Quotes from Napoleon Hill

Long before I had ever written a line for publication, or endeavored to deliver a speech in public, I followed the habit of reshaping my own character, by trying to imitate the nine men whose lives and life-works had been most impressive to me. These nine men were Emerson, Paine, Edison, Darwin, Lincoln, Burbank, Napoleon, Ford, and Carnegie. Every night, over a long period of years, I held an imaginary council meeting with this group whom I called my "Invisible Counselors.

I stopped three feet from gold, but I will never stop because men say 'no' when I ask them to buy insurance.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

No man is ever whipped, until he QUITS

When mass failure overtakes a nation, such as the 1929 world business depression, the circumstance is in perfect harmony with nature's plan to break up man's habits and give out fresh opportunities.

Do not expect troubles as they have a tendency not to disappoint.

Repetition of affirmation of orders to your subconscious mind is the only known method of voluntary development of the emotion of faith. Perhaps

ALL THOUGHTS WHICH HAVE BEEN EMOTIONALIZED, (given feeling) AND MIXED WITH FAITH, begin immediately to translate themselves into their physical equivalent

People are influenced in their actions, not by reason so much as by feelings. The creative faculty of the mind is set

Edison concentrated upon the work of harmonizing natural laws

Physical fitness is of utmost importance for the simple reason that neither mind nor body can function well without it.

The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. The finishing point is that brand of KNOWLEDGE which leads to understanding-understanding of self, understanding of others, understanding of the laws of Nature, recognition and understanding of HAPPINESS.