Quotes from Napoleon Hill

The quality and quantity of the service you render, plus the attitude with which you render it, determine the amount of pay you get and the sort of job you hold.

Find at least one person each day, and more if possible, in whom you see some good quality that is worthy of praise, and praise it. Remember, however, that this praise must not be in the nature of cheap, insincere flattery; it must be genuine. Speak your words of praise with such earnestness that they will impress those to whom you speak. Then watch what happens. You will have rendered those whom you praise a decided benefit of great value to them

Courtesy" and "Service" are the watchwords of merchandising today, and apply to the person who is marketing personal services even more directly than to the employer whom he serves, because, in the final analysis, both the employer and his employees are EMPLOYED BY THE PUBLIC THEY SERVE.

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.

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer, of the man with his surroundings.

The climb upward will be easier if you take others along with you.

Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its application toward some worthy end. This is one reason why college degrees are not valued more highly. They represent nothing but miscellaneous knowledge.

The richest persons are those who give most in service to others.

Who among your acquaintances, a. encourages you most b. cautions you most c. discourages you most d. helps you most in other ways

Where there is fear, worry, anxiety, doubt, trouble, chagrin, or disappointment, there is ignorance and lack of faith.

Remember, it is not necessary for others to fail in order that you may succeed. The richest persons are those who give most in service to others.

Negative statements in selling not only set up resentment in the mind of the prospective buyer, but they also infect the salesperson's own subconscious mind so that it throws off negative vibrations that are picked up by other people and acted upon to the detriment of the salesperson.