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.

The mind has a definite way of clothing one's thoughts in appropriate physical equivalents. Think in terms of poverty and you will live in poverty. Think in terms of opulence and you will attract opulence. Through the eternal law of harmonious attraction, one's thoughts always clothe themselves in material things appropriate unto their nature.

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

TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO, BUT FIRST SHOW IT.This is the equivalent of saying "deeds, and not words, are what count most.

IF - and this is the greatest of them all - I had the courage to see myself as I reallyam, I would find out what is wrong with me, and correct it, then I might have a chance to profit by my mistakes and learn something from the experience of others,for I know that there is something WRONG with me, or I would now be where I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I had spent more time analyzing my weaknesses, and less time building alibis to cover them.

If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a "quitter." A QUITTER NEVER WINS AND A WINNER NEVER QUITS. Lift this sentence out, write it on a piece of paper in letters an inch high, and place it where you will see it every night before you go to sleep, and every morning before you go to work

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

A philosophy a system of principles that will guide your thoughts and actions.

Adversity relieves people of vanity and egotism. It discourages selfishness by proving that no one can succeed without the cooperation of others.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement.

Face the facts squarely. Ask yourself definite questions and demand direct replies.

Meet struggle and master it, says nature, and you shall have strength and wisdom sufficient for all your needs.

Strength, both physical and spiritual, is the product of struggle!

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

The emotion of sex brings into being a state of mind.

It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind.

Definiteness of decision always requires courage, sometimes very great courage. The fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence staked their lives on the decision to affix their signatures to that document.

When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.