Quotes from Napoleon Hill

Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.

When the mind has been cleared of a negative mental attitude the power of Faith moves in and begins to take possession!

Every move, every act, and every thought of every human being is influenced by one or more of the nine basic motives.

You may see at one and the same time both your best friend and your greatest enemy, by stepping in front of a mirror.

The mind grows only through use, and it atrophies through idleness.

The only way for you to really know how your voice sounds to others is to record yourself. You will likely be surprised by how different it sounds when you hear it played back. Analyze the recording to find where and how you could make improvements. Note the tone, the pitch, and the rhythm of your speech patterns. Do your words flow smoothly, or do you stop and start and interrupt yourself with ums and ahs? Just by hearing yourself you will be able to make many improvements.

The man who is certain to advance is the one who is too big for his place, and who has a clear concept of what he wants to be; who knows that he can become what he wants to be and who is determined to BE what he wants to be.

There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish.

The moment you complete this, you will have DEFINITELY given concrete form to the intangible DESIRE. Read the preceding sentence once more.

DEFINITENESS OF DECISION. The man who wavers in his decisions, shows that he is not sure of himself. He cannot lead others successfully.

however, that motive usually must be placed by you in the mind of the prospective buyer.

I Will Never Stop Because Men Say No.

That depends entirely upon the nature and extent of one's desires, and the control one exercises over his mind in keeping it free from fear and doubt and self-imposed limitations. This sort of control comes through constant vigilance, wherein one keeps his mind free of all negative thoughts and leaves it open for the influx and the guidance of Infinite Intelligence.

When a group of individual brains are coordinated and function in Harmony, the increased energy created through that alliance, becomes available to every individual brain in the group.

You are more apt to "rust" out your brain from disuse than you are to wear it out from use. You can do it if you believe you can.

But he did have initiative, faith and the will to win.

Maybe young Barnes did not know it at the time, but his bulldog determination, his persistence in standing back of a single DESIRE, was destined to mow down all opposition, and bring him the opportunity he was seeking.

The more men who get rich on the competitive plane, the worse for others; the more who get rich on the creative plane, the better for others.

DESIRE OUTWITS MOTHER NATURE

The path of least resistance makes all rivers, and some men, crooked.

Money is shy and elusive. It must be wooed and won by methods not unlike those used by a determined lover in pursuit of a mate. And, coincidental as it is, the power used in the wooing of money is not greatly different from that used in wooing a lover. That power, when successfully used in the pursuit of money, must be mixed with persistence. It must be applied through a plan, and that plan must be set into action. p200

where there's a will, there's a way.

An appearance of prosperity attracts attention always, with no exceptions whatsover. Moreover, a look of prosperity attracts "favorable attention," because the one dominating desire in every human heart is to be prosperous.

It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.