Quotes by Napoleon Hill

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.

Dont wait. The time will never be just right.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

You dont have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didnt know you possessed.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

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

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.

Money without brains is always dangerous.

Education comes from within you get it by struggle and effort and thought.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.

“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

“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. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them.”

“The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.”

“A quitter never wins-and-a winner never quits.”

“I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself.”