"Understand that the only way to get happiness is by giving it away to others."
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
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"When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve."
"Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life"
"There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of LACK OF AMBITION!"
"O Divine Providence, I ask not for more riches but more wisdom with which to make wiser use of the riches you gave me at birth, consisting in the power to control and direct my own mind to whatever ends I might desire."
"Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass."
"Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure."
"Set your target and keep trying until you reach it."
"Riches don't respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence."
"Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything."
"Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent."
"You can't change where you started, but you can change the direction you are going. It's not what you are going to do, but it's what you are doing now that counts."
"It is always better to imitate a successful man than to envy him."
"Every negative event contains within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit."
"If you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance."
"If the first plan which you adopt does not work successfully, replace it with a new plan; if this new plan fails to work, replace it in turn with still another, and so on, until you find a plan which does work. Right here is the point at which 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."
"Whatever your mind feeds upon your mind attracts to you."
"It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind."
"Do not search for SUCCESS off in the distance, but instead recognize it and grasp it right where you are!"
"You become what you think about"