Quotes from Napoleon Hill

Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course toward his objective in life, without being swayed from his purpose by either commendation or condemnation.

Success is the development of the power with which to get whatever one wants in life without interfering with the rights of others.

People, generally, do not complain of high prices, providing the "service" or embellishment of the merchandise is such as to pave the way for high prices. What people do complain of, and rightly so, is high prices and "sloppy" service.

There is positively no way of permanently rising above poverty, or any undesirable condition, except by eradicating those selfish and negative conditions within, of which these are the reflection, and by virtue of which they continue.

Si quiere perdurar, el futuro líder industrial debe considerarse a sí mismo como un oficial cuasi-público, cuyo deber es manejar su empresa de tal manera que no atente contra los intereses de ningún individuo o grupo de individuos. La explotación de los trabajadores es cosa del pasado. Esperamos que el hombre que aspira al liderazgo en el campo de los negocios, la industria y el trabajo recuerde esto.

Si lo que desea hacer es correcto, y si cree en eso, ¡adelante, hágalo! Lleve a cabo su sueño, y no haga caso de lo que digan los "demás" si sufre una derrota temporal, ya que tal vez los "demás" no saben que cada fracaso lleva consigo la semilla de un éxito equivalente.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great, though they make an exception in your favor to all their rules of trade.

There is no better test of character than a man's treatment of difficulties. The coward shuns them; the lazy man tries to go around them; the idler dawdles in front of them, waiting like Micawber for something to turn up or some miracle to remove them; the baby-man waits for some friend to lift him over them ; but the manly man surmounts them.

Toda su vida ha sido una demostración de que nadie es derrotado hasta que la derrota sea aceptada como una realidad.

Travel over your newly made paths as often as possible. Create opportunities for doing

power must be applied before it is effective.

The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish.

More gold had been mined from the mind of men than the earth itself.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat. Only by so doing can one be sure of maintaning that state of mind known as a BURNING DESIRE TO WIN, essential to success.

There is a plan, or a law, by which it hurdles men over many obstacles before giving them the privilege of leadership or the opportunity to render useful service in a noteworthy fashion.

The whole course of things goes to teach us faith. We need only obey. There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening, we shall hear the right word." The right word? desire!

If we are related, we have, through these pages, met.       THE END

It was no ordinary DESIRE that survived disappointment, discouragement, temporary defeat, criticism, and the constant reminding of waste of time. It was a BURNING DESIRE! AN OBSESSION!

and practical relief to thousands of deafened people who, without his help, would have been doomed forever to deaf mutism.

the stronger you become and the easier it will be for you to do so the next time.

organize your knowledge so that you can turn your plans into power.

Barnes succeeded because he chose a definite goal, placed all his energy, all his will power, all his effort, everything, back of that goal.

El estado mental debe ser la convicción, y no la mera esperanza o anhelo.

Una de las mayores debilidades de la humanidad es la familiaridad del hombre promedio con la palabra "imposible".