Napoleon Hill

The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Money without brains is always dangerous.

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small amount of Are makes a small amount of heat.

Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is what the majority of men do. That is why the majority is just ordinary.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of per sistence in creating new plans to take the place of those that fail.

Time management is really a misnomer; the challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.

An optimist stays up to see the New Year in. A pessimist waits to make sure the old one leaves.

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small amount of Are makes a small amount of heat.

Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.

Winners lose much more often than losers. So if you keep losing but you’re still trying, keep it up! You’re right on track.

Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.

In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it’s better than no inspiration at all.

There is little you can learn from doing nothing.

I was in that part of the class that made the top half possible.

Everything in life is luck.

Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment and disillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rage or anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are other embodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing, not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects the quality of their relationships with others.

The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.

People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.