Quotes by Napoleon Hill

Education comes from within you get it by struggle and effort and thought.

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

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

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

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.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

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