Napoleon Hill May Quotations

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.

Faith is a state of mind which may be induced, or created, by affirmation or repeated instructions to the subconscious mind, through the principle of auto-suggestion .

The road to success may be, and generally is, obstructed by many influences which must be removed before the goal can be reached.

Experience is an asset of which no worker can be cheated, no matter how selfish or greedy his immediate employer may be.

Today's worries may become tomorrow's priceless experiences.

If you pray for a thing, but have fear as you pray, that you may not receive it, or that your prayer will not be acted upon by Infinite Intelligence, your prayer will have been in vain.

If you think your lot has been hard, read 'Up From Slavery' by Booker T. Washington, and you may see how fortunate you have been.

Control your own mind, and you may never be controlled by the mind of another.

Bravery is fearlessness-the absence of fear. The merest dolt may be brave because he lacks the mentality to appreciate his danger.

There are twelve good reasons for failure. The first one is the avowed intention of doing no more than one is paid to do, and the person who makes this avowal may see the other eleven by stepping before a looking glass.

The bottom is a monotonous, dreary, unprofitable place for any person. That is why I have taken the time to describe how lowly beginnings may be circumvented by proper planning.

Any habit may be discontinued by building in its place some other and more desirable habit.

Take inventory of yourself, see if any remnants of fear are standing in your way. Then you may grow... because nothing, absolutely nothing, can stand in your way.

If you fail to control your own mind, you may be sure you will control nothing else.

No person may enjoy outstanding success without good health.

Most of us go through life as failures, because we are waiting for the 'time to be right' to start doing something worthwhile. Do not wait. The time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Handicaps can be converted into stepping stones on which one may climb toward some worthy goal, unless they are accepted as obstacles, and used as alibis.

When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity - regardless of what others may do - you are destined for greatness.

Keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be.

Do it now! can affect every phase of your life. It can help you do the things you should do but don't feel like doing. It can keep you from procrastinating when an unpleasant duty faces you. But it can also help you do those things that you want to do. It helps you seize those precious moments that, if lost, may never be retrieved.

The space you occupy and the authority you exercise may be measured with mathematical exactness by the service you render.

Happiness may be found only by helping others to find it.

You may be hurt if you love too much, but you will live in misery if you love too little.