Quotes from Napoleon Hill

Keep your eyes and ears wide open— and your mouth closed, if you wish to acquire the habit of prompt decision.

A BURNING DESIRE TO BE, AND TO DO is the starting point from which the dreamer must take off. Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition.

East to the West, but he, too turned defeat into victory

Edwin C. Barnes discovered how true it is that men really do think and grow rich.

todos los logros, todas las riquezas obtenidas, tienen su comienzo en una idea!

ALL THOUGHTS WHICH HAVE BEEN EMOTIONALIZED, (given feeling) AND MIXED WITH FAITH, begin immediately to translate themselves into their physical equivalent

1. A DEFINITE PURPOSE BACKED BY BURNING DESIRE FOR ITS FULFILLMENT. 2. A DEFINITE PLAN, EXPRESSED IN CONTINUOUS ACTION. 3. A MIND CLOSED TIGHTLY AGAINST ALL NEGATIVE AND DISCOURAGING INFLUENCES, including negative suggestions of relatives, friends and acquaintances. 4. A FRIENDLY ALLIANCE WITH ONE OR MORE PERSONS WHO WILL ENCOURAGE ONE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH BOTH PLAN AND PURPOSE.

The way you speak and your tone of voice must be pleasing.

Happiness, the final object of all human effort, is a state of mind that can be maintained only through the hope of future achievement. Happiness lies always in the future and never in the past. The happy person is the one who dreams of heights of achievement that are yet unattained.

People are influenced in their actions, not by reason so much as by feelings. The creative faculty of the mind is set

Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning.

Resolve is what makes a man manifest. Not puny resolve; not crude determinations; not errant

Your subconscious mind works continuously, while you are awake, and while you sleep.

Edison concentrated upon the work of harmonizing natural laws

Physical fitness is of utmost importance for the simple reason that neither mind nor body can function well without it.

Temporary defeat should mean only one thing, the certain knowledge that there is something wrong with your plan

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

The emotions, or the feeling portion of thoughts, are the factors which give thoughts vitality, life, and action. The emotions of Faith, Love, and Sex, when mixed with any thought impulse, give it greater action than any of these emotions can do singly.

Hard work is the only thing that will turn sales training and ability into money. No

The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. The finishing point is that brand of KNOWLEDGE which leads to understanding-understanding of self, understanding of others, understanding of the laws of Nature, recognition and understanding of HAPPINESS.

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

The subconscious mind will translate into its physical equivalent, by the most direct and practical method available.

Do not confuse the word "belief" with the word "wish." The two are not the same. Everyone is capable of "wishing" for financial, material, or spiritual advantages, but the element of faith is the only sure power by which a wish may be translated into a belief, and a belief into reality.

An intelligent follower has many advantages, among them the opportunity to acquire knowledge from his leader.