Napoleon Hill

Napoleon Hill

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American author Napoleon Hill has a gift for language that makes complex ideas feel instantly clear. Celebrated for his book Think and Grow Rich (1937), which is among the best-selling self-help books of all time, Napoleon Hill brought that same intensity to the written and spoken word. Explore 57 quotes by Napoleon Hill on subjects including Success, Failure, Best, Men, and Life — each one a window into a distinctive way of seeing the world. One standout: "You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself."

“Don't wait. The time will never be just right.”

— Napoleon Hill

Time

All Quotes by Napoleon Hill

“Don't wait. The time will never be just right.”

— Napoleon Hill

Time

“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

Imagination

“War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.”

— Napoleon Hill

War

“It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.”

— Napoleon Hill

Life

“Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.”

— Napoleon Hill

Great

“Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.”

— Napoleon Hill

Dreams

“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”

— Napoleon Hill

Failure

“More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.”

— Napoleon Hill

Men

“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.”

— Napoleon Hill

Strength

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.”

— Napoleon Hill

Failure

“The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.”

— Napoleon Hill

Success

“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.”

— Napoleon Hill

Best

“The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.”

— Napoleon Hill

Best

“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

Success

“Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.”

— Napoleon Hill

Hope

“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

Business

“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

Knowledge

“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

Nature

“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

Failure

“Action is the real measure of intelligence.”

— Napoleon Hill

Intelligence