Quotes from Napoleon Hill
Self-Confidence Formula. First: I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my definite purpose in life; therefore, I demand of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action.
- Napoleon Hill
Wrong selection of a vocation. No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
- Napoleon Hill
It is meaningless to pray in the morning and to live like a barbarian the remainder of the day. True prayer is a way of life; the truest life is literally a way of prayer.
- Napoleon Hill
Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the one who best prepares his case, who wins. If your case is properly prepared and presented, your victory will have been more than half won at the outset.
- Napoleon Hill
Relating personal problems to associates and customers. Your personal problems are important to you—and only you. Everyone has their share and they don't want to hear about yours.
- Napoleon Hill
Strength, both physical and spiritual, is the product of struggle!
- Napoleon Hill
Spending too much time making "calls" instead of sales. A call is not an interview. An interview is not a sale.
- Napoleon Hill
That which we want most is always in the embryonic distance of the future. Our power to acquire is always a decade or so behind our power to DESIRE! And, if we catch up with the thing we want we no longer want it!
- Napoleon Hill
By decisions made in a similar spirit of Faith, and only by such decisions, can men solve their personal problems, and win for themselves high estates of material and spiritual wealth. Let us not forget this!
- Napoleon Hill
Third: I know through the principle of autosuggestion, any desire that I persistently hold in my mind will eventually seek expression through some practical means of attaining the object back of it; therefore, I will devote ten minutes daily to demanding of myself the development of self-confidence.
- Napoleon Hill
Intemperance. The most damaging forms of intemperance are connected with eating, strong drink, and sexual activities. Overindulgence in any of these is fatal to success.
- Napoleon Hill
Master salespeople catch their own prospects.
- Napoleon Hill