Oliver Napoleon Hill (born October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970) was an American self-help author. He is known best for his book Think and Grow Rich (1937) which is among the 10 best selling self-help books of all time. Most of his books were promoted as expounding principles to achieve “success”. This motivational Napoleon Hill quotes about money, success, and life will inspire you to achieve your goals in life.
Best Napoleon Hill Quotes
- “There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown.” – Napoleon Hill
- “There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge, both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Do it now! can affect every phase of your life. It can help you do the things you should do but don’t feel like doing. It can keep you from procrastinating when an unpleasant duty faces you. But it can also help you do those things that you want to do. It helps you seize those precious moments that, if lost, may never be retrieved.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Most great people have achieved their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.” – Napoleon Hill, Napoleon Hill quotes about success
- “Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Our minds become magnetized with the dominating thoughts we hold in our minds and these magnets attract to us the forces, the people, the circumstances of life which harmonize with the nature of our dominating thoughts.” – Napoleon Hill
- “You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee.” – Napoleon Hill
- “When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.” – Napoleon Hill
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“Life reflects your own thoughts back to you.” – Napoleon Hill
- “The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Desire backed by faith knows no such word as impossible.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Action is the real measure of intelligence.” – Napoleon Hill
- “All thoughts which have been emotionalized (given feeling) and mixed with faith (expectancy), begin immediately to translate themselves into their physical equivalent.” – Napoleon Hill
- “The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak, carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and never the result of selfishness.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Everyone faces defeat. It may be a stepping-stone or a stumbling block, depending on the mental attitude with which it is faced.” – Napoleon Hill
- “If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.” – Napoleon Hill
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“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others succeed.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Success is good at any age, but the sooner you find it, the longer you will enjoy it.” – Napoleon Hill
- “It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.” – Napoleon Hill
- “You have a brain and mind of your own. Use it, and reach your own decisions.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.” – Napoleon Hill
- “If you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance.” – Napoleon Hill
- “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
- It is always your next move.” – Napoleon Hill
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“Do it now!” – Napoleon Hill
- “The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.” – Napoleon Hill
- “You can think your way into or out of almost any circumstance, good or bad.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done yesterday.” – Napoleon Hill
- “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.” – Napoleon Hill
- “A positive mind finds a way it can be done; A negative mind looks for all the ways it can’t be done.” – Napoleon Hill, Napoleon Hill quotes positive mental attitude
- “Deliberately seek the company of people who influence you to think and act on building the life you desire.” – Napoleon Hill
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“Most so-called failures are only temporary defeats.” – Napoleon Hill
- “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
- “Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.” – Napoleon Hill
- “The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.” – Napoleon Hill
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“Our only limitations are those we set up in our minds.” – Napoleon Hill
- “The more you give, the more comes back to you.” – Napoleon Hill
- “The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you are ready or not, to put this plan into action.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.” – Napoleon Hill
- “No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life: not on what you don’t want.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Hold a picture of yourself and steadily enough in your mind’s eye, and you will be drawn toward it.” – Napoleon Hill
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“Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time.” – Napoleon Hill
- “You might remember well that nothing can bring you success but yourself.” – Napoleon Hill
- “The majority of men meet with failure of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.” – Napoleon Hill
- “All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.” – Napoleon Hill
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“You can do it if you believe you can.” – Napoleon Hill
- “When you have talked yourself into what you want, right there is the place to stop talking and begin saying it with deeds.” – Napoleon Hill
- “If you give up before your goal is reached you’re a quitter. A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.” – Napoleon Hill
- “There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Plan your work and work your plan.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Tell me how you use your spare time, and how you spend your money, and I will tell you where and what you will be in ten years from now.” – Napoleon Hill, Napoleon Hill quotes about money
- “All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, imagination is the warship of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.” – Napoleon Hill
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“You become what you think about.” – Napoleon Hill
- “You give before you get.” – Napoleon Hill
- “To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don’t worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.” – Napoleon Hill
