Quotes from Napoleon Hill

The ability to say 'woe is me' shows an abundance of inactivity." If I have time to think about how crappy things are, then I simply am not in action. I am not doing enough.

If it isn't your job to do it, perhaps it is your opportunity.

a definite chief aim and the principle of concentration

How much actual cash that original DESIRE of Barnes' has been worth to him, I have no way of knowing. Perhaps it has brought him two or three million dollars, but the amount, whatever it is, becomes insignificant when compared with the greater asset he acquired in the form of definite knowledge that an intangible impulse of thought can be transmuted into its physical counterpart by the application of known principles.

DREAMS ARE THE SEEDLINGS OF REALITY

Kill the habit of worry, in all its forms, by reaching a general, blanket decision that nothing which life has to offer is worth the price of worry.

conocimientos aplicados de manera efectiva y persistente.

The urge to continue was stronger than the desire to quit." Remember that time when you wanted to quit, but something drove you to keep going? It may have been your "other self.

Will-power and desire, when properly combined, make an irresistible pair.

Yet before another ten years had passed, he was dictator of all Arabia, ruler of Mecca, and the head of a New World religion which was to sweep to the Danube and the Pyrenees before exhausting the impetus he gave it. That impetus was three­fold: the power of words, the efficacy of prayer and man's kinship with God.

Uno de mis dispositivos más inteligentes para el control mental es el miedo. Siembro la semilla del miedo en la mente de la gente, y a medida que germinan y crecen, con el uso, controlo el espacio que ocupan. Los seis miedos más efectivos son: el miedo a la pobreza, el miedo a las críticas, el miedo a la mala salud, el miedo a la pérdida del amor, el miedo a la vejez y el miedo a la muerte.

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There is no standard price on ideas. The creator of ideas makes his own price, and, if he is smart, gets it.

I believe in the power of DESIRE backed by FAITH, because I have seen this power lift men from lowly beginnings to places of power and wealth; I have seen it rob the grave of its victims; I have seen it serve as the medium by which men staged a comeback after having been defeated in a hundred different ways; I have seen it provide my own son with a normal, happy, successful life, despite Nature's having sent him into the world without ears.

You won't be free as long as you're afraid.

be applied successfully only with the aid of the other.

every student should be asked 'to choose a definite future course and to call a halt if he has been merely pleasantly drifting without purpose through an unspecialized academic curriculum.

misconception

Those who believe that they can achieve the object of their definite chief aim do not recognize the word impossible.

Many successful people have found opportunities in failure and adversity that they could not recognize in more favorable circumstances.

when one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance.

This line of procedure may take a few days or weeks of extra time, but the difference in income, in advancement, and in gaining recognition will save years of hard work at small pay. It has many advantages, the main one being that it will often save from one to five years of time in reaching a chosen goal.

Any man who devotes that much time . . . must of necessity make discoveries of great value to others.

Cada pessoa que vence em qualquer empreitada deve estar disposta a queimar seus navios e fechar todas as vias de recuo. Esse é o único jeito pelo qual se pode ter certeza de manter o estado mental conhecido como desejo ardente de vencer. Ele é essencial para o sucesso.