Quotes from Napoleon Hill

The test of a man is in his immediate acts, and not in ultra-sentiments; and if those acts are consistently informed with selfishness and bitterness, if those at home hear his steps with dread, and feel a joyful relief on his departure, how empty are his expressions of sympathy for the suffering or down trodden how futile his membership of a philanthropic society.

There is a great power of attraction back of the person who has a positive character, and this power expresses itself through unseen as well as visible sources. The moment you come within speaking distance of such a person, even though not a word is spoken, the influence of the "unseen power within" makes itself felt.

He follows the habit of listening much and talking only when he has something to say that may benefit himself or others.

attempt to carry out the desire. But his was no ordinary desire! He was so determined to find a way to carry out his desire that he finally decided to travel by "blind baggage," rather than be defeated. (In other words, he went to East Orange on a freight train.) He presented himself at Mr. Edison's laboratory and announced he had come to go into business with the inventor. Years later, in speaking of the first meeting between Barnes and Edison, Mr. Edison said

Worry is a state of mind based upon fear. It works slowly, but persistently. It is insiduous and subtle.

when a man is borrowing merely to live, is a depressing experience, and the money lacks the power of earned money to revive his spirits. Of course, none of this applies to bums or habitual ne'er-do-wells, but only to men of normal ambitions and self-respect.

AVOID NEGATIVE EMOTIONS

Procrastination, the opposite of decision, is a common enemy which practically everyone must conquer.

faith is the starting point of all accumulation of riches!

no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.

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I bargained with Life for a penny, And Life would pay no more, However I begged at evening When I counted my scanty store. For Life is a just employer, He gives you what you ask, But once you have set the wages, Why, you must bear the task. I worked for a menial's hire, Only to learn, dismayed, That any wage I had asked of Life, Life would have willingly paid.

You either go direct, or you do not communicate. You

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

Self-confidence Formula

It is always better to imitate a successful man than to envy him.

Just what young Barnes said to Mr. Edison on that occasion was far less important than that which he thought. Edison, himself, said so! It could not have been the young man's appearance which got him his start in the Edison office, for that was definitely against him. It was what he THOUGHT that counted. If the significance of this statement could be conveyed to every person who reads it, there would be no need for the remainder of this book.

Before success comes in any man's life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to QUIT. That is exactly what the majority of men do.

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decisions is the seedling of fear! Remember this, as you read. Indecision crystalizes into doubt, the two blend and become fear! The "blending" process often is slow. This is one reason why these three enemies are so dangerous. They germinate and grow without their presence being observed.

AVOID NEGATIVE EMOTIONS As you will recall, it was stated that the subconscious is influenced when the ideas are strongly emotionalized, but it does not differentiate between emotions that are positive or negative. The subconscious mind responds to the intensity of the emotion, not the kind of emotion. Your subconscious is influenced by the negatives

God moves in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform.

Gifts, powers, material, intellectual, and spiritual possessions are the fruits of effort; they are thoughts completed, objects accomplished, visions realized.

Watch the one ahead of you, and you'll learn why he is ahead. Then emulate him.