Every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude, with W. Clement Stone (1960)
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Napoleon Hill quotes
1883-1970 · Personal development
American author of Think and Grow Rich, one of the best selling self-help books.
14 quotes, 12 traced to where Hill said or wrote them.
Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
Think and Grow Rich (1937)
There is no substitute for persistence.
Think and Grow Rich (1937)
All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea!
Think and Grow Rich (1937)
Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.
Think and Grow Rich (1937)
You have absolute control over but one thing, and that is your thoughts.
Think and Grow Rich (1937)
Mind control is the result of self-discipline and habit. You either control your mind or it controls you.
Think and Grow Rich (1937)
Self-mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
Think and Grow Rich (1937)
Most of us are good 'starters' but poor 'finishers' of everything we begin.
Think and Grow Rich (1937)
Success comes through the application of power, and power is attained through the cooperative efforts of other people.
Think and Grow Rich (1937)
Strong, deeply rooted desire is the starting point of all achievement.
The Law of Success (1928)
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
Think and Grow Rich (1937)
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Widely credited to Hill's later writings
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
As quoted in Diamond Power by Barry Farber (2003)