Life-Changing Quotes from Napoleon Hill

Napoleon Hill is one of the most popular self-help authors of all time. His best selling book, Think and Grow Rich is one of the top 10 books in this genre of all time. He was born in a one-room cabin in Southwest Virginia on October 26, 1883 and dies on November 8, 1970 at 87 years of age.

Enjoy these powerful quotes to inspire and motivate you along your path of self-development.

Quotes by Napoleon Hill

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE.”

“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

“You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.”

“When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.”

“If you can’t do great things, do small things in a great way.”

“Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds.”

“The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.”

“When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.”

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”

“A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.”

“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.”

“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it.”

“Cherish your vision and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.”

“A negative attitude toward others can never bring you success.”

“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.”

“Meet struggle and master it, says nature, and you shall have the strength and wisdom sufficient for all your needs.”

“Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.”

“You’ve got to be sure of yourself before you can ever win a prize.”

“No man is your enemy, no man is your friend, every man is your teacher.”

“There are no limitations to the mind except those that we acknowledge.”

“The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.”

“Desire is the starting point of all achievement.”

“More gold has been mined from the mind of men than the earth itself.”

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Learn more about Napoleon Hill on the Napoleon Hill Foundation website.