Napoleon Hill Quotes

It isn’t defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it, that whips you.

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

Why did the achievers overcome problems while thousands are overwhelmed by theirs? They refused to hold on to the common excuses for failure. They turned their stumbling blocks into stepping stones. They realized that they couldn't determine every circumstance in life but they could determine their choice of attitude towards every circumstance.

The right attitude can transform a barrier into a blessing, an obstacle into an opportunity or a stumbling block into a stepping stone.

It's easy to have a great attitude when things are going our way...It's when difficult challenges rise before us...that attitude becomes the difference maker.

If failure has the strength to turn your life into bitterness itself, then patience has the strength to turn your life into the sweetest joy. Do not surrender to fate after a single failure. Failure, at most, precedes success.

In life you are going to make mistakes, you're going to fall down, but it's the getting up that counts. Just like in baseball: you'll get a few hits, but most likely, you'll strike out more than you'll get on base. But don't quit. Find your focus, relax, take a deep breath and give it a good swing

Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

See every difficulty as a challenge, a stepping stone, and never be defeated by anything or anyone.

Exposure to defeat is a very important thing. Anyone who doesn't look to get beaten is doing a disservice to himself.

Every time you lose, you think that life's unfair. You think of the bad breaks. But when you're winning and playing well, you still get those bad breaks, only you overcome them. It just depends on how strong your mind is.

There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.

I was never taught to lose or take losing.

Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, ... Your life will never be the same again.

If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.

He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.

There are seldom, if ever, any hopeless situations, but there are many people who lose hope in the face of some situations.

When people feel that they have failed, it's usually because somebody or something caused them to feel that way and taste defeat. I refuse to dwell on that. Yes, it sucks at first, and the feeling is valid, but it all happens for a reason.

Failure is an event, never a person; an attitude, not an outcome; a temporary inconvenience; a stepping stone. Our response to it determines just how helpful it can be.

Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.

Remember that just the moment you say, "I give up," someone else seeing the same situation is saying, "My, what a great opportunity."

I think maybe everyone falls... I think the asking is whether we get back up again.

While I wholeheartedly believe in choosing to approach every challenge with a great attitude, I don't mean that we should abandon authenticity and live in fantasyland.

In life we have many disappointments. Those who go on to greater things dwell on the disappointments briefly and then move on

You can do anything you want to do as long as you keep a good attitude and keep working at it. But the second you give up, you’re screwed.