Napoleon Hill

No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish.

The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinion of others.

Those who approach their jobs and careers with enthusiasm always find plenty of opportunities, while those who complain about no one ever giving them a chance are merely observers of life. When you are determined that you will not allow others to determine your future for you, when you refuse to allow temporary setbacks to defeat you, you are destined for great success. The opportunities will always be there for you.

Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand & work with whatever tools you may have.

A resourceful person will always make opportunity fit his or her needs.

If you can conceive something in your mind and believe it to be true, then you can achieve it.

When one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance.

The world is filled with unfortunate souls who didn't hear opportunity knock at the door, because they were down at the convenience stor buying lottery tickets.

Sex energy is the creative energy of all geniuses. There never has been, and never will be a great leader, builder or artist lacking in the driving force of sex.

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches. Use auto-suggestion, have faith, imagination and overcome fear and time is your opposite player as in checkerboard.

Most real failures are due to limitations which men set up in their own minds.

Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time. One or the other must dominate. It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind. Here the law of HABIT will come to your aid. Form the habit of applying and using the positive emotions! Eventually, they will dominate your mind so completely, that the negatives cannot enter it.

Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end.

If you pray for a thing, but have fear as you pray, that you may not receive it, or that your prayer will not be acted upon by Infinite Intelligence, your prayer will have been in vain.

MAN’S ONLY LIMITATION, within reason, LIES IN HIS DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF HIS IMAGINATION.

Man can create nothing which he does not first conceive in THOUGHT.

It has been said that man can create anything which he can imagine.

Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence.

Criticism will plant FEAR in the human heart, or resentment, but it will not build love or affection.

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word 'impossible.

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