"Your real courage shows best in the hour of adversity."
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 20 of 36)
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"Worry is a state of mind based upon fear. It works slowly, but persistently. It is insidious and subtle. Step by step it “digs itself in” until it paralyzes ones reasoning faculty, destroys self-confidence and initiative. Worry is a form of sustained fear caused by indecision therefore it is a state of mind which can be controlled."
"Discipline comes through self control. This means that you must control all negative qualities. Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself. Self-mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self."
"It is a fact that the majority of a man's griefs comes about through lack of self-control."
"Remember that your dominating focus attracts, through a definite law of nature, by the shortest and most convenient route, their physical counterpart. Be careful of what you focus on."
"If you have no major purpose, you are drifting toward certain failure."
"Self-confidence results, first, from exact knowledge; second, the ability to impart that knowledge."
"Taking possession of your positive self will put you on the success beam that you may ride triumphantly to whatever heights of achievement you desire."
"I believe that close association with one who refuses to compromise with circumstances he does not like, is an asset that can never be measured in terms of money."
"Dreams come true when desire transforms into concrete actions."
"Willpower and desire, when properly combined, make an irresistible pair."
"Self-control is solely a matter of thought-control!"
"It is a well known fact that a man learns best that which he endeavors to teach others."
"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."
"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade and sell it to all of those who get thirsty from complaining."
"You are fortunate if you have learned the difference between temporary defeat and failure, more fortunate still if you have learned the truth that the very seed of success is dormant in every defeat that you experience."
"A man is most efficient and will more quickly and easily succeed when engaged in work that he loves, or work that he performs in behalf of some person whom he loves."
"The jack-of-all-trades seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one definite chief aim."
"A man who can speak two languages is worth two men."
"One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely. Love is whimsical and temperamental. Its nature is ephemeral, and transitory. It comes when it pleases,and goes away without warning. Accept and enjoy it while it remains, but spend no time worrying about its departure. Worry will never bring it back."