Napoleon Hill quotes

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

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

— Napoleon Hill

 quotes - Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

“Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.”

— Napoleon Hill

 quotes - Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.”

— Napoleon Hill

 quotes - Action is the real measure of intelligence.

“Action is the real measure of intelligence.”

— Napoleon Hill

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

— Napoleon Hill

“Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.”

— Napoleon Hill

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.”

— Napoleon Hill

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

— Napoleon Hill

“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.”

— Napoleon Hill

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

— Napoleon Hill

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

— Napoleon Hill

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

— Napoleon Hill

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

— Napoleon Hill

“Think and grow rich.”

— Napoleon Hill

“Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.”

— Napoleon Hill

“Don't wait. The time will never be just right.”

— Napoleon Hill

“Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.”

— Napoleon Hill

“All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.”

— Napoleon Hill

“Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.”

— Napoleon Hill

“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”

— Napoleon Hill

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

— Napoleon Hill

“Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.”

— Napoleon Hill

“Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.”

— Napoleon Hill

“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.”

— Napoleon Hill

“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.”

— Napoleon Hill

“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.”

— Napoleon Hill

“Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.”

— Napoleon Hill

“The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.”

— Napoleon Hill

“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.”

— Napoleon Hill

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

— Napoleon Hill