Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.
Meaning of the quote
If you focus on the positive things in others instead of the negative, you will be happier and more successful. When you get used to looking for the good in people, it will be easier to see the good rather than the bad.
About Napolean Hill
Napoleon Hill was an American self-help author best known for his book ‘Think and Grow Rich’, one of the best-selling self-help books of all time. While his works promoted principles for achieving success, he was also a controversial figure accused of fraud and whose claims have been doubted by modern historians.
More quotes from Napolean Hill
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
There is no such thing as Something for nothing.
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.
Failure is nature’s plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.
You don’t have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn’t know you possessed.
Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit.
Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.
Until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire, you will be neither successful nor happy.