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
No one is so good that he has no bad in him, & no one is so bad that he has no good in him
Habits are first cobwebs, then cables.
Within every adversity is an equal and opposite benefit.
If you fail to control your own mind, you may be sure you will control nothing else.
If you don’t have a plan, you will fail, and you can quote me.” You need a definite plan, it should be written down, and it should dictate, with military precision, the moves that you will be taking. Napoleon Hill said, “First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality.
Taking possession of your positive self will put you on the success beam that you may ride triumphantly to whatever heights of achievement you desire.
The turning point in the life of those who succeed usually comes at the moment of some crisis.
Your attitude towards problems, difficulties, and adversities is the most important factor in overcoming them.
If you neglect to exercise self-control, you are not only likely to injure others, but you are sure to injure yourself!
We become who we hang out with.
One of the outstanding tragedies of this age of struggle and money-madness is the fact that so few people are engaged in the effort which they like best. Everyone should find his or her particular niche in the world's work, where both material prosperity and happiness in abundance may be found.
The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a definite plan.
No two minds ever come together without a third invisible force, which may be likened to a 'third mind.' When a group of individual minds are coordinated and function in harmony, the increased energy created through that alliance becomes available to every individual in the group.
Your real wealth can be measured not by what you have but by who you are.