Quotes about Success
Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of HARD work! Riches come, if they come at all, in response to definite demands, based upon the application of definite principles, and not by chance or luck. Generally speaking, an idea is an impulse of thought that impels action
— Napoleon Hill
Some people foolishly believe that only MONEY can make money. This is not true! DESIRE, transmuted into its monetary equivalent, through the principles laid down here, is the agency through which money is made. Money, of itself, is nothing but inert matter. It cannot move, think, or talk, but it can hear when a man who DESIRES it, calls it to come!
— Napoleon Hill
Success must be attracted through understanding and application of laws which are as immutable as is the law of gravitation. It cannot be driven into the corner and captured as one would capture a wild steer.
— Napoleon Hill
Life, itself, is a great chariot race, and the victory goes only to those who have developed the strength of character and determination and willpower to win.
— Napoleon Hill
the man who cannot follow a leader intelligently, cannot become an efficient leader.
— Napoleon Hill
What of the man who has neither the time, nor the inclination to study failure in search of knowledge that may lead to success? Where, and how is he to learn the art of converting defeat into stepping stones to opportunity?
— Napoleon Hill
The object is to want money, and to become so determined to have it that you convince yourself you will have it.
— Napoleon Hill
Make it your business to render more service and better service than that for which you are paid, and lo! before you realize what has happened, you will find that the world is willingly paying you for MORE THAN YOU DO!
— Napoleon Hill
The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinions of others.
— Napoleon Hill
More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known, told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them.
— Napoleon Hill
More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known, told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them. Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one when success is almost within reach.
— Napoleon Hill
Henry Ford is a success, because he understands, and applies the principles of success. One of these is DESIRE: knowing what one wants.
— Napoleon Hill