Napoleon Hill

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.

Although I write to entertain, and try to keep my work free of didacticism, I do have a rather passionate belief in our need to be connected to - and to learn from - history.

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.