Top 500 Napoleon Hill Quotes (2023 Update)

1. “Do not 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

2. “If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way.”

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3. “A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

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4. “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

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5. “A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.”

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6. “Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds.”

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7. “The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.”

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8. “Action is the real measure of intelligence.”

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9. “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.”

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10. “A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him.”

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11. “When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.”

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12. “The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.”

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13. “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.”

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14. “Tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it.”

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15. “Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.”

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

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17. “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

18. “Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.”

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19. “If you are not learning while you're earning, you are cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation.”

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

— Napoleon Hill

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21. “When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity - regardless of what others may do - you are destined for greatness.”

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22. “Plan your work and work your plan.”

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

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24. “You either control your mind or it controls you.”

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25. “Set your target and keep trying until you reach it.”

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26. “Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”

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27. “You can do it if you believe you can.”

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28. “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.”

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29. “Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”

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30. “More gold had been mined from the mind of men than the earth it self.”

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31. “A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can’t be done.”

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32. “Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing. ”

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33. “You may be hurt if you love too much, but you will live in misery if you love too little.”

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34. “The starting point of all achievement is desire.”

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35. “Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think, you can’t control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.”

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36. “Focus on the possibilities for success, not on the potential for failure.”

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37. “Burn the boats as you enter the island and you will take the island.”

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38. “Start going the extra mile and opportunity will follow you.”

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39. “Life is a game board. Time is your opponent. If you procrastinate, you will lose the game. You must make a move to be victorious.”

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40. “Time is valuable, and when it is gone, it is gone. Time is wealth, and unlike money, when it is gone, you cannot replace it.”

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

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42. “Control your own mind, and you may never be controlled by the mind of another.”

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43. “You can be anything you want to be, if only you believe with sufficient conviction and act in accordance with your faith; for whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

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44. “Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.”

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45. “Failure cannot cope with persistence.”

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46. “Life is a mirror of your consistent thoughts.”

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47. “Achieve self-mastery over your thoughts, and constantly direct them toward your goals and objectives. Learn to focus your attention on the goals that you want to achieve and on finding ways to achieve those goals.”

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48. “Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.”

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49. “Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.”

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50. “Success is good at any age, but the sooner you find it, the longer you will enjoy it.”

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