Quotes from Napoleon Hill

The wages of sin is death!

As the American educator William L. Phelps noted, "Real happiness is not dependent on external things. The pond is fed from within. The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions. You must cultivate your mind if you wish to achieve enduring happiness. You must furnish your mind with interesting thoughts and ideas. For an empty mind seeks pleasure as a substitute for happiness.

Negative statements in selling not only set up resentment in the mind of the prospective buyer, but they also infect the salesperson's own subconscious mind so that it throws off negative vibrations that are picked up by other people and acted upon to the detriment of the salesperson.

el éxito no necesita disculpas, y el fracaso no acepta excusas".

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence. HOW

If a steamship lost its rudder, in mid-ocean, and began circling around, it would soon exhaust its fuel supply without reaching shore, despite the fact that it would use up enough energy to carry it to shore and back several times.

Some individuals appear to be "allergic" to honest work, but opportunity is equally allergic to them.

To fear or to worry is as sinful as to curse, for how can one fear or worry if he intrinsically believes in the Eternal justice, the Omnipotent Good, the Boundless Love? To fear, to worry, to doubt, is to deny, to dis-believe.

We call it "getting into a rut," which means that we accept our fate because we form the habit of daily routine, a habit that finally becomes so strong we cease to try to throw it off.

The emotion of DESIRE The emotion of FAITH The emotion of LOVE The emotion of SEX The emotion of ENTHUSIASM The emotion of ROMANCE The emotion of HOPE

Analysis of several hundred people who had accu­mulated fortunes well beyond the million dollar mark, disclosed the fact that every one of them had the habit of REACHING DECISIONS PROMPTLY, and of changing these decisions SLOWLY, if, and when they were changed. People who fail to accumulate money, without exception have the habit of reaching decisions, IF AT ALL, very slowly, and of changing these decisions quickly and often.

EVERYONE IS SELLING ALL THE TIME The ability to influence people without irritating them is the most profitable skill you can learn.

Negative suggestions attract negative action and negative decisions from prospective purchasers.

Do your job precisely as if you were your own boss, and sooner or later you will be.

How much time out of every 24 hours do you devote to: a. your occupation b. sleep c. play and relaxation d. acquiring useful knowledge e. plain waste

Ninguém está pronto para alguma coisa até acreditar que pode tê-la.

You are not mentally developed by what you read, but by what you think about what you read.

WHAT IS YOUR "QQS" RATING?

AUTOSUGGESTION IS A TERM WHICH APPLIES TO ALL SUGGESTIONS AND all self-administered stimuli which reach one's mind through the five senses. Stated in another way, autosuggestion is self-suggestion. It is the agency of communication between that part of the mind where conscious thought takes place, and that which serves as the seat of action for the subconscious mind.

the builder of radio programmes who succeeds in the future, must find practical ways to convert listeners into buyers.

No two people are exactly alike. This makes it necessary for us to adapt ourselves to others who think and act differently than we do. Our success depends on how well we negotiate our way through these daily contacts with other people without friction or opposition.

Remember that people are motivated to buy or not to buy, through their feelings. Much of what they believe to be their own feelings consist of thought impulses they have unconsciously picked up from the messages sent out by the salesperson.

Instead of complaining about what you don't like about your job, start commending what you do like and see how quickly it improves.

Be pleasant in the morning until ten o'clock, the rest of the day will take care of itself.