Napoleon Hill

Money without brains is always dangerous.

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 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.

Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds.

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

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

Be courageous! Have faith! Go forward.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

Sometimes a loss is the best thing that can happen. It teaches you what you should have done.

It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.

Don’t be trapped by dogma-which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.

Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.

Problems are often opportunities coming at us in packaging that isn’t what we expect or want.- Donald J. Trump

There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.

You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.

All men are created equal. No matter how hard they try, they can never erase those words. That is what America is about.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.