"One thing we all know, if one..." - Quote by Napoleon Hill

“If you think your lot in life has been hard read “Up From Slavery” by Booker T. Washington, and you may see how fortunate you have been.”

“The world does not pay men for that which they “know”. It pays them for what they do, or induce others to do.”

“Success is the development of the power with which to get whatever one wants in life without interfering with the rights of others.”

“I learned early that crying out in protest could accomplish things. My older brothers and sister had started to school when, sometimes, they would come in and ask for a buttered biscuit or something and my mother, impatiently, would tell them no. But I would cry out and make a fuss until I got what I wanted. I remember well how my mother asked me why I couldn't be a nice boy like Wilfred; but I would think to myself that Wilfred, for being so nice and quiet, often stayed hungry. So early in life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.”

“I've got my teeth into him, and I'm not going to let go.”

“If we grow weary and give up, the goal remains for someone else to achieve.”

“First we become the best, then we'll become first.”

“There's a man in the world who is never turned down, whatever he chances to stray; he gets the glad hand in the populous town, or out where the farmers makes hay; he's greeted with pleasure on deserts of sand, and deep in the aisles of the woods; wherever he goes there's a welcoming hand-he's the man who delivers the goods.”

“You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.”