Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

— Napoleon Hill

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

— Napoleon Hill

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.

— Napoleon Hill

Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course toward his objective in life without being swayed from his purpose by either commendation or condemnation.

— Napoleon Hill

Fortune definitely frowns upon all ill-gotten wealth, and often causes it to mysteriously evaporate.

— Napoleon Hill

Goals are dreams with a deadline.

— Napoleon Hill

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

— Napoleon Hill

Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.

— Napoleon Hill

Helen Keller became deaf, dumb, and blind shortly after birth. Despite her greatest misfortune, she has written her name indelibly in the pages of the history of the great. Her entire life has served as evidence that no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality.

— Napoleon Hill

IF - and this is the greatest of them all - I had the courage to see myself as I really am, I would find out what is wrong with me, and correct it, then I might have a chance to profit by my mistakes and learn something from the experience of others, for I know that there is something WRONG with me, or I would now be where I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I had spent more time analyzing my weaknesses, and less time building alibis to cover them.

— Napoleon Hill