Quotes About Motivation

The men of greatest achievement are men with highly developed sex natures; men who have learned the art of sex transmutation.

The five fundamental steps that must be taken by all who succeed are: Choice of a definite goal to be attained Development of sufficient power to attain your goal Perfection of a practical plan for attaining your goal Accumulation of specialized knowledge necessary for the attainment of your goal Persistence in carrying out the plan

the crucial role the mind plays in personal growth and achievement

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a quitter.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Choice of language.

For every ten men who are physically lazy there are ten thousand with stagnant minds. And stagnant minds are the breeding places of fear.

The greatest achievement was, at first, and for a time, but a dream.

and A Lifetime of Riches: The Biography of Napoleon Hill

Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat. If you find yourself lacking in persistence, this weakness may be remedied by building a stronger fire under your desires.

Motive is the seed from which big sales grow.

The poor do not need charity; they need inspiration. Charity only sends them a loaf of bread to keep them alive in their wretchedness, or gives them an entertainment to make them forget for an hour or two; but inspiration will cause them to rise out of their misery. If you want to help the poor, demonstrate to them that they can become rich; prove it by getting rich yourself.

An efficient leader may, through his knowledge of his job and the magnetism of his personality, greatly increase the efficiency of others, and induce them to render more service and better service than they could render without his aid.

motive must contain the life germ or it will not germinate into a sale.

The person who understands how to inject the germ of life into motive is a master salesperson

Napoleon Hill

psychology of selling

autosuggestion as a way of altering your habits and beliefs so that you can make yourself into the master salesperson you want to become.

Napoleon Hill