SUCCESS Quotes: Napoleon Hill on ‘Impossible’

UPDATED: June 24, 2024
PUBLISHED: September 20, 2012
Napoleon Hill

“A great many years ago I purchased a fine dictionary. The first thing I did with it was to turn to the word ‘impossible,’ and neatly clip it out of the book. That would not be an unwise thing for you to do.”

Napoleon Hill, motivational business author

Journalist, podcaster and southpaw Shelby Skrhak is the former director of digital content and social media for SUCCESS.com. Before joining SUCCESSmagazine, Shelby launched the weekly suburban newspaper Plano Insider, and covered topics ranging from cops and courts to transportation and fashion. Her handwriting should be a font.

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