Quotes by
Napoleon Hill |
1883-1970 , American self-help writer
He is known best for his book Think and Grow Rich (1937) which is among the 10 best selling self-help books of all time. | 31 quotes | 788 visits |
Quotations
| • | A quitter never wins and a winner never quits. 7 |
| • | It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project. 6 |
| • | A goal is a dream with a deadline. 5 |
| • | Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass. 5 |
| • | Do not wait. The time will never be just right. 4 |
| • | The man who does more than he is paid for, and does it in a pleasant mental attitude, sooner or later is paid for more than he does. 4 |
| • | Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday. 4 |
| • | Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire brings a small amount of heat. 3 |
| • | First you fuel the desire, then the desire will fuel you. 3 |
| • | To succeed in life, succeed at being yourself. 3 |
| • | Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds. 3 |
| • | If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way. |
| • | The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors. |
| • | You have absolute control over just one thing, your thoughts. This divine gift is the sole means by which you may control your destiny. If you fail to control your mind, you will control nothing else. |
| • | Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. |
| • | It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed. |
| • | A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can't be done. |
| • | It takes a habit to replace a habit. |
| • | One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile. |
| • | Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. |
| • | Whatever you think today becomes what you are tomorrow. |
| • | To become successful you must be a person of action. Merely to “know” is not sufficient. It is necessary both to know and do. |
| • | You will never be greater than the thoughts that dominate your mind. |
| • | Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure. |
| • | If you have a strong belief in yourself, in what you are doing and what you want to do, no adversity is too difficult to overcome. |
| • | The only person to get even with are those who have helped you. |
| • | No man is free until he learns to do his own thinking and gains the courage to act on his own personal initiative. |
| • | It is always better to imitate a successful man than to envy him. |
| • | When Opportunity came, the person didn't realize it because it came in the form of misfortune. |
| • | Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing. |
| • | Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel. |
