"Take inventory of yourself, see if any remnants of fear are standing in your way. Then you may grow... because nothing, absolutely nothing, can stand in your way."
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 27 of 36)
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"Friendship freely given and gratefully received is one of life's greatest gifts."
"One of the outstanding tragedies of this age of struggle and money-madness is the fact that so few people are engaged in the effort which they like best. Everyone should find his or her particular niche in the world's work, where both material prosperity and happiness in abundance may be found."
"Close friends and relatives, while not meaning to do so, often handicap on through 'opinions' and sometimes though ridicule, which is meant to be humorous. Thousands of men and women carry inferiority complexes with them all through life, because some well-meaning, but ignorant person destroyed their confidence through opinions or ridicule"
"The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty."
"ALL THOUGHTS WHICH HAVE BEEN EMOTIONALIZED, (given feeling) AND MIXED WITH FAITH, begin immediately to translate themselves into their physical equivalent or counterpart."
"The imagination is the workshop of the soul, where are shaped all the plans for individual achievement."
"Desire is making people build ships and cities, has made men conquer nations... and it can defeat that nicotine"
"You have to understand you cannot have faith and fear at the same time; you can only have one or the other."
"Genius is merely the capacity for taking infinite pains."
"People who do not succeed have one distinguishing trait in common. They know all the reasons for failure, and have what they believe to be air-tight alibis to explain away their own lack of achievement."
"Enthusiasm is contagious, and the person who has it, under control, is generally welcome in any group of people."
"Good intentions are useless until they are expressed in appropriate action!"
"Practical dreamers do not quit."
"The worst of all human ailments: indecision."
"The man who actually knows just what he wants in life has already gone a long way toward attaining it."
"We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment."
"The habit of expressing loosely organized opinions is one of the most destructive of habits."
"One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word 'impossible."
"NOTHING which life has to offer is worth the price of worry"