Think and Grow Rich Quotes

“The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“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.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“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.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. 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, Think and Grow Rich

“Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“A quitter never wins-and-a winner never quits.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“An educated man is not, necessarily, one who has an abundance of general or specialized knowledge. An educated man is one who has so developed the faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he wants, or its equivalent, without violating the rights of others.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak, carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“More gold had been mined from the mind of men than the earth it self”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth. Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to be wished upon anyone who will accept them. If you are influenced by "opinions" when you reach DECISIONS, you will not succeed in any undertaking.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“We refuse to believe that which we don't understand.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“To win the big stakes in this changed world, you must catch the spirit of the great pioneers of the past, whose dreams have given to civilization all that it has of value, the spirit that serves as the life-blood of our own country – your opportunity and mine, to develop and market our talents.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Put your foot upon the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do, or say.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely. Love is whimsical and temperamental. Its nature is ephemeral, and transitory. It comes when it pleases,and goes away without warning. Accept and enjoy it while it remains, but spend no time worrying about its departure. Worry will never bring it back.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“There are no limitations to the mind except those that we acknowledge.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Perhaps we shall learn, as we pass through this age, that the 'other self" is more powerful than the physical self we see when we look into a mirror.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Helen Keller became deaf, dumb, and blind shortly after birth. Despite her greatest misfortune, she has written her name indelibly in the pages of the history of the great. Her entire life has served as evidence that no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO, BUT FIRST SHOW IT.This is the equivalent of saying "deeds, and not words, are what count most.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Remember,too,that all who succeed in life get off to a bad start,and pass through many heartbreaking struggles before they "arrive". The turning point in the lives of those who succeed usually comes at some moment of crisis,through which they are introduced to their "other selves".”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Neglecting to broaden their view has kept some people doing one thing all their lives.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the one who best prepares his case, who wins.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“IF - and this is the greatest of them all - I had the courage to see myself as I reallyam, I would find out what is wrong with me, and correct it, then I might have a chance to profit by my mistakes and learn something from the experience of others,for I know that there is something WRONG with me, or I would now be where I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I had spent more time analyzing my weaknesses, and less time building alibis to cover them.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a "quitter." A QUITTER NEVER WINS AND A WINNER NEVER QUITS. Lift this sentence out, write it on a piece of paper in letters an inch high, and place it where you will see it every night before you go to sleep, and every morning before you go to work”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich