Quote

A BURNING DESIRE TO BE, AND TO DO is the starting point from which the dreamer must take off. Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition.

Napoleon Hill

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Napoleon Hill
Age: 87 †
Born: 1883
Born: October 26
Died: 1970
Died: November 8
Author
Essayist
Journalist
Lawyer
Professor
Reporter
Writer
Wise County
Virginia
Oliver Napoleon Hill
Must
Ambition
Starting
Dreams
Point
Laziness
Desire
Dreamer
Born
Indifference
Dream
Burning
Take
Lack

More quotes by Napoleon Hill

Image
You wouldn't desire something if you didn't have the talent to carry it out.
Napoleon Hill
Image
Every negative event contains within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
Napoleon Hill
Image
When you begin to think and grow rich, you will observe that riches begin with a state of mind, with definiteness of purpose, with little or no hard work.
Napoleon Hill
Image
If your environment is not to your liking, change it!
Napoleon Hill
Image
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
Napoleon Hill
Image
Persistence is nothing more than Concentrated Effort mixed with Determination and Faith.
Napoleon Hill
Image
The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.
Napoleon Hill
Image
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Napoleon Hill
Image
Without doubt, the most common weakness of all human beings is the habit of leaving their minds open to the negative influence of other people.
Napoleon Hill
Image
There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of LACK OF AMBITION!
Napoleon Hill
Image
Fear is the most costly of all the human emotions, even though most fears have no foundation in fact.
Napoleon Hill
Image
Who told you it couldn't be done? And what great achievement has he to his credit that entitles him to use the word 'impossible' so freely?
Napoleon Hill
Image
Every man is what he is, because of the DOMINATING THOUGHTS which he permits to occupy his mind.
Napoleon Hill
Image
Practice being grateful for everything that life has blessed you with.
Napoleon Hill
Image
Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.
Napoleon Hill
Image
Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.
Napoleon Hill
Image
Work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.
Napoleon Hill
Image
Every time a man rises from defeat, he becomes mentally and emotionally stronger. Thus, in time, one may actually find his self - his true, inner self - through temporary defeat.
Napoleon Hill
Image
If you love, absolutely love what you are doing, chances are excellent that you will succeed. There is nothing so exhausting as working on a job you don't like.
Napoleon Hill
Image
Here is a most significant fact-the subconscious mind takes any orders given it in a spirit of absolute FAITH, and acts upon those orders, although the orders often have to be presented over and over again, through repetition, before they are interpreted by the subconscious mind.
Napoleon Hill