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
Those who can't take directions graciously have no business giving them
Enthusiasm, if fueled by inspiration and perseverance, travels with passion and its destination is excellence.
What is initiative? I'll tell you: It is doing the right thing without being told.
You are fortunate if you have learned the difference between temporary defeat and failure, more fortunate still if you have learned the truth that the very seed of success is dormant in every defeat that you experience.
Any habit may be discontinued by building in its place some other and more desirable habit.
The two roads that lead to poverty and riches travel in opposite directions. If you want riches, you must refuse to accept any circumstance that leads to poverty. (The word riches is here used in its broadest sense, meaning financial, spiritual, mental, and material estates).
It takes more than a college degree to make one a person of education. Any person who is educated is one who has learned to get whatever he wants in life without violating the rights of others.
No man can become a permanent success without taking others along with him.
If you have been wise and successful I congratulate you. Unless you are unable to forget how successful you have been, then I pity you.
Successful people move on their own initiative but they know where they are going before they start.
If you truly want to succeed, be prepared to go the extra mile.
When you lose your sense of humor, get a job running an elevator, because your life will be a series of Ups and Downs anyway.
Unlimited power may be available when two or more people coordinate their thoughts and actions in a spirit of perfect harmony for the attainment of a definite purpose.
If you are worried or afraid of anything, there is something in your mental attitude that needs correction.