Napoleon Hill the Writer, biography, facts and quotes

"The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself"

"Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel"

"A goal is a dream with a deadline"

"The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be"

"Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best"

"Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle"

"Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire"

"Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday"

"The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job"

"The ladder of success is never crowded at the top"

"Your big opportunity may be right where you are now"

"Think and grow rich"

"There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it"

"The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail"

"Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession"

"The starting point of all achievement is desire"

"The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face"

"You give before you get"

"You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for"

"Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent"

"When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve"

"When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal"

"We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted"

"War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man"

"Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting"

"Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge"

"Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another"

"Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success"

"Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat"

"One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life"

"It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project"

"It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed"

"It is always your next move"

"It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served"

"If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge"

"If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self"

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

"Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes"

"Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it"

"Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing"

"Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness"

"First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination"

"Fears are nothing more than a state of mind"

"Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited"

"Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success"

"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit"

"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit"

"Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought"

"Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times"

"Don't wait. The time will never be just right"

Born as	Oliver Napoleon Hill
Occup.	Writer
From	USA
Born	October 26, 1883 Pound, Virginia, USA
Died	November 8, 1970 South Carolina, USA
Aged	87 years

Napoleon Hill Biography

59 Famous quotes by Napoleon Hill