Napoleon Hill Quotes

If I listened to my critics, I would still be at home under my bed right now.

When people push back on you and don't think you can do it, and you struggle a little bit and wonder if they're right, it drives you to be successful and to be a great player.

Every time someone told me I couldn't, I did. I'm still the same guy who's responsible for one of the better Intercontinental runs of all time and changing that title.

With a lot of attention comes criticism, but I'll take that. I'm reaching all the goals I've set for myself, so you can't say anything bad about that.

He started to sing as he tackled the thing. That couldn't be done, and he did it.

My whole life everyone always said 'it can't be done', 'you'll never do it', 'you will fail', 'no one has ever gone from Austria and become a Mr Universe, blah, blah, blah', or when I ran for governor people were sceptical. It was 'you're going to lose' and 'people don't take people from show-business seriously in politics'. So, I've heard all the 'it's impossible' thing but I didn't pay any attention because I believed that I could do it.

Who told you it couldn't be done? And what great achievement has he to his credit that entitles him to use the word 'impossible' so freely?

We have done the impossible. And that makes us mighty.

Don't give up. Don't listen to these foolish critics that are so small minded they don't get it tonight.

I just knew if it could be done, it had to be done, and I did it

They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.

A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.

You can do anything you put your heart, mind and soul into. Far more than you can imagine. Be fearless. Do it.

I don't look to the negative people because the only people who ever tell you that you can't do something are the ones who haven't done it themselves... the ones who failed.

I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

There aren't many hits like 'Kinky Boots,' so when you get one, the gratitude that comes with it fuels your energy. From the time I started in this business, everybody told me that who I was and what I represented would never work. Well, I get to stand on stage every day and prove the naysayers wrong by doing exactly what they told me not to do.

My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down.

Don't be put off by people who know what is not possible. Do what needs to be done, and check to see if it was impossible only after you are done.

I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored.

I climbed Mount Everest. I don't quit.

I was told millions of times that I was never going to achieve what I set out to, but I decided to do it, and I did it.

Never give up, and be confident in what you do. There may be tough times, but the difficulties which you face will make you more determined to achieve your objectives and to win against all the odds.

I take my hat off to my friend, Mark Wahlberg, because I know that it took him a long time to make 'The Fighter', and he overcame a lot of obstacles to do it, and now the film is an unqualified success.