Napoleon Hill
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
Money without brains is always dangerous.
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.
No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
Think and grow rich.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
Ideas... they have the power
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
Whatever you need more of is what you need to tithe some. quotes
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
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.
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
It is always your next move.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
First comes thought, then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans, then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Do it now !