Quotes about Determination
The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish.
— Napoleon Hill
It was no ordinary DESIRE that survived disappointment, discouragement, temporary defeat, criticism, and the constant reminding of waste of time. It was a BURNING DESIRE! AN OBSESSION!
— Napoleon Hill
his mistake in having stopped only three feet from gold, "but," he said, "that experience was a blessing in disguise. It taught me to keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be, a lesson I needed to learn before I could succeed in anything.
— Napoleon Hill
The habit of planting in the mind a definite aim, objective, or purpose, and visualizing that objective until ways and means for its realization have been created.
— Napoleon Hill
Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.
— Napoleon Hill
For every ten men who are physically lazy there are ten thousand with stagnant minds. And stagnant minds are the breeding places of fear.
— Napoleon Hill
The object of concentrating upon a definite aim is to train the mind until it forms the habit of focusing upon that aim.
— Napoleon Hill
You will become what you want to be because of the dominating thoughts that you permit to occupy your mind.
— Napoleon Hill
The person who forms the habit of directing his attention to the important facts out of which he is constructing his Temple of Success, thereby provides himself with a power which may be likened to a triphammer which strikes a ten-ton blow as compared to a tack-hammer which strikes a one-pound blow!
— Napoleon Hill
Henry Ford has been repeatedly mentioned, because he is an astounding example of what a man with a mind of his own, and a will to control it, can accomplish.
— Napoleon Hill
Note the Strong Man. He sees a thing to do and immediately DOES it. The thing may look trivial. It may even seem the work of some other fellow. But without hesitancy, as though dispute was greater than the task, the Strong Man gets the thing Done — so that he may have Time for other and Bigger things.
— Napoleon Hill
There is no hope of success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal at which to aim.
— Napoleon Hill