Napoleon Hill
Napoleon Hill
Napoleon Hillwas an American author and impresario who cribbed freely from the new thought tradition of the previous century to become an early producer of personal-success literature. At the time of Hill's death in 1970, his best-known work, Think and Grow Richhad sold 20 million copies. Hill's works insisted that fervid expectations are essential to increasing one's income. Most of his books were promoted as expositing principles to achieve "success". Hill was an advisor to two presidents of the United...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSelf-Help Author
Date of Birth26 October 1883
CityPound, VA
CountryUnited States of America
The story of practically every great fortune starts with the day when a creator of ideas and a seller of ideas got together and worked in harmony.
Do not look for a miracle, because you will not find it. You will find only the eternal laws of nature. These laws are available to every person who has the faith and the courage to use them.
Men have no confidence in an officer who doesn't know his own mind.
Bravery is fearlessness-the absence of fear. The merest dolt may be brave because he lacks the mentality to appreciate his danger.
Most people wish for riches, but few people provide the definite plan and burning desire which pave the road to wealth.
The imagination is both interpretative and creative in nature.
A fearless man thrives on far horizons.
If you are sure you are right, you need not worry what the world thinks.
Faith is indispensable for success. Faith is induced and strengthened by the instructions you give your subconscious mind.
You have a tremendous advantage over the man who does you an injury: You have it within your power to forgive him, while he has no such advantage over you.
The imagination is too often regarded merely as an indefinite, untraceable, indescribable something that does nothing but create fiction.
There are twelve good reasons for failure. The first one is the avowed intention of doing no more than one is paid to do, and the person who makes this avowal may see the other eleven by stepping before a looking glass.
All personal achievement starts within the mind of the individual-knowing your problem is the first step in finding the solution.
Riches begin in the form of thought.