Top 500 Napoleon Hill Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “Anything acquired without effort and without cost is generally unappreciated.”

— Napoleon Hill

352. “The world does not pay men for that which they “know”. It pays them for what they do, or induce others to do.”

— Napoleon Hill

353. “Every failure, every adversity, every heartache may be a blessing in disguise providing it softens the animal portion of our nature.”

— Napoleon Hill

354. “Never, in the history of the world, has there been such abundant opportunity as there is now for the person who is willing to serve before trying to collect.”

— Napoleon Hill

355. “It is one thing to want money-everyone wants more-but it is something entirely different to be worth more!”

— Napoleon Hill

356. “Your mental attitude is the most dependable key to your personality.”

— Napoleon Hill

357. “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

358. “Find out what you really love to do, and then find a way to make a good living doing it.”

— Napoleon Hill

359. “Do not look for a miracle, because you will not find it. You will find only the eternal laws of nature. These laws are available to every person who has the faith and the courage to use them.”

— Napoleon Hill

360. “You will attract to yourself people who harmonize with your own philosophy of life, whether you wish it or not.”

— Napoleon Hill

361. “It is always better to imitate a successful man than to envy him.”

— Napoleon Hill

362. “It is well worth remembering that the customer is the most important factor in any business. If you don’t think so, try getting along without him for a while.”

— Napoleon Hill

363. “It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind.”

— Napoleon Hill

364. “Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind’s eye, and you will be drawn toward it.”

— Napoleon Hill

365. “Those who can’t take directions graciously have no business giving them.”

— Napoleon Hill

366. “All personal achievement starts within the mind of the individual-knowing your problem is the first step in finding the solution.”

— Napoleon Hill

367. “I pray daily, not for more riches, but for more wisdom with which to recognize, embrace and enjoy what I already possess.”

— Napoleon Hill

368. “Who said it could not be done? And tell me, what great victories does he have to his credit which qualify him to judge what can and can’t be accomplished.”

— Napoleon Hill

369. “I believe that close association with one who refuses to compromise with circumstances he does not like, is an asset that can never be measured in terms of money.”

— Napoleon Hill

370. “Riches don’t respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.”

— Napoleon Hill

371. “One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man’s familiarity with the word ’impossible.”

— Napoleon Hill

372. “All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood; if they are not, they are not great truths.”

— Napoleon Hill

373. “The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.”

— Napoleon Hill

374. “Men take on the nature and the habits and the power of thought of those with whom they associate in a spirit of sympathy and harmony.”

— Napoleon Hill

375. “When you do not know what to do or which way to turn, smile. This will relax your mind and let the sunshine of happiness into your soul.”

— Napoleon Hill

376. “We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment.”

— Napoleon Hill

377. “Successful people move on their own initiative but they know where they are going before they start.”

— Napoleon Hill

378. “You wouldn’t desire something if you didn’t have the talent to carry it out.”

— Napoleon Hill

379. “Remember, the thoughts that you think and the statements you make regarding yourself determine your mental attitude. If you have a worthwhile objective, find the one reason why you can achieve it rather than hundreds of reasons why you can’t.”

— Napoleon Hill

380. “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

381. “Nothing was ever created by a human being that was not first created in the imagination through desire and then transformed into reality through concentration.”

— Napoleon Hill

382. “A master salesman is one who takes the offensive and never the defensive in the sale of an argument, if an argument arises.”

— Napoleon Hill

383. “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

384. “Most illness begins with a negative mind.”

— Napoleon Hill

385. “If your imagination leads you to understand how quickly people grant your requests when those requests appeal to their self- interest, you can have practically anything you go after.”

— Napoleon Hill

386. “Your world will change whether or not you choose to change, but you have the power to choose its direction.”

— Napoleon Hill

387. “A wise man watches his faults more closely than his virtues; fools reverse the order.”

— Napoleon Hill

388. “It is a point that I repeat over and over again in teaching public speaking. It is not so much what you say as it is the tone and manner in which you say it that makes a lasting impression.”

— Napoleon Hill

389. “A person’s acts are always in harmony with the dominating thoughts of his or her mind.”

— Napoleon Hill

390. “It is a well known fact that a man learns best that which he endeavors to teach others.”

— Napoleon Hill

391. “Success is the development of the power with which to get whatever one wants in life without interfering with the rights of others.”

— Napoleon Hill

392. “You have to understand you cannot have faith and fear at the same time; you can only have one or the other.”

— Napoleon Hill

393. “The power to think as you wish to think is the only power over which you have absolute control.”

— Napoleon Hill

394. “The successful man or woman always looks for the advantage or benefit in every situation and lo and behold, they always find it.”

— Napoleon Hill

395. “If you are worried or afraid of anything, there is something in your mental attitude that needs correction.”

— Napoleon Hill

396. “If you were your own employer, would you be entirely satisfied with the day’s work you have done today?”

— Napoleon Hill

397. “The habit of expressing loosely organized opinions is one of the most destructive of habits.”

— Napoleon Hill

398. “The man who always takes and never gives is not a leader. He is a parasite.”

— Napoleon Hill

399. “If you believe yourself unfortunate because you have loved and lost, perish the thought. One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely.”

— Napoleon Hill

400. “Success is very largely a matter of adjusting one’s self to the ever-varying and changing environments of life, in a spirit of harmony and poise.”

— Napoleon Hill