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
When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.
Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
Most failures could have been converted into successes if someone had held on another minute or made more effort.
We are creatures of imitation. We find it hard to resist the temptation to do that which we see others doing.
Persistence is nothing more than Concentrated Effort mixed with Determination and Faith.
You might find it necessary to 'snap' out of your mental inertia, moving slowly at first, then increasing your speed, until you gain complete control over your will. Be persistent no matter how slowly you may, at first, have to move. With persistence will come success.
If you love, absolutely love what you are doing, chances are excellent that you will succeed. There is nothing so exhausting as working on a job you don't like.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand & work with whatever tools you may have.
If you must let someone down, be sure it isn’t the friend who helped you up when you were down.
If you want prosperity, you must refuse to accept any circumstances that lead toward poverty.
People buy personalities as much as merchandise, and it is a question if they are not influenced more by the personalities with which they come in contact than they are by the merchandise.
The battle is all over except the 'shouting' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
Persistence is the direct result of habit. The mind absorbs and becomes a part of the daily experiences upon which it feeds. Fear, the worst of all enemies, can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage.