"An educated person is not necessarily the..." - Quote by Napoleon Hill

“If you fail to control your own mind, you may be sure you will control nothing else.”

“Life’s greatest tragedy consists of men and women who earnestly try, and fail!”

“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.”

“[C]lass consciousness is not one of our national diseases; we suffer, indeed, from its opposite-the delusion that class barriers are not real. That delusion reveals itself in many forms, some of them as beautiful as a glass eye. One is the Liberal doctrine that a prairie demagogue promoted to the United States Senate will instantly show all the sagacity of a Metternich ... another is the doctrine that a moronrun through a university and decorated with a Ph.D. will cease thereby to be a moron.”

“We all want to live a happy life and have a right to do so, whether through work or spiritual practice. I'm subject to destructive emotions like anger and jealousy the same as you, but we all have potential for good too. However, our existing education system is oriented towards material development; neglecting inner values. Consequently we lack a clear awareness of the inner values that are the basis of a happy life.”

“The incredible story of progress that is America has always been built by those who ask why, what if, and why not. Our schools must begin instilling that wonder in our children again so that their generation will unite around the next great project of our time, whether it be declaring America energy independent or launching the next great technological revolution.”

“Diamonds are found only in the dark places of the earth, truths are found only in the depths of thought.”

“Civilization is an enormous device for economizing knowledge,.”

“I read books and talked to people. I mean that's kind of how one learns anything. There's lots of great books out there & lots of smart people.”