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
Who told you it couldn't be done? And what great achievement has he to his credit that entitles him to use the word 'impossible' so freely?
The greatest achievement was, at first, and for a time, but a dream.
The simple act of commitment is a powerful magnet for help.
One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word 'impossible.
Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.
ALL IMPULSES OF THOUGHT HAVE A TENDENCY TO CLOTHE THEMSELVES IN THEIR PHYSICAL EQUIVALENT.
Both success and failure are largely the results of HABIT!
No two minds ever come together without thereby creating a third, invisible, intangible force which may be likened to a third mind
Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.
Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.
Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit.
The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.
Wisdom consists in knowing what not to want as well as what to want.
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.