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
A goal is a dream with a deadline.
One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile.
Fear is a habit, so is self pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves: I can and I will.
From Christ on down to Edison, the men who have achieved most have been those who met with the most stubborn forms of temporary defeat. This would seem to justify the conclusion that Infinite Intelligence has a plan, or a law, by which it hurdles men over many obstacles before giving them the privilege of leadership or the opportunity to render useful service in a noteworthy fashion.
No one's ready for a thing, until they believe that they can acquire it. The state of mind must be belief and not mere hope or wish.
Sex energy is the creative energy of all geniuses. There never has been, and never will be a great leader, builder or artist lacking in the driving force of sex.
Self-control is solely a matter of thought-control!
Friendship freely given and gratefully received is one of life's greatest gifts.
The surest way of finding peace of mind is that which helps the greatest number of others to find it
The person who works harder when the boss isn’t around is headed straight for a better job.
The vast majority of people are born, grow up, struggle and go through life in misery and failure, not realizing that it would be just as easy to switch over and get exactly what they want out of life, not recognizing that the mind attracts the thing it dwells upon.
Without doubt, the most common weakness of all human beings is the habit of leaving their minds open to the negative influence of other people.
Genius is merely the capacity for taking infinite pains.
Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.