Top 500 Napoleon Hill Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “The habit of taking the line of least resistance makes all rivers and some men crooked.”

— Napoleon Hill

102. “Through some strange and powerful principle of mental chemistry which she has never divulged, nature wraps up in the impulse of strong desire, that something which recognizes no such word as impossible, and accepts no such reality as failure.”

— Napoleon Hill

103. “The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.”

— Napoleon Hill

104. “Every company has room for the man who has a definite plan of action which is to the advantage of that company.”

— Napoleon Hill

105. “If you have a strong belief in yourself, in what you are doing and what you want to do, no adversity is too difficult to overcome.”

— Napoleon Hill

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

— Napoleon Hill

107. “Dreams come true when desire transforms into concrete actions.”

— Napoleon Hill

108. “Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end.”

— Napoleon Hill

109. “Your deliberate Chief Aim in life should be selected with deliberate care.”

— Napoleon Hill

110. “Happiness may be found only by helping others to find it.”

— Napoleon Hill

111. “There is nothing that belief plus a burning desire cannot make real.”

— Napoleon Hill

112. “Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.”

— Napoleon Hill

113. “Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat.”

— Napoleon Hill

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

— Napoleon Hill

115. “When riches begin to come they come so quickly, in such great abundance, that one wonders where they have been hiding during all those lean years.”

— Napoleon Hill

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

— Napoleon Hill

117. “The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.”

— Napoleon Hill

118. “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! Strong, deeply rooted desire is the starting point of all achievement.”

— Napoleon Hill

119. “Every problem comes with an equal or greater opportunity.”

— Napoleon Hill

120. “Success attracts success and failure attracts failure because of the law of harmonious attraction.”

— Napoleon Hill

121. “Self-control is solely a matter of thought-control!”

— Napoleon Hill

122. “Enthusiasm, if fueled by inspiration and perseverance, travels with passion and its destination is excellence.”

— Napoleon Hill

123. “Every failure is a blessing in disguise, providing it teaches some needed lesson one could not have learned without it. Most so-called Failures are only temporary defeats.”

— Napoleon Hill

124. “Keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be.”

— Napoleon Hill

125. “You have absolute control over just one thing, your thoughts. This divine gift is the sole means by which you may control your destiny. If you fail to control your mind, you will control nothing else.”

— Napoleon Hill

126. “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

127. “One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile.”

— Napoleon Hill

128. “Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.”

— Napoleon Hill

129. “Failure is nature’s plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.”

— Napoleon Hill

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

— Napoleon Hill

131. “The turning point in the life of those who succeed usually comes at the moment of some crisis.”

— Napoleon Hill

132. “Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.”

— Napoleon Hill

133. “Sex energy is the creative energy of all geniuses. There never has been, and never will be a great leader, builder or artist lacking in the driving force of sex.”

— Napoleon Hill

134. “It is strange, but true, that the most important turning-points of life often come at the most unexpected times and in the most unexpected ways.”

— Napoleon Hill

135. “Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis.”

— Napoleon Hill

136. “The great master key to riches is nothing more or less than the self-discipline necessary to help you take full and complete possession of your own mind.”

— Napoleon Hill

137. “The man of decision cannot be stopped! The man of indecision cannot be started! Take your own choice.”

— Napoleon Hill

138. “Success comes to those who become success conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.”

— Napoleon Hill

139. “If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.”

— Napoleon Hill

140. “I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I demand of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action.”

— Napoleon Hill

141. “The subconscious mind is more susceptible to influence by impulses of thought mixed with ‘feeling’ or emotion, than by those originating solely in the reasoning portion of the mind.”

— Napoleon Hill

142. “Your greatness is here and now. Your happiness is here and now.”

— Napoleon Hill

143. “Practical dreamers do not quit.”

— Napoleon Hill

144. “The basis of persistence is the Power of Will.”

— Napoleon Hill

145. “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve regardless of how many times you may have failed in the past or how lofty your aims and hopes may be.”

— Napoleon Hill

146. “What you think, so you will become.”

— Napoleon Hill

147. “Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life: not on what you don’t want.”

— Napoleon Hill

148. “Desire backed by faith knows no such word as impossible.”

— Napoleon Hill

149. “Are you waiting for success to arrive, or are you going out to find where it is hiding?”

— Napoleon Hill

150. “One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.”

— Napoleon Hill