Who on Earth is Napoleon Hill?

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“Don't 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.”

“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”

“Every adversity contains the seed of an equivalent benefit.”

“Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.”

“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.”

“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.”

“More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.”

“Nature will not tolerate idleness or vacuums of any sort. All space must be and is filled with something.”

“No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person's enemies say about him.”

“No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.”

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

“Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”

“Riches begin in the form of thought! The amount is limited only by the person in whose mind the thought is put into motion. Faith removes limitations!”

“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.”

“Success requires no explanations, failure permits no alibis.”

“Tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it.”

“The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.”

“The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.”

“The starting point of all achievement is desire.”

“The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.”

“There is a solution for every legitimate problem, no matter how difficult the problem may seem.”

“There is no such thing as something for nothing.”

“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.”

“Those who reach decisions promptly and definitely know what they want, and generally get it.”

“Unfed worry soon dies of starvation.”

“Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.”

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

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. ”

“Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.”

“Your only limitation is the one which you set up in your own mind.”