Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)

Quotes

• No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it.

• Within every adversity is an equal or greater opportunity.

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

• When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

• 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.

• Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you are ready or not, to put this plan into action.

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

• If your imagination leads you to understand how quickly people grant your requests when those requests appeal to their self-interest, you can have practically anything you go after.

• Success in highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which comes only to the man who has found the work he likes best.

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

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

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