather than hundreds of reasons why you can't”
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Napoleon Hill
“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.”
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Napoleon Hill
“In every adversity or defeat there is a seed of equal or greater benefit.”
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Napoleon Hill
“Those who are afraid of new ideas are doomed before they start.”
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Napoleon Hill
“The only limitation is that which one sets up in one’s own mind.”
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Napoleon Hill
“nothing is impossible to the person who backs desire with enduring faith.”
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Napoleon Hill