Quotes About Achievement

Napoleon Hill

riches come only to those who work hard and long.

Napoleon Hill

Superstition and prejudice. Superstition is a form of fear. It is also a sign of ignorance. Men who succeed keep open minds and are afraid of nothing.

Self-Confidence Formula. First: I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my definite purpose in life; therefore, I demand of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action.

FELICIDADE ESTÁ EM FAZER, NÃO SÓ EM TER

The favorable break came through Carnegie, but what about the determination, definiteness of purpose, and the desire to attain the goal, and the persistent effort of twenty-five years? It was no ordinary desire that survived disappointment, discouragement, temporary defeat, criticism, and the constant reminding of "waste of time." It was a burning desire! An obsession!

Remember, too, that all who succeed in life get off to a bad start, and pass through many heart­breaking struggles before they "arrive.

Henry Ford foi um sucesso porque entendia e aplicava os princípios do sucesso. Um desses princípios é o desejo: saber claramente o que você quer. Lembre-se da história de Ford enquanto continua lendo este livro.

Do not be in a hurry to get to the great things. Doing great things will not make you great, but becoming great will certainly lead you to the doing of great things.

Life is an everlasting question-mark! That which we want most is always in the embryonic distance of the future. Our power to acquire is always a decade or so behind our power to DESIRE! And, if we catch up with the thing we want we no longer want it!

It has many advantages, the main one being that it will often save from one to five years of time in reaching a chosen goal.

applies the principles of success. One of these is desire: knowing what one wants. Remember this Ford story as you read, and pick out the lines in which the secret of his stupendous achievement has been described. If you can do this, if you can lay your finger on the particular group of principles which made Henry Ford rich, you can equal his achievements

Possession of power that was not acquired through self-effort. (Sons and daughters of wealthy men, and others who inherit money which they did not earn). Power in the hands of one who did not acquire it gradually, is often fatal to success. Quick riches are more dangerous than poverty.

There is no charge save the time necessary to understand and appropriate them. Those who reach decisions promptly and definitely, know what they want, and generally get it. The leaders in every walk of life decide quickly, and firmly. That is the major reason why they are leaders. The world has the habit of making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going.

created an opportunity and backed it with persistence until it made him richer than Croesus.

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.

Las riquezas no responden a los deseos. Responden sólo a planes definidos, respaldados por deseos concretos, a través de la perseverancia constante.

Egotism and vanity. These qualities serve as red lights which warn others to keep away. They are fatal to success.

Os editores destacam mais uma vez que, se Napoleon Hill acreditava que escrever e falar em voz alta seus objetivos é importante e se psicólogos e especialistas motivacionais concordam, seria tolice não seguir esse conselho simples. Apenas faça.

qualquer coisa na vida que valha a pena ter, vale a pena trabalhar para ter.

I discovered, from the analysis of over twenty-five thousand people, that men who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of forty, and more often they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of fifty

Why is it that when once a man begins to make money the whole world seems to beat a pathway to his door?

Success is the development of the power with which to get whatever one wants in life without interfering with the rights of others.