Quotes from Napoleon Hill

While I was passing through the age of "hero-worship" I found myself trying to imitate those whom I most admired. Moreover, I discovered that the element of FAITH, with which I endeavored to imitate my idols, gave me great capacity to do so quite successfully.

Character is Power. Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends — there is nothing to compare with it.

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

One of America's most successful and best known financiers followed the habit of closing his eyes for two or three minutes before making a decision. When asked why he did this, he replied, "With my eyes closed, I am able to draw upon a source of superior intelligence.

The actual capital value of your brains may be determined by the amount of income you can produce (by marketing your services). A fair estimate of the capital value of your services maybe made by multiplying your annual income by sixteen and two-thirds, as it is reasonable to estimate that your annual income represents six percent of your capital value. Money rents for 6% per annum.

For every ten men who are physically lazy there are ten thousand with stagnant minds. And stagnant minds are the breeding places of fear.

Let no one influence you to scorn the dreamer.

ETERNITY is a long time. FIRE is a terrible thing. The thought of eternal punishment, with fire, not only causes man to fear death, it often causes him to lose his reason. It destroys interest in life and makes happiness impossible.

FAITH is the starting point of all accumulation of riches! FAITH is the basis of all "miracles," and all mysteries which cannot be analyzed by the rules of science! FAITH is the only known antidote for FAILURE!

The object of concentrating upon a definite aim is to train the mind until it forms the habit of focusing upon that aim.

Motive is the seed from which big sales grow.

Can economic hardship, such as the loss of a job, be a blessing in disguise? Perhaps yes, if the result is the awakening of an entrepreneurial spirit and the creation of a new business.