Quotes about Success
I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.
— Jack Canfield
Luck marches with those who give their very best.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
It was no ordinary DESIRE that survived disappointment, discouragement, temporary defeat, criticism, and the constant reminding of waste of time. It was a BURNING DESIRE! AN OBSESSION!
— Napoleon Hill
Every human being who reaches the age of understanding of the purpose of money, wishes for it. Wishing will not bring riches. But desiring riches with a state of mind that becomes an obsession, then planning definite ways and means to acquire riches, and backing those plans with persistence which does not recognize failure, will bring riches.
— Napoleon Hill
Nothing, however, can be successfully substituted for pleasing conduct.
— Napoleon Hill
his mistake in having stopped only three feet from gold, "but," he said, "that experience was a blessing in disguise. It taught me to keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be, a lesson I needed to learn before I could succeed in anything.
— Napoleon Hill
While I was passing through the age of "hero-worship" I found myself trying to imitate those whom I most admired. Moreover, I discovered that the element of FAITH, with which I endeavored to imitate my idols, gave me great capacity to do so quite successfully.
— Napoleon Hill
Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.
— Napoleon Hill
One of America's most successful and best known financiers followed the habit of closing his eyes for two or three minutes before making a decision. When asked why he did this, he replied, "With my eyes closed, I am able to draw upon a source of superior intelligence.
— Napoleon Hill
FAITH is the starting point of all accumulation of riches! FAITH is the basis of all "miracles," and all mysteries which cannot be analyzed by the rules of science! FAITH is the only known antidote for FAILURE!
— Napoleon Hill
The object of concentrating upon a definite aim is to train the mind until it forms the habit of focusing upon that aim.
— Napoleon Hill
Motive is the seed from which big sales grow.
— Napoleon Hill