Quotes from Napoleon Hill

That is one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity. Mr.

The cause of all power, as of all weakness, is within; the secret of all happiness as of all misery is likewise within.

A good showman is one who can dramatize the commonplace events of life and give them the interesting appearance of uniqueness.

Why is it that when once a man begins to make money the whole world seems to beat a pathway to his door? Take any person that you know who enjoys financial success and he will tell you that he is being constantly sought, and that opportunities to make money are constantly being urged upon him! "To him that hath shall be given, but to him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he bath.

You may bring about that improved condition in your outward life which you desire, if you will unswervingly resolve to improve your inner life.

The Divine Economy is automatic and very simple: we receive only that which we give.

Nothing is impossible to the person who backs desire with enduring faith.

Remember, too, that all who succeed in life get off to a bad start, and pass through many heartbreaking struggles before they "arrive." The turning point in the lives of those who succeed, usually comes at the moment of some crisis, through which they are introduced to their "other selves.

Cease your complaining and fretting; none of these things which you blame are the cause of your poverty; the cause is within yourself, and where the cause is, there is the remedy. The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot; shows that you lack that faith which is the ground of all effort and progress.

A man should be decided always, both where he knows and where he does not know. He should be as ready to say "no" as "yes", as quick to acknowledge his ignorance as to impart his knowledge. If he stands upon fact, and acts from the simple truth, he will find no room for halting between two opinions.

they are listed in the approximate order of their importance and greatest usefulness: The motive of self-preservation The motive of financial gain The motive of love The motive of sexuality The motive of desire for power and fame The motive of fear The motive of revenge The motive of freedom (of body and mind) The motive of desire to create or build in thought or in material

Men who control themselves usually boss the job, no matter what it may be.