Napoleon Hill Success Quotations

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

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.

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

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

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.

Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

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

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

No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

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.

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.

Success is very largely a matter of adjusting one's self to the ever-varying and changing environments of life, in a spirit of harmony and poise.

Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course towards his objectives in life, without being swayed from his purpose by either commendation or condemnation.

What the mind cab conceive, it can achieve

The successful man or woman always looks for the advantage or benefit in every situation and lo and behold, they always find it.

Who told you it couldn't be done? And what great achievement has he to his credit that entitles him to use the word 'impossible' so freely?

The greatest achievement was, at first, and for a time, but a dream.

The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.

The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.

Focus on the possibilities for success, not on the potential for failure

Every negative event contains within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

You become what you think about

No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

Successful people, in all callings, never stop acquiring specialized knowledge related to their major purpose, business, or profession.

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.

The jack-of-all-trades seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one definite chief aim.

You can be anything you want to be, if only you believe with sufficient conviction and act in accordance with your faith; for whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.