Napoleon Hill

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.

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

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.

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

Money without brains is always dangerous.

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

Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment.

You will reap what you sow,’ rings true again. And you will be reaping it. A good thing to think about.

When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you’re making a commitment and difference in that person’s life. Encouragement really does make a difference.

Every obnoxious act is a cry for help.

It is better to inspire a reform than to enforce it.

The harder I work, the luckier I get. When you have momentum going, play the momentum.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways it won’t work.

I have learned that what is essential can sometimes be invisible to the eye. That’s where discernment comes in.

Projecting your mind into a successful situation is the most powerful means to achieve goals.

To be candid, some people have given positive thinking a bad name. I can’t stand to hear some gung-ho individual say that with positive thinking you can just do ‘anything.’ If you think about that one for a moment, you recognize the absurdity of it.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

If your watch is slow by just four minutes, that’s not much – unless you’ve been warned that if you’re even one minute late ever again you will be fired. Then four minutes make a big difference.

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

The more you prospect, the more you prosper.