Quotes from Napoleon Hill

Bravery is physical; courage is mental and moral.

The application of this principle may be made through a simple arrangement of positive thought impulses stated in writing, memorized, and repeated, until they become a part of the working equipment of the subconscious faculty of your mind.

his mistake in having stopped only three feet from gold, "but," he said, "that experience was a blessing in disguise. It taught me to keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be, a lesson I needed to learn before I could succeed in anything.

It is the belief of many that every completed thought starts an unending vibration with which the one who releases it will have to contend at a later time; that man, himself, is but the physical reflection of thought that was put into motion by infinite intelligence.

Concentration

A negative personality will not induce cooperation.

the habit of planting in the mind a definite aim, objective, or purpose, and visualizing that objective until ways and means for its realization have been created.

Emphasis of title.

Personal associations are important, because everyone acquires something of the philosophy, the personality, and the mental

While I was passing through the age of "hero-worship" I found myself trying to imitate those whom I most admired. Moreover, I discovered that the element of FAITH, with which I endeavored to imitate my idols, gave me great capacity to do so quite successfully.

Character is Power. Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends — there is nothing to compare with it.

El deseo ardiente de ser y de hacer es el punto de partida desde el cual debe comenzar el soñador. Los sueños no nacen de la indiferencia, la pereza o la falta de ambición.

If the thing you wish to do is right, and you believe in it, go ahead and do it! Put your dream across, and never mind what "they" say if you meet with temporary defeat, for "they," perhaps, do not know that every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.

SUCCESS REQUIRES NO EXPLANATIONS FAILURE PERMITS NO ALIBIS

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

Either you control your habits or your habits will control you.

The day of the go-getter has passed. He has been supplanted by the go-giver.

DEFINITE CHIEF AIM; HABIT OF SAVING; SELF CONFIDENCE; IMAGINATION; INITIATIVE; LEADERSHIP; ENTHUSIASM; SELF CONTROL; DOING MORE THAN PAID FOR; PLEASING PERSONALITY; ACCURATE THOUGHT; CONCENTRATION; COOPERATION; FAILURE; TOLERANCE; GOLDEN RULE; THE MASTER MIND.

Sincerity of purpose.

You probably know that you are not the only man who has had to sacrifice immediate monetary remuneration for the sake of gathering knowledge, for in truth your experience has been that of every philosopher from the time of Socrates down to the present.

As we are, so is the world to us. The most familiar objects change their aspect with every change of the soul.

It taught me to keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be, a lesson I needed to learn before I could succeed in anything.

our brains become magnetized with the dominating thoughts which we hold in our minds, and, by means with which no man is familiar, these "magnets" attract to us the forces, the people, the circumstances of life which harmonize with the nature of our dominating thoughts.

Transformation of the intangible impulse, of DESIRE, into the tangible reality, of MONEY, calls for the use of a plan, or plans.