It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

Meaning of the quote

It's important to always try your best, no matter how much you're getting paid, how many people you're helping, or what kind of people you're serving. This quote means that you should work hard and do your very best, no matter the circumstances.

About Napoleon 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.

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More quotes from Napoleon Hill

No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

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American author (1883-1970)

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

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American author (1883-1970)

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

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American author (1883-1970)

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.

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American author (1883-1970)

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

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American author (1883-1970)

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

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American author (1883-1970)

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

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American author (1883-1970)

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

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American author (1883-1970)

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

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American author (1883-1970)

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

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American author (1883-1970)

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

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American author (1883-1970)

More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.

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American author (1883-1970)

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

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American author (1883-1970)

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

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American author (1883-1970)

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

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

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American author (1883-1970)

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

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American author (1883-1970)

When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.

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American author (1883-1970)

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.

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American author (1883-1970)

Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.

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American author (1883-1970)

You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.

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American author (1883-1970)

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

Before success comes in any man’s life, he’s sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That’s exactly what the majority of men do.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person’s enemies say about him.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

Think and grow rich.

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American author (1883-1970)

The battle is all over except the “shouting” when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.

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American author (1883-1970)

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.

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American author (1883-1970)

Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.

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American author (1883-1970)

War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.

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American author (1883-1970)

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

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American author (1883-1970)

Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.

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American author (1883-1970)

The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.

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American author (1883-1970)

Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.

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American author (1883-1970)

Money without brains is always dangerous.

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American author (1883-1970)

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

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American author (1883-1970)

The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.

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American author (1883-1970)

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

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

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American author (1883-1970)

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

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American author (1883-1970)

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

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American author (1883-1970)

Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.

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American author (1883-1970)

Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.

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American author (1883-1970)

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind’s eye, and you will be drawn toward it.

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American author (1883-1970)

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

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

One must marry one’s feelings to one’s beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one’s life.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.

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American author (1883-1970)

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

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American author (1883-1970)

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win – essential to success.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.

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American author (1883-1970)

Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

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American author (1883-1970)

Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.

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American author (1883-1970)

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water’s edge.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.

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American author (1883-1970)

It is always your next move.

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American author (1883-1970)

You give before you get.

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American author (1883-1970)