Napoleon Hill (October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970) was an American author in the area of the new thought movement who was one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal success literature.
Here are some of Napoleon Hill’s best inspirational quotes on purpose, mastery, self-discipline, imagination, initiative… basically everything you need to achieve success (in whatever way you choose to define success).
Napoleon Hill Quotes
A goal is a dream with a deadline. — Napoleon Hill
Action is the real measure of intelligence. — Napoleon Hill
All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea. — Napoleon Hill
All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth. — Napoleon Hill
Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought. — Napoleon Hill
Before success comes in any man’s life, he’s sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That’s exactly what the majority of men do. — Napoleon Hill
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together. — Napoleon Hill
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. — Napoleon Hill
Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action. — Napoleon Hill
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything. — Napoleon Hill
Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. — Napoleon Hill
Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times. — Napoleon Hill
Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought. — Napoleon Hill
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. — Napoleon Hill
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit. — Napoleon Hill
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win – essential to success. — Napoleon Hill
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited. — Napoleon Hill
Fears are nothing more than a state of mind. — Napoleon Hill
First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination. — Napoleon Hill
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. — Napoleon Hill
Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing. — Napoleon Hill
Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind’s eye, and you will be drawn toward it. — Napoleon Hill
Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes. — Napoleon Hill
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. — Napoleon Hill
If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. — Napoleon Hill
If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water’s edge. — Napoleon Hill
It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served. — Napoleon Hill
It is always your next move. — Napoleon Hill
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed. — Napoleon Hill
It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project. — Napoleon Hill
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive. — Napoleon Hill
Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true. — Napoleon Hill
Money without brains is always dangerous. — Napoleon Hill
More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth. — Napoleon Hill
Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure. — Napoleon Hill
Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price. — Napoleon Hill
No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person’s enemies say about him. — Napoleon Hill
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like. — Napoleon Hill
No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure. — Napoleon Hill
No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind. — Napoleon Hill
One must marry one’s feelings to one’s beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one’s life. — Napoleon Hill
Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. — Napoleon Hill
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. — Napoleon Hill
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel. — Napoleon Hill
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday. — Napoleon Hill
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire. — Napoleon Hill
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. — Napoleon Hill
Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best. — Napoleon Hill
The battle is all over except the ”shouting” when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be. — Napoleon Hill
The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself. — Napoleon Hill
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top. — 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
The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does. — Napoleon Hill
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job. — Napoleon Hill
The starting point of all achievement is desire. — Napoleon Hill
The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face. — Napoleon Hill
The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going. — Napoleon Hill
There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge. — 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
Think and grow rich. — 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
Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge. — Napoleon Hill
Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting. — Napoleon Hill
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man. — Napoleon Hill
We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted. — 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
When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve. — Napoleon Hill
Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. — Napoleon Hill
You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for. — Napoleon Hill
You give before you get. — Napoleon Hill
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself. — Napoleon Hill
Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession. — Napoleon Hill
Your big opportunity may be right where you are now. — Napoleon Hill
