Quotes from Napoleon Hill


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Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.


No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.


The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.


Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.


Money without brains is always dangerous.


Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.


What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.


Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.


It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.


Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.


You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.


The starting point of all achievement is desire.


If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.


Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.


First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.


If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.


A goal is a dream with a deadline.


Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.


Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.


Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.