Quotes about Determination
A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.
— James A. Garfield
Luck marches with those who give their very best.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish.
— Napoleon Hill
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
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
The habit of planting in the mind a definite aim, objective, or purpose, and visualizing that objective until ways and means for its realization have been created.
— Napoleon Hill
Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.
— Napoleon Hill
For every ten men who are physically lazy there are ten thousand with stagnant minds. And stagnant minds are the breeding places of fear.
— 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
You will become what you want to be because of the dominating thoughts that you permit to occupy your mind.
— Napoleon Hill
The person who forms the habit of directing his attention to the important facts out of which he is constructing his Temple of Success, thereby provides himself with a power which may be likened to a triphammer which strikes a ten-ton blow as compared to a tack-hammer which strikes a one-pound blow!
— Napoleon Hill
Henry Ford has been repeatedly mentioned, because he is an astounding example of what a man with a mind of his own, and a will to control it, can accomplish.
— Napoleon Hill