"There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will."
Napoleon Hill
Author, Motivational Speaker
Napoleon Hill was an American self-help author known for his influential book 'Think and Grow Rich,' which focuses on the principles of success and personal achievement.
- Born
- October 26, 1883
- Died
- November 8, 1970
- Quotes
- 711
- Rank
- #319
Quote collection
Napoleon Hill quotes (page 17 of 36)
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"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."
"The power to think as you wish to think is the only power over which you have absolute control."
"Within every setback or obstacle or disadvantage there is the seed of an equal or opposite or greater advantage or benefit."
"Don't ever admit that the world has not given you an opportunity"
"Most failures could have been converted into successes if someone had held on another minute or made more effort."
"Behind every adversity - is an opportunity!"
"The person who works harder when the boss isn’t around is headed straight for a better job."
"One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life."
"From Christ on down to Edison, the men who have achieved most have been those who met with the most stubborn forms of temporary defeat. This would seem to justify the conclusion that Infinite Intelligence has a plan, or a law, by which it hurdles men over many obstacles before giving them the privilege of leadership or the opportunity to render useful service in a noteworthy fashion."
"War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man."
"The Ability to influence people without irritating them is the most profitable art known to man."
"If you do a job another's way, he or she must take the responsibility. If you do it your way, you must take the responsibility."
"Handicaps can be converted into stepping stones on which one may climb toward some worthy goal, unless they are accepted as obstacles, and used as alibis."
"Enthusiasm, if fueled by inspiration and perseverance, travels with passion and its destination is excellence."
"Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course towards his objectives in life, without being swayed from his purpose by either commendation or condemnation."
"You have within you all the power you need with which to get whatever you want or need in this world."
"We become who we hang out with."
"Every adversity contains, at the same time, a seed of equivalent opportunity!"
"Winners never quit, quitters never win."