Quotes for Inspiration May/June (2006)

Entrepreneurs will hear Napoleon Hill quotes from their mentors and coaches time and again. Below are a few of Hills most memorable motivating quotes. Hill is the author of Think and Grow Rich.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire, which transcends everything.
—Napoleon Hill

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
—Napoleon Hill

A goal is a dream with a deadline.
—Napoleon Hill

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
—Napoleon Hill

Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk in life.
—Napoleon Hill


On questions

Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.
—Tony Robbins


On opportunities

It’s not what you are but what you don’t become that hurts.
—Oscar Levant


On reality

Everyone lives in his own fantasy world, but most people don’t understand that. No one perceives the real world. Each person simply calls his private, personal fantasies the truth.
—Federico Fellini


On growing up

Growing up is admitting that there are demons you cannot overcome.
—Maya Angelou


On attitude

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
—Og Mandino


On breakthroughs

My breakthrough came very late in life, really only starting when I was 50 years old. But at that time I felt as though I had the strength for new deeds and ideas.
—Edvard Munch


On habit

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
—Aristotle


On having what it takes

For the warrior, there is no "better" or "worse"; everyone has the
necessary gifts for his particular path.
—Paul Coelho


On heros

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
-Joseph Campbell

The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
-Felix Adler


On reading books

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
-Henry David Thoreau