"Your real boss is the one who walks around under your hat."
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 18 of 36)
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"Seek the counsel of men who will tell you the truth about yourself, even if it hurts you to hear it. Mere commendation will not bring the improvement you need."
"If you neglect to exercise self-control, you are not only likely to injure others, but you are sure to injure yourself!"
"I began to make inquiries of the hundreds of successful men who collaborated with me in the organization of the science of success, and discovered that each of them had received guidance from unknown sources, although many of them were reluctant to admit this discovery."
"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."
"If you want riches, you must refuse to accept any circumstance that leads toward poverty."
"If you can keep on trying after three failures in a given undertaking you may consider yourself a 'suspect' as a potential leader in your chosen occupation. If you can keep on trying after a dozen failures the seed of a genius is germinating within your soul."
"Sex energy is the creative energy of all creative geniuses."
"Whatever mind can concieved and believe can be achieves"
"If you are ready for the secret, you already possess one half of it,therefore, you will readily recognize the other half the moment it reaches your mind."
"Anybody can wish for riches, and most people do, but only a few know that a definite plan, plus a burning desire for wealth, are the only dependable means of accumulating wealth"
"A person's acts are always in harmony with the dominating thoughts of his or her mind."
"We are all salesman regardless of our calling. But not all of us are Master Salesmen."
"The individual with a negative mental attitude attracts troubles as a magnet attracts steel fittings."
"The greatest achievement was, at first, and for a time, but a dream."
"Men of action usually win - that is one of their distinctive features."
"Faith and Fear make poor bedfellows. Where one is found, the other cannot exist."
"The only 'break' anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made 'break'."
"The possibilities of creative effort connected with the subconscious mind are stupendous and imponderable. They inspire one with awe."
"The most damaging forms of intolerance are connected with religious, racial and political differences of opinion."