Quotes from Napoleon Hill

We see men who have accumulated great fortunes, but we often recognize only their triumph, overlooking the temporary defeats which they had to surmount before arriving.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.

If the mind of man can believe, the mind of man can achieve.

I pray daily, not for more riches, but for more wisdom with which to recognize, embrace and enjoy what I already possess.

Men are paid, not merely for what they know, but more particularly for WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT WHICH THEY KNOW.

FAITH is the only agency through which the cosmic force of Infinite Intelligence can be harnessed and used by man.

The Ability to influence people without irritating them is the most profitable art known to man.

Seek the counsel of men who will tell you the truth about yourself, even if it hurts you to hear it. Mere commendation will not bring the improvement you need.

Men of action usually win - that is one of their distinctive features.

The imagination is literally the workshop wherein are fashioned all plans created by man.

The man of decision cannot be stopped! The man of indecision cannot be started! Take your own choice.

The world does not pay men for that which they "know". It pays them for what they do, or induce others to do.

It is a fact that the majority of a man's griefs comes about through lack of self-control.

It is a well known fact that a man learns best that which he endeavors to teach others.

A man who can speak two languages is worth two men.

A man is most efficient and will more quickly and easily succeed when engaged in work that he loves, or work that he performs in behalf of some person whom he loves.

Any man is educated who knows where to get knowledge when he needs it, and how to organize that knowledge into definite plans of action.

A wise man watches his faults more closely than his virtues; fools reverse the order.

No man can avail himself of the forces of his creative imagination, while dissipating them.

Conceit is a fog that envelops a man's real character beyond his own recognition. It weakens his native ability and strengthens all his inconsistencies .

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

Life's greatest tragedy consists of men and women who earnestly try, and fail!

The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.