Quotes by Napoleon Hill

About Napoleon Hill:

Napoleon Hill is one of the best-selling books of all time (at the time of Hill's death in 1970, Think and Grow Rich had sold 20 million copies). Hill's works examined the power of personal beliefs, and the role they play in personal success. Most of his books described principles to achieve 'success'.
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Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

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Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

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Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.

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Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

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No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

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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.

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

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Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

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Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.

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Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

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

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

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

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Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.

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You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.

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Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

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Action is the real measure of intelligence.

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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.

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

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One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.

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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.

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Author Bio

  • NameNapoleon Hill
  • DescriptionAmerican author
  • BornOctober 26, 1883
  • DiedNovember 8, 1970
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Essayist; Journalist; Professor
  • WorksThink And Grow Rich; The Law Of Success