Napoleon Hill

Every individual has the power to change his or her material or financial status by first changing the nature of his or her beliefs.

The best way to succeed in this world is to act on the advice you give to others.

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

Truly, “thoughts are things,” and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire for their translation into riches, or other material objects.

You might find it necessary to 'snap' out of your mental inertia, moving slowly at first, then increasing your speed, until you gain complete control over your will. Be persistent no matter how slowly you may, at first, have to move. With persistence will come success.

Wishing will not bring riches. But desiring riches with a state of mind that becomes an obsession, then planning definite ways and means to acquire riches, and backing those plans with persistence which does not recognize failure, will bring riches.

If the first plan which you adopt does not work successfully, replace it with a new plan; if this new plan fails to work, replace it in turn with still another, and so on, until you find a plan which does work. Right here is the point at which the majority of men meet with failure, because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

If you don’t want your life to be 'messed up', don’t fool around with those who have messed up theirs.

No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.

Success attracts success and failure attracts failure because of the law of harmonious attraction.

Your real wealth can be measured not by what you have but by who you are.

Many successful people have found opportunities in failure and adversity that they could not recognize in more favorable circumstances.

You either control your mind or it controls you.

Attend well to your character, and your reputation will look out for itself.

The story of practically every great fortune starts with the day when a creator of ideas and a seller of ideas got together and worked in harmony.

What remarkable strength is shown by the person who can lay aside personal prejudices and work without friction with a group of individuals with whom he or she is not in accord on many subjects.

I understand the law through the operation of which my own character is developed from my own acts and thoughts; therefore, I will guard with care all that goes into its development.

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination.

Change your mental attitude, & the World around you will change accordingly

When you begin to think and grow rich, you will observe that riches begin with a state of mind, with definiteness of purpose, with little or no hard work.

Most of us go through life as failures, because we are waiting for the 'time to be right' to start doing something worthwhile. Do not wait. The time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.