Quote

People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail. The fear of criticism, in such cases is stronger than the DESIRE for success.

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
Desire
Fail
Fear
Criticism
Business
Stronger
May
Follow
Take
Failing
People
Cases
Chance
Chances
Success
Refuse

More quotes by Napoleon Hill

Image
Scars are wisdom in disguise.
Napoleon Hill
Image
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
Napoleon Hill
Image
It is a point that I repeat over and over again in teaching public speaking. It is not so much what you say as it is the tone and manner in which you say it that makes a lasting impression.
Napoleon Hill
Image
If you compromise with your own conscience, you will weaken your conscience. Soon your conscience will fail to guide you and you never will have real wealth based on peace of mind.
Napoleon Hill
Image
A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.
Napoleon Hill
Image
Somewhere in your make-up there lies sleeping, the seed of achievement which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to heights, such as you may never have hoped to attain.
Napoleon Hill
Image
If you truly desire money so keenly that your desire is an obsession, you will have no difficulty in convincing yourself that you will acquire it. The object is to want money, and to be so determined to have it that you convince yourself that you will have it.
Napoleon Hill
Image
No man is ever whipped until he quits - in his own mind.
Napoleon Hill
Image
Self-confidence may be mistaken for egotism if it is not accompanied by humility of the heart.
Napoleon Hill
Image
If you don’t have a plan, you will fail, and you can quote me.” You need a definite plan, it should be written down, and it should dictate, with military precision, the moves that you will be taking. Napoleon Hill said, “First comes thought then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans then transformation of those plans into reality.
Napoleon Hill
Image
If you have a strong belief in yourself, in what you are doing and what you want to do, no adversity is too difficult to overcome.
Napoleon Hill
Image
Faith is indispensable for success. Faith is induced and strengthened by the instructions you give your subconscious mind.
Napoleon Hill
Image
If you have been wise and successful I congratulate you. Unless you are unable to forget how successful you have been, then I pity you.
Napoleon Hill
Image
We become who we hang out with.
Napoleon Hill
Image
All you are or ever shall become is the result of the use to which you put your mind.
Napoleon Hill
Image
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
Napoleon Hill
Image
We are the masters of our fate, the captains of our souls, because we have the power to control our thoughts.
Napoleon Hill
Image
Cherish the music that stirs in your heart.
Napoleon Hill
Image
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
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