Quotes from Napoleon Hill

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

Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.

The emotions of FAITH, LOVE, and SEX are the most powerful of all the major positive emotions. When the three are blended, they have the effect of coloring the vibration of thought in such a way that it instantly reaches the subconscious mind, where it is changed into its spiritual equivalent, the only form that induces a response from Infinite Intelligence.

All the world loves a winner, and has no time for a loser.

Not all people are so constituted that they wish to know the truth about all matters vitally affecting life. One of the great surprises the author of this course has met with, in connection with his research activities, is that so few people are willing to hear the truth when it shows up their own weaknesses.

PLANOS DEFINIDOS: líderes bem-sucedidos devem planejar o trabalho e trabalhar seus planos. Líderes que atuam por adivinhação, sem planos práticos e definidos, são como um navio sem leme. Mais cedo ou mais tarde vão bater nas pedras.

NO MAN HAS A CHANCE TO ENJOY PERMANENT SUCCESS UNTIL HE BEGINS TO LOOK IN A MIRROR FOR THE REAL CAUSE OF ALL HIS MISTAKES. - Napoleon Hill.

To become successful you must be a person of action. Merely to "know" is not sufficient. It is necessary both to know and do.

The leader who fears that one of his followers may take his position is practically sure to realize that fear sooner or later. The able leader trains understudies to whom he may delegate, at will, any of the details of his position. Only in this way may a leader multiply himself and prepare himself to be at many places, and give attention to many things at one time.

physical stamina

Antes de o sucesso chegar à vida de alguém, essa pessoa certamente encontrará muitas derrotas temporárias e talvez algum fracasso. Quando sobrevém a derrota, a coisa mais fácil e mais lógica a fazer é desistir. É exatamente o que faz a maioria das pessoas.

There is a difference between wishing for a thing and being ready to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it.

Knowledge will not attract money, unless it is organized, and intelligently directed, through practical plans of action, to the definite end of accumulation of money. Lack of understanding of this fact has been the source of confusion to millions of people who falsely believe that "knowledge is power." It is nothing of the sort! Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action and directed to a definite end.

Kill the habit of worry, in all its forms, by reaching a general, blanket decision that nothing which life has to offer is worth the price of worry. With this decision will come poise, peace of mind, and calmness of thought which will bring happiness.

To become successful you must be a person of action. Merely to "know" is not sufficient. It is necessary both to know and do. Enthusiasm is the mainspring of the mind which urges one to put knowledge into action.

Indecision and procrastination are twin brothers. Where one is found, the other may usually be found also. Kill off this pair before they completely hog-tie you to the treadmill of failure.

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.

It is believed by men who have devoted years of research to the subject, that all energy and matter throughout the universe respond to and are controlled by the Law of Attraction which causes elements and forces of a similar nature to gather around certain centers of attraction. It is through the operation of this same universal Law of Attraction that constant, deeply seated, strong DESIRE attracts the physical equivalent or counterpart of the thing desired, or the means of securing it.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost for out of the world we find, Success begins with a fellow's will – It's all in the state of mind. "If you think you are outclassed, you are, you've got to think high to rise, You've got to be sure of yourself before You can ever win a prize.

se um homem não consegue tomar uma decisão prontamente uma vez de posse de todos os fatos necessários, não se pode esperar que cumpra qualquer decisão que tomar".

Back of all this demand for new and better things, 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.

THE depression was a blessing in disguise. It reduced the whole world to a new starting point that gives everyone a new opportunity.

Knowledge of the merchandise.

The practical dreamers have always been, and always will be, the pattern-makers of civilisation.