40 Quotes from “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill
1. “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
2. “The starting point of all achievement is desire.”
3. “No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it.”
4. “Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.”
5. “Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth. Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to be wished upon anyone who will accept them.”
6. “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.”
7. “Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
8. “Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis.”
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.”
10. “Before success comes in any person’s life, they’re sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps, some failures. When defeat overtakes a person, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That’s exactly what the majority of people do.”
11. “Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”
12. “The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.”
13. “Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds.”
14. “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.”
15. “Success comes to those who become success-conscious.”
16. “The subconscious mind will not remain idle! If you fail to plant desires in your subconscious mind, it will feed upon the thoughts that reach it as the result of your neglect.”
17. “Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.”
18. “People who refuse to adapt to change can become obsolete overnight.”
19. “The person who stops studying merely because they have finished school is forever hopelessly doomed to mediocrity, no matter what may be their calling.”
20. “You have a brain and mind of your own. Use it, and reach your own decisions.”
21. “Desire is the factor that determines what your definite purpose in life shall be.”
22. “The subconscious mind will translate into reality a thought driven by fear just as readily as it will translate into reality a thought driven by courage or faith.”
23. “Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think, you can’t control what you do.”
24. “Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.”
25. “Faith is the ‘eternal elixir’ that gives life, power, and action to the impulse of thought.”
26. “Success is not the result of making money; making money is the result of success.”
27. “The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.”
28. “The subconscious mind makes no distinction between constructive and destructive thought impulses.”
29. “Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.”
30. “You may be hurt if you love too much, but you will live in misery if you love too little.”
31. “Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”
32. “A quitter never wins, and a winner never quits.”
33. “The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.”
34. “Fears are nothing more than states of mind.”
35. “Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win, essential to success.”
36. “Tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it.”
37. “When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.”
38. “The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.”
39. “When you can dream it, you can do it.”
40. “Keep this constantly in mind: Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.”
These quotes offer a glimpse into the wisdom and insights that “Think and Grow Rich” provides to its readers.
