If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
— Napoleon Hill
The battle is all over except the 'shouting' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
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.
The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.
If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.
Action is the real measure of intelligence.
Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
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 is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.
You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.
First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
