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
Every human being has the ability to completely control his own mind.
Every mind needs friendly contact with other minds, for food of expansion and growth.
Desire is the factor that determines what your definite purpose in life shall be.
The habit of taking the line of least resistance makes all rivers and some men crooked.
Maintain perfect harmony between yourself and every member of your mastermind group. If you fail to carry out this instruction to the letter, you may expect to meet with failure. The master mind principle cannot obtain where perfect harmony does not prevail.
A positive mental attitude is the right mental attitude.
The space that every man occupies in the world is measured by the faith he expresses in connection with his aims and purposes.
Don't be afraid of a little opposition. Remember that the 'Kite' of success generally rises AGAINST the wind of Adversity, not with it.
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
Power grows out of Organized Knowledge, but mind you, it grows out of it, through Application and Use.
If your environment is not to your liking, change it!
You cannot become a power in your community nor achieve enduring success in any worthy undertaking until you become big enough to blame yourself for your own mistakes and reverses.
One bad habit often spoils a dozen good ones.
Buying cheap to save money is like stopping the clock to save time. Neither works.