Shane Dowling > Shane's Quotes

“The mind has a definite way of clothing one's thoughts in appropriate physical equivalents. Think in terms of poverty and you will live in poverty. Think in terms of opulence and you will attract opulence. Through the eternal law of harmonious attraction, one's thoughts always clothe themselves in material things appropriate unto their nature.”
― Napoleon Hill, You Can Work Your Own Miracles

“It is one of the strangest anomalies of life that the absence of fear, and not formal education or brilliance of mind, is the major cause of individual success.”
― Napoleon Hill, You Can Work Your Own Miracles

“He had nothing to start with, except the capacity to know what he wanted, and the determination to stand by that desire until he realized it.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Riches are shy and timid. They have to be "attracted.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich [Illustrated & Annotated]

“FAITH and FEAR make poor bedfellows. Where one is found, the other cannot exist.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich [Illustrated & Annotated]

“Most people go through life by the line of least resistance in every circumstance where they can make a choice. They do not recognize that following the lines of least resistance makes all rivers, and some men, crooked!”
― Napoleon Hill, You Can Work Your Own Miracles

“Cherish your vision and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.”
― Napoleon Hill

“Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.”
― Napoleon Hill

“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it . . . ”
― Napoleon Hill

“Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.”
― Napoleon Hill

“When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity - regardless of what others may do - you are destined for greatness.”
― Napoleon Hill, Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success

“An educated man is not, necessarily, one who has an abundance of general or specialized knowledge. An educated man is one who has so developed the faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he wants, or its equivalent, without violating the rights of others.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.”
― Napoleon Hill

“A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him.”
― Napoleon Hill

“First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.”
― Napoleon Hill

“IF - and this is the greatest of them all - I had the courage to see myself as I reallyam, I would find out what is wrong with me, and correct it, then I might have a chance to profit by my mistakes and learn something from the experience of others,for I know that there is something WRONG with me, or I would now be where I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I had spent more time analyzing my weaknesses, and less time building alibis to cover them.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Remember,too,that all who succeed in life get off to a bad start,and pass through many heartbreaking struggles before they "arrive". The turning point in the lives of those who succeed usually comes at some moment of crisis,through which they are introduced to their "other selves".”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the one who best prepares his case, who wins.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on DESPITE all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons. There may be no heroic connotation to the word persistence, but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.”
― Napoleon Hill

“There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Successful men become successful only because they acquire the habit of thinking in terms of success.”
― Napoleon Hill

“Success in life depends upon happiness, and happiness is found in no other way than through SERVICE that is rendered in a spirit of love." Napoleon Hill”
― Napoleon Hill, Law of Success

“It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind.”
― Napoleon Hill

“Anything you do to and for another person, you do it to and for yourself”
― Napoleon Hill, The Science of Personal Achievement

“the cause of the depression is traceable directly to the worldwide habit of trying to reap without sowing.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“‎If you must slander someone, don't speak it - but write it - write it in the sand, near the water's edge!”
― Napoleon Hill

“knowledge is power.” It is nothing of the sort! Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich: The Original 1937 Unedited Edition

“The capacity to surmount failure without being discouraged is the chief asset of every person who attains outstanding success in any calling.”
― Napoleon Hill, Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success

“No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes —NAPOLEON HILL”
― Napoleon Hill, Law of Success

“No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy; unless you let him.”
― Napoleon Hill