Napoleon Hill

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

No man is ever whipped, until he quits -- in his own mind.

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

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.

Every well built house started in the form of a definite purpose plus a definite plan in the nature of a set of blueprints.

Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

Opportunity often comes in disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown.