# Think And Grow Rich - Author: [Napoleon Hill](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill.md) - Quotes: 45 - Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich ## Quotes > Procrastination is one of the most common causes of failure.... Procrastination stands within the shadow of every human being, waiting his opportunity to spoil one's chances of success. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/procrastination-is-one.md) > There is no substitute for honesty... there is NO HOPE for the person who is dishonest... p.88 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/there-is-no-substitute.md) > If you must be careless with your possessions, let it be in connection with material things. Your mind is your spiritual estate! Protect and use it with the care to which Divine Royalty is entitled. You were given a will-power for this purpose. p. 173 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/if-you-must.md) > No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like. The most essential step in the marketing of personal services is that of selecting an occupation into which you can throw yourself wholeheartedly. p. 87 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/no-man-can.md) > Doubting Thomases scoffed scornfully when Henry Ford tried out his first crudely built automobile on the streets of Detroit. Some said the thing never would become practical. Others said no one would pay money for such a contraption... p. 173 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/doubting-thomases-scoffed.md) > We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment.''' > > Resolve to throw off the influences of any unfortunate environment, and to build your own life to order. p. 54 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/we-are-what.md) > I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I demand of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action. p. 54 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/i-know-that.md) > The most damaging forms of intemperance are connected with eating, strong drink, and sexual activities. Overindulgence in any of these is fatal to success. p.88 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/the-most-damaging.md) > Thomas A. Edison "failed" ten thousand times before he perfected the incandescent electric light bulb. That is--he met with temporary defeat ten thousand times, before his efforts were crowned with success. p. 73 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/thomas-a-edison.md) > Quick riches are more dangerous than poverty. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/quick-riches-are.md) > Of all the ages of civilization, this is the most favorable for the development of the imagination, because it is an age of rapid change. On every hand one may contact stimuli which develop the imagination. Through the aid of his imaginative faculty, man has discovered, and harnessed, more of Nature's forces during the past fifty years than during the entire history of the human race, previous to that time... p. 62 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/of-all-the.md) > Temporary defeat should mean only one thing, the certain knowledge that there is something wrong with your plan. Millions of men go through life in misery and poverty, because they lack a sound plan through which to accumulate a fortune. p. 73 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/temporary-defeat-should.md) > There is something radically wrong with a civilization, and a system of education, which permit 98% of the people to go through life as failures. But I did not write this book for the purpose of moralizing on the rights and wrongs of the world; that would require a book a hundred times the size of this one. p. 85 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/there-is-something.md) > Inability to cooperate with others. More people lose their positions and their big opportunities in life, because of this fault, than for all other reasons combined. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/inability-to-cooperate.md) > Most of us go through life as failures, because we are waiting for the "time to be right" to start doing something worthwhile. The time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/most-of-us-go-through.md) > I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice, therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects. p. 55 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/i-fully-realize.md) > Moreover--and this statement is of stupendous importance--this earth, every one of the billions of individual cells of your body, and every atom of matter, began as an intangible form of energy. p. 64 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/moreover-and-this-statement.md) > Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. p. 127 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/do-not-wait.md) > Building alibis is a deeply rooted habit. Habits are difficult to break, especially when they provide justification for something we do. Plato had this truth in mind when he said, The first and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile. p. 173 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/building-alibis-is-a-deeply.md) > The strongest oak tree of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun. p. 112 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/the-strongest-oak.md) > In parting, I would remind you that "Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by time. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate indecision! p. 173 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/in-parting-i-would.md) > Truly, thoughts are things, and their scope of operation is the world, itself. p. 87 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/truly-thoughts-are.md) > The earth on which you live, you, yourself, and every other material thing are the result of evolutionary change, through which microscopic bits of matter have been organized and arranged in an orderly fashion. p. 63 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/the-earth-on-which.md) > He has increased the speed of locomotion, until he may now travel at a speed of more than three hundred miles an hour. The time will soon come when a man may breakfast in New York, and lunch in San Francisco. p. 62 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/he-has-increased.md) > Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought. p. 54 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/any-idea-plan.md) > Sons and daughters of wealthy men, and others who inherit money which they did not earn... Power in the hands of one who did not acquire it gradually, is often fatal to success. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/sons-and-daughters.md) > Unfortunately, there is no legal protection against those who, either by design or ignorance, poison the minds of others by negative suggestion. This form of destruction should be punishable by heavy legal penalties, because it may and often does destroy one's chances of acquiring material things which are protected by law. p. 173 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/unfortunately-there-is-no-legal.md) > Building alibis with which to explain away failure is a national pastime. The habit is as old as the human race, and is fatal to success! Why do people cling to their pet alibis? The answer is obvious. They defend their alibis because THEY CREATE them! A man's alibi is the child of his own imagination. It is human nature to defend one's own brain-child. p. 173 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/building-alibis-with.md) > Success comes through the application of power, and power is attained through the cooperative efforts of other people. A negative personality will not induce cooperation. p. 87 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/success-comes-through.md) > Sex energy is the most powerful of all the stimuli which move people into action. Because it is the most powerful of the emotions, it must be controlled, through transmutation, and converted into other channels. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/sex-energy-is-the.md) > No person may enjoy outstanding success without good health. Many of the causes of ill health are subject to mastery and control. These, in the main are: a. Overeating of foods not conducive to health. b. Wrong habits of thought... c. Wrong use of, and over indulgence in sex. d. Lack of proper physical exercise e. An inadequate supply of fresh air, due to improper breathing. p. 86 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/no-person-may.md) > The person with a "closed" mind on any subject seldom gets ahead. Intolerance means that one has stopped acquiring knowledge. The most damaging forms of intolerance are those connected with religious, racial, and political differences of opinion. p.88 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/the-person-with.md) > As far as science has been able to determine, the entire universe consists of but two elements--matter and energy. Through the combination of energy and matter, has been created everything perceptible to man, from the largest star which floats in the heavens, down to, and including man, himself. p. 64 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/as-far-as-science.md) > Mind control is the result of self-discipline and habit. You either control your mind or it controls you. There is no half-way compromise. The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a definite plan...Without this control, success is not possible. p. 173 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/mind-control-is-the.md) > Most people are too indifferent or lazy to acquire facts with which to think accurately. They prefer to act on "opinions" created by guesswork or snap-judgments. p.88 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/most-people-are.md) > He has conquered the air so completely, that the birds are a poor match for him in flying. He has harnessed the ether, and made it serve as a means of instantaneous communication with any part of the world. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/he-has-conquered.md) > Most of us are good "starters" but poor "finishers" of everything we begin. Moreover, people are prone to give up at the first signs of defeat. There is no substitute for persistence. Failure cannot cope with Persistance. p. 86 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/most-of-us-are.md) > You have absolute control over but one thing, and that is your thoughts. This is the most significant and inspiring of all facts known to man! It reflects man's Divine nature. This Divine prerogative is the sole means by which you may control your own destiny. If you fail to control your own mind, you may be sure you will control nothing else. p. 173 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/you-have-absolute.md) > He has discovered that his own brain is both a broadcasting, and a receiving station for the vibration of thought, and he is beginning now to learn how to make practical use of this discovery... p. 62 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/he-has-discovered.md) > Discipline comes through self-control. This means that one must control all negative qualities. Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself. Self-mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. You may see at one and the same time both your best friend and your greatest enemy, by stepping in front of a mirror. p. 86 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/discipline-comes-through.md) > Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty. p. 38 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/remember-no-more.md) > Psychologists have correctly said that when one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance. > > When the opportunity came, it appeared in a different form, and from a different direction than... expected. That is one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity... p. 13 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/psychologists-have-correctly.md) > This secret was extensively used by President Woodrow Wilson, during the World War. It was passed on to every soldier who fought in the war, carefully wrapped in the training received before going to the front. President Wilson told me it was a strong factor in raising the funds needed for the war. Author's Preface [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/this-secret-was.md) > In every chapter of this book, mention has been made of the money-making secret which has made fortunes for more than five hundred exceedingly wealthy men whom I have carefully analyzed over a long period of years. The secret was brought to my attention by Andrew Carnegie, more than a quarter of a century ago. The canny, lovable old Scotsman carelessly tossed it into my mind, when I was but a boy. Then he sat back in his chair, with a merry twinkle in his eyes, and watched carefully to see if I had brains enough to understand the full significance of what he had said to me. When he saw that I had grasped the idea, he asked if I would be willing to spend twenty years or more, preparing myself to take it to the world, to men and women who, without the secret, might go through life as failures. I said I would, and with Mr. Carnegie's cooperation, I have kept my promise. Author's Preface [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/in-every-chapter.md) > All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea! p.18 [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/napoleon-hill/think-and-grow-rich/all-achievement-all.md)