Napoleon Hill Quotes

Do not allow negative feelings and emotions to control your mind. Emotional harm does not come from others; it is conceived and developed within ourselves.

The real enemy of happiness is the mind's fixations and delusions... If you have the right mind, you can overcome anything - you can be happy, no matter what.

I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes.

It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.

You're the only one that's in control of your emotions; you're the only one that's inside of you at all times. So control you however you want to. If you're not happy, that's your fault.

Have a good sense of perspective and be able to snap yourself out of bad moods, as we often wind ourselves up about the silliest things.

You stay positive. Any competitor is going to get angry with themselves and frustrated, and all the emotion comes on.

You can either give in to negative feelings or fight them, and I'm of the belief that you should fight them.

I had a pleasant time with my mind, for it was happy.

Happiness is a state of mind.

At the end of the day, the key to happiness is taking ultimate responsibility for your reactions to all of your experiences - the good and the chaotic.

We are what we think, and all that we are rises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak and act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.

So long as we are under the control of disturbing emotions, real happiness is hard to find.

Gratitude feels so good because it is the state of mind closest to your natural state in which you were born to live.

When you're tempted to be upset, ask yourself 'Is this worth giving up my joy?'

The cause of happiness and the solution to our problems do not lie in knowledge of material things. Happiness and suffering are states of mind, and so their main causes cannot be found outside the mind. If we want to be truly happy and free from suffering, we must learn how to control our mind.

To control your nerves, you must have a positive thought in your mind.

We deal with our mind from morning till evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

Everybody in the world is seeking happiness - and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.

We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all.

It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind.

A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.

I'm not an emotional person. I don't use the emotion train that much. I just use the happy card.

Honestly, nothing tastes as good as feeling good.

I never get sullen, sad, or envious, because those emotions will get me nowhere.