Quotes from Napoleon Hill

But worry is rust upon the blade. It is not movement that destroys the machinery, but friction.

You may as well know, also that every great leader, from the dawn of civilization down to the present, was a dreamer.

master of his fate, the captain of his soul.

His experience with Charles M. Schwab, and other young men of Mr. Schwab's type, convinced Mr. Carnegie that much of that which is taught in the schools is of no value whatsoever in connection with the business of earning a living or accumulating riches.

Most people are not influenced by reason; they are swayed by emotion.

SUCCESS REQUIRES NO APOLOGIES, FAILURE PERMITS NO ALIBIS." If the thing you wish to do is right, and you believe in it, go ahead and do it! Put your dream across, and never mind what "they" say if you meet with temporary defeat, for "they," perhaps, do not know that EVERY FAILURE BRINGS WITH IT THE SEED OF AN EQUIVALENT SUCCESS.

Only a positive mental attitude pays off in the affairs of everyday living

Impossible," said he, "is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.

Fears are nothing more than states of mind.

A QUITTER NEVER WINS—AND—A WINNER NEVER QUITS. Lift this sentence out, write it on a piece of paper in letters an inch high, and place it where you will see it every night before you go to sleep, and every morning before you go to work.

Any emergency which arouses the emotions, and causes the heart to beat more rapidly than normal may, and generally does, bring the sixth sense into action.

Henry Ford is a success, because he understands, and applies the principles of success. One of these is DESIRE: knowing what one wants.

You can depend upon this much-CAPITALISTIC AMERICA INSURES EVERY PERSON THE OPPORTUNITY TO RENDER USEFUL SERVICE, AND TO COLLECT RICHES IN PROPORTION TO THE VALUE OF THE SERVICE. The System denies no one this right, but it does not, and cannot promise SOMETHING FOR NOTHING, because the system, itself, is irrevocably controlled by the LAW OF ECONOMICS which neither recognizes nor tolerates for long, GETTING WITHOUT GIVING.

He recalled, too, his mistake in having stopped only three feet from gold, "but," he said, "that experience was a blessing in disguise. 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.

The greatest among ye shall be the servant of all" is a truth which all able leaders observe and respect.

The LAW OF ECONOMICS was passed by Nature! There is no Supreme Court to which violators of this law may appeal. The law hands out both penalties for its violation, and appropriate rewards for its observance, without interference or the possibility of interference by any human being. The law cannot be repealed. It is as fixed as the stars in the heavens, and subject to, and a part of the same system that controls the stars.

The turning point in the lives of those who succeed, usually comes at the moment of some crisis, through which they are introduced to their other selves. John

That the quality of service you render, plus the quantity, plus the mental attitude in which you render it determines the sort of job you hold and the amount of pay you receive.—NAPOLEON HILL

The Sixth Sense is a subject that will be of great interest and benefit to the person whose aim is to accumulate vast wealth, but it need not claim the attention of those whose desires are more modest.

A man's alibi is the child of his own imagination. It is human nature to defend one's own brain-child.

May one refuse to adapt one's self to the LAW OF ECONOMICS?  Certainly! This is a free country, where all men are born with equal rights, including the privilege of ignoring the LAW OF ECONOMICS. What happens then? Well, nothing happens until large numbers of men join forces for the avowed purpose of ignoring the law, and taking what they want by force.

books we read, the people with whom we associate, the country and community in which we live, the nature of the work we do, the clothes we wear, the songs we sing, and, most important of all, the religious and intellectual training we receive in our early teenage years.

Toda persona que triunfe en cualquier empresa debe estar dispuesta a quemar sus naves y a cortar todas las fuentes de retirada. Sólo así puede uno estar seguro de mantener ese estado mental conocido como un ardiente deseo de ganar, que es esencial para el éxito.

Life's battles don't always go To the stronger or faster man, But soon or late the man who wins Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN!